
Children No More
Jon & Lobo, Book 4
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Buy for $22.46
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Tom Stechschulte
-
By:
-
Mark L. Van Name
No child should ever be a soldier.Jon Moore knew that better than most, having learned to fight to survive before he’d hit puberty. So when a former comrade, Alissa Lim, asks for his help in rescuing a group of children pressed into service by rebels on a planet no one cares to save, he agrees. Only later does he realize he’s signed up to do far more than he’d ever imagined.
Jon’s commitment hurtles him and Lobo, the hyper-intelligent assault vehicle who is his only real friend, into confrontations with the horrors the children have experienced and with a dark chapter from his past. The mission grows ever more complicated as they deal with:
An assault on a rebel fortress deep in the jungle
A government whose full agenda is never clear
A woman Jon once loved and who still loves him - but who will sacrifice anything for her cause
The best con man they’ve ever known
And, toughest of all, their own demons, as we learn for the first time what happened after his home planet’s government yanked Jon’s sister out of his life.
Jon and Lobo rush straight into the darkness at the heart of humanity to save a group of child soldiers - and then face an even tougher challenge: When we’ve trained our children to kill, what do we do with them when the fighting is over?Because the plight of these children is so near to the author, he is donating 100% of his hardback proceeds (including his advance) to a non-profit that helps to reintegrate children soldiers in the Congo. For every hardback book that sells, Falling Whistles will get a donation from the author. (www.fallingwhistles.com). For more details, please see www.childrennomore.com
©2010 Mark L. Van Name (P)2012 Audible, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Very recommended, overlooked sf
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Absolutely.This book combines the fun of space action novels with the series topic of child soldiers (which I know is a pet interest of the author; and one that I share an interest in). So, although it is mostly a fun book, there are also some dark and serious themes here that are not present in the earlier novels. Van Name has truly matured as an author and this may be his absolute best book.What was one of the most memorable moments of Children No More?
The whole book is very memorable.What does Tom Stechschulte bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I didn't like Stechschulte when I first listened to him as the voice of Jon and Lobo, but he has really grown on me and I like his performance a lot.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I came close to tears with this one .... and that says a lot.Any additional comments?
The book bogs down a bit in the middle and there is quite a long period of "non-action". Stick with it though, because it's all worth it in the end.Surprisingly dark & serious for a Jon & Lobo book
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The current case story line is mixed with flashbacks about Jon's childhood, about the time his mental condition was fixed and his sister was taken away, the time he was dumped to a government facility and made into a person he is now.
PAST COMES TO COLLECT
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.