-
Into the Dark
- Alexis Carew, Book 1
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Klett
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
Compra ahora por US$19.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Resumen del Editor
At 15, Alexis Carew has to face an age old problem - she's a girl, and only a boy can inherit the family's vast holdings. Her options are few. She must marry and watch a stranger run the lands, or become a penniless tenant and see the lands she so dearly loves sold off. Yet there may be another option, one that involves becoming a midshipman on a shorthanded spaceship with no other females.
Más títulos del mismo
Related to this topic
-
Freedom's Landing
- Freedom Series, Book 1
- De: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrado por: Susie Breck
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
It's the dawning of a new age for mankind when the Catteni descend to Earth and easily overcome the Earth's population. Thousands are herded onto slave ships headed for the intergalactic auction block. Kris Bjornsen is captured in Denver on her way to her college classes and wakes up on the primitive planet Barevi.
-
-
Good Books poor Narration
- De Robin en 01-25-09
De: Anne McCaffrey
-
A Choice of Treasons
- De: J. L. Doty
- Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine
- Duración: 21 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
As a lifer in the Imperial Navy, fighting in a war that has lasted generations, Lieutenant York Ballin's only hope for an honorable discharge is the grave. Neither the Empire nor the Directorate seems to care that millions have died or that millions more are doomed as hostilities continue. Ballin's only option is to hunker down, keep his crewmen and women in top condition, and try not to get them all killed.
-
-
Book 2 of Excellent Running Battle Space Combat
- De C. Hartmann en 05-15-16
De: J. L. Doty
-
The Bright and Breaking Sea
- Kit Brightling Series, Book 1
- De: Chloe Neill
- Narrado por: Danielle Cohen
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Kit Brightling, rescued as a foundling and raised in a home for talented girls, has worked hard to rise through the ranks of the Isles' Crown Command and become one of the few female captains in Queen Charlotte's fleet. Her ship is small, but she's fast - in part because of Kit's magical affinity to the sea. But the waters become perilous when the queen sends Kit on a special mission with a partner she never asked for. Rian Grant, Viscount Queenscliffe, may be a veteran of the Continental war, but Kit doesn't know him or his motives....
-
-
It's really good, but not quite great
- De Mariya Joldzic en 11-29-20
De: Chloe Neill
-
The Daedalus Incident
- De: Michael J. Martinez
- Narrado por: Kristin Kalbli, Bernard Clark
- Duración: 16 h
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Mars is supposed to be dead. Bizarre quakes are rumbling over the long-dormant tectonic plates of the planet, disrupting its trillion-dollar mining operations and driving scientists past the edges of theory and reason. However, when rocks shake off their ancient dust and begin to roll seemingly of their own volition carving canals as they converge to form a towering structure amid the ruddy terrain, Lt. Jain and her JSC team realize that their routine geological survey of a Martian cave system is anything but. The only clues they have stem from the emissions of a mysterious blue radiation, and a 300-year-old journal that is writing itself.
-
-
I wanted to love this more, but still solid...
- De A reader en 09-11-13
-
Midshipman's Hope
- The Seafort Saga, Book 1
- De: David Feintuch
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 16 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
When a hideous accident kills the senior officers of the UNS Hibernia, it leaves a terrified young officer to save 300 colonists and crew aboard a damaged ship on a 17-month gauntlet to reach the colony of Hope Nation. With no chance of rescue or reinforcement, Nicholas Seafort must overcome despair, exhaustion, and guilt. He must conquer malfunctions, mutiny, and an alien horror beyond human understanding. And he must save lives, and take them - in the name of duty.
-
-
Amazing Writing, Decent Story
- De Striker en 09-13-15
De: David Feintuch
-
Falling Free
- Miles Vorsokigan, Book 4
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?
-
-
Don't read this one first
- De Carol en 02-20-13
-
Freedom's Landing
- Freedom Series, Book 1
- De: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrado por: Susie Breck
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
It's the dawning of a new age for mankind when the Catteni descend to Earth and easily overcome the Earth's population. Thousands are herded onto slave ships headed for the intergalactic auction block. Kris Bjornsen is captured in Denver on her way to her college classes and wakes up on the primitive planet Barevi.
-
-
Good Books poor Narration
- De Robin en 01-25-09
De: Anne McCaffrey
-
A Choice of Treasons
- De: J. L. Doty
- Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine
- Duración: 21 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
As a lifer in the Imperial Navy, fighting in a war that has lasted generations, Lieutenant York Ballin's only hope for an honorable discharge is the grave. Neither the Empire nor the Directorate seems to care that millions have died or that millions more are doomed as hostilities continue. Ballin's only option is to hunker down, keep his crewmen and women in top condition, and try not to get them all killed.
-
-
Book 2 of Excellent Running Battle Space Combat
- De C. Hartmann en 05-15-16
De: J. L. Doty
-
The Bright and Breaking Sea
- Kit Brightling Series, Book 1
- De: Chloe Neill
- Narrado por: Danielle Cohen
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Kit Brightling, rescued as a foundling and raised in a home for talented girls, has worked hard to rise through the ranks of the Isles' Crown Command and become one of the few female captains in Queen Charlotte's fleet. Her ship is small, but she's fast - in part because of Kit's magical affinity to the sea. But the waters become perilous when the queen sends Kit on a special mission with a partner she never asked for. Rian Grant, Viscount Queenscliffe, may be a veteran of the Continental war, but Kit doesn't know him or his motives....
-
-
It's really good, but not quite great
- De Mariya Joldzic en 11-29-20
De: Chloe Neill
-
The Daedalus Incident
- De: Michael J. Martinez
- Narrado por: Kristin Kalbli, Bernard Clark
- Duración: 16 h
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Mars is supposed to be dead. Bizarre quakes are rumbling over the long-dormant tectonic plates of the planet, disrupting its trillion-dollar mining operations and driving scientists past the edges of theory and reason. However, when rocks shake off their ancient dust and begin to roll seemingly of their own volition carving canals as they converge to form a towering structure amid the ruddy terrain, Lt. Jain and her JSC team realize that their routine geological survey of a Martian cave system is anything but. The only clues they have stem from the emissions of a mysterious blue radiation, and a 300-year-old journal that is writing itself.
-
-
I wanted to love this more, but still solid...
- De A reader en 09-11-13
-
Midshipman's Hope
- The Seafort Saga, Book 1
- De: David Feintuch
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 16 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
When a hideous accident kills the senior officers of the UNS Hibernia, it leaves a terrified young officer to save 300 colonists and crew aboard a damaged ship on a 17-month gauntlet to reach the colony of Hope Nation. With no chance of rescue or reinforcement, Nicholas Seafort must overcome despair, exhaustion, and guilt. He must conquer malfunctions, mutiny, and an alien horror beyond human understanding. And he must save lives, and take them - in the name of duty.
-
-
Amazing Writing, Decent Story
- De Striker en 09-13-15
De: David Feintuch
-
Falling Free
- Miles Vorsokigan, Book 4
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?
-
-
Don't read this one first
- De Carol en 02-20-13
-
Battle Cruiser
- Lost Colonies, Book 1
- De: B. V. Larson
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
One starship will either save Earth or destroy her. A century ago our star erupted, destroying Earth's wormhole network and closing off trade with her colonized planets. After being out of contact with the younger worlds for so many years, humanity is shocked when a huge ship appears at the edge of the solar system. Our outdated navy investigates, both curious and fearful. What they learn from the massive vessel shocks the planet.
-
-
Disappointing, Juvenile
- De Russ en 12-27-15
De: B. V. Larson
-
The City Who Fought
- De: Anne McCaffrey, S. M. Stirling
- Narrado por: Constance Towers
- Duración: 3 h y 18 m
- Versión resumida
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Simeon is bored, even with his latest war game. When he hears of the arrival of an out-of-control refugee ship, he welcomes the excitement. But the refugees' story is horrifying: they were attacked by space barbarians. If anyone is to survive another attack, Simeon must turn his war game hobby into the real thing! This tale is narrated by television and stage actress Constance Towers ( Capitol).
-
-
Cropped and chopped
- De Nori Lamphere en 10-06-06
De: Anne McCaffrey, y otros
-
Unfathomed
- De: Ralph Kern
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
After months recuperating in hospital, US Marine Jack Cohen hoped a Caribbean cruise would help him recover from the horrific injuries he sustained fighting in the Middle East. Instead, when the ship is attacked, he is once again thrust into battle to protect Atlantica against the ruthless enemy hunting her, and the insidious threat already aboard.
-
-
Bring me home...
- De R. J. Thorne en 07-15-17
De: Ralph Kern
-
Badge of Glory
- De: Douglas Reeman
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
It was an age of empire, an age of contrast, and an age of dramatic change - and one which would determine the destinies of nations as well as of men. Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship, HMS Audacious, in August of 1850, anxious to get back into action. "Per Mare - Per Terram" is the marines' motto. In the torturous heat of Africa, where they are sent to stamp out the remaining strongholds of slavery, and later, in the bitter war of the Crimea, Philip Blackwood and his men learn to obey it without question.
-
-
Good story
- De Thomas Crawford en 05-29-23
De: Douglas Reeman
-
Coyote
- A Novel of Interstellar Exploration
- De: Allen Steele
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim, Allen Steele
- Duración: 17 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The crime of the century begins without a hitch. On July 5th, 2070, as it's about to be launched, the starship Alabama is hijacked - by her captain and crew. In defiance of the repressive government of The United Republic of Earth, they replace her handpicked passengers with political dissidents and their families. These become Earth's first pioneers in the exploration of space...
-
-
Poorly read
- De Amazon Customer en 09-09-08
De: Allen Steele
-
Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds
- The First Adventure of Alacrity Fitzhugh & Hobart Floyt
- De: Brian Daley
- Narrado por: Brian Holsopple
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Mankind was beginning its third leap into the Galaxy, but Old Earth had so long kept to herself that her people were unable to travel safely among the rough-and-tumble cultures that had evolved on distant worlds. That annoyed Earth's rulers, for Hobart Floyt--a minor Terran bureaucrat-- had been left a mysterious inheritance by the deceased ruler of a small but wealthy interstellar empire.
-
-
Best Sci Fi Fun anywhere!
- De A. Foxter en 07-07-15
De: Brian Daley
-
Burning Bright
- Extraordinaries Series, Book 1
- De: Melissa McShane
- Narrado por: Cat Gould
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Elinor is an Extraordinary and the only one in England capable of wielding fire in over 100 years. As an Extraordinary she is respected and feared, but to her father she represents power and prestige for himself. Mr. Pembroke, having spent his life studying magic, is determined to control Elinor and her talent by forcing her to marry whom he chooses, a marriage that will produce even more powerful offspring.
-
-
Amazing story and narration!
- De sweetliks en 07-06-17
De: Melissa McShane
-
Midshipman Bolitho
- De: Alexander Kent
- Narrado por: Michael Jayston
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
October 1772, Portsmouth. Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho waits to join the Gorgon, ordered to sail to the west coast of Africa and to destroy those who challenge the King's Navy. For Bolitho, and for many of the crew, it is a severe and testing initiation into the game of seamanship.
-
-
This is *not* the book advertised.
- De Robert Bolin en 08-26-16
De: Alexander Kent
-
Crystal Soldier
- Liaden Universe Books of Before, Book 1
- De: Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 13 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Centuries in the past, mankind fought a seemingly unbeatable adversary from sector to sector across the Spiral Arm until the war ground to a standstill and the Enemy withdrew. Believing that they had won, the citizens of the galaxy rebuilt. The Inner Worlds, which had escaped the worst of the war's ravages, became even more insular, while the Rim worlds adopted a free and easy way with law and order. Now, hundreds of years after their withdrawal, the Enemy is back - and this time they'll be satisfied with nothing less than the extinction of the galaxy.
-
-
Finally, Liaden on Audible
- De Charlie en 09-05-12
De: Sharon Lee, y otros
-
Bill Baldwin's The Helmsman
- De: Bill Baldwin
- Narrado por: Steve Cumming, full cast
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
- Grabación Original
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
One of the few survivors of a League sneak attack on his poor and miserable homeworld of Carescria, Wilf Brim sets out to settle the score. Were it not for the attrition from the war that followed, Wilf would never have escaped his lower-class status and been accepted into the Academy. Now, freshly graduated, young Sublieutenant Wilf Ansor Brim, Imperial Fleet, begins his first assignment, Helmsman of the I.F.S. Truculent.
-
-
The Helmsman
- De David en 05-28-04
De: Bill Baldwin
-
Mercury's Bane
- Book One of the Earth Dawning Series
- De: Nick Webb
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
They're all gone. We remember them like yesterday: pieces of our stolen heritage. Things like NASA. Football. Parades and pies. Good things, comfortable things. We remember a time when we were alone in the universe, safe and oblivious. But it's all gone now. We called them the Telestines, and in the face of their ruthless invasion we were powerless. By 2040, all the world's governments and militaries had fallen, and the remnants of humanity exiled to the solar system. We looked down on our blue planet, so close to our birthplace, so close to our home.
-
-
A shockingly bad book.
- De Ginger en 04-12-17
De: Nick Webb
-
Coyote Horizon
- A Novel of Interstellar Discovery
- De: Allen Steele
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 13 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The planet of Coyote has become the last, best hope of humankind, but it has also become the principal point of contact with the hjadd, the alien race encountered by a European starship many years earlier. Although the hjadd have built an embassy near the original colony, they remain a mystery.
-
-
A Disappointing Fourth in the Coyote Series
- De Holly Helscher en 05-04-09
De: Allen Steele
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Into the Dark
Calificaciones medias de los clientesReseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Kathleen
- 05-02-15
Sailing Spaceships - super cool!
Any additional comments?
I really enjoyed this book. Its fast moving, interesting and not what I was expecting. But it’s definitely a fantasy so don't expect everything to make sense. You have to use your imagination and let the writer take you to those very unlikely places that as a kid you truly believed existed and could not wait to go there. Its fun and easy listening. I'm looking forward to the next book. The narrator, Elizabeth Klett, is one of my favorites and never disappoints with her outstanding performance.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 3 personas
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- The Bookwyrm Speaks
- 04-15-15
Original take on a Royal navy adventure.
I wasn't sure what to make of this book when I got the credit from the author in return for an honest review. Well, what I got was a great adventure story set in space, but set like a wind and sail Royal Navy adventure. Alexis Carew is a 15 year old girl on a colony planet that has inheritance rules based on Male Primogeniture, meaning she can't inherit her grandfathers land or property, but has to be married so her husband can. After an especially bad meeting with a spoiled potential suitor, she decides to try and join the Royal Navy, which happens to have a recruiting party on the planet at the time. She is refused as an able spacer, since she is too young, but the ship's Captain decides to use his discretion and takes her on as a Midshipman. So starts her adventures and education on board an otherwise all male ship, with the many different challenges this entails, such as lack of privacy, not having uniforms made in her size, some resentful crew members and no background for naval training. She overcomes these challenges, and grows into her role as an officer in training as the ship deals with patrolling, combating pirates, and at the end of the book, preparing for a war. The book is well written, and while set in space, it reads as a sort of homage to books like Horatio Hornblower and Master and Commander. It has interesting technology, without getting too bogged down in the details. It is well paced, and I really enjoyed it. Elizabeth Klett did an exceptional job as narrator, keeping the action moving with a variety of different voices, tones and accents that kept me wanting to hear more. I would recommend this book for any fans of Master and Commander, as well as fans of Jack Campbell and H. Paul Honsinger.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 2 personas
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Elle Kay
- 10-26-16
Charming!
The young heroine, Alexis Carew, really makes Into the Dark an outstanding book. She has a lot of personality without being snooty nor an annoying know-it-all, and she is actually very responsible and respectable. I can’t help but adore this well written young protagonist, because it is increasingly difficult to find a strong female lead in books these days. This is the first book I’ve listen to by Elizabeth Klett, she has such a pleasant voice to listen to that I instantly became a fan. Her performance for this book is top notch!
I think this is a wonderful book for lovers of YA, even if you’re an adult!
This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Martin Coughlan
- 04-29-15
Space Opera that invokes Aubrey-Maturin series.
I received an Audible copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.
The quaint English setting of this space adventure immediately invoked the setting of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series for me, which was a good start. The science side of the book is perhaps too much in the background and some of the characters feel like stereotypes. Having said that, I enjoyed listening to the book (narrator did a good job of voicing the protagonist) and I am looking forward to the next book in the series.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 3 personas
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Peter Hansson
- 12-08-15
400+ Audio books. Sci fi and fantasy.
This is a five star book. Starting on the second in the series now ☺
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 1 persona
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Gregory
- 03-28-15
Charming, Enjoyable, Solid, FUN
I shall say right out front, that I received a promotional copy of this work in exchange for an honest review.
I will further say, that I plan to spend one of my own credits when the talented Ms. Klett and Mr. Sutherland release the next book in audio.
Perhaps I was a lost cause from the start. I adore a good scifi. I adore a new clever take on faster than light travel. I adore a military scifi (especially naval). I adore sailing and tall ships. I adore a smart, tough female protagonist refusing to let patriarchy define her.
And I adore a well intonated British accent.
"Into the Dark" would have had me from the third page... even if it WEREN'T a darn good story.
Horatio Hornblower, Honor Harrington, Sassinak, Kylara Vatta, Keladry of Mindolin, a bit of Nicholas Seafort...
if Mr. Sutherland isn't familiar with all these series, he damn well ought to be, for it's hardly a ground-breaking genre... but why should it be? Sutherland's story is well-paced, plausible, amusing and somber by turns. Alexis Carew is a fine inheritor of the reluctant, or perhaps humble, hero mantle. Her demeanor is charmingly modern, her disinterest in the trappings of expected behavior admirable, and her interaction with others totally credulous.
I was charmed.
The book is also, in many ways, absurd.
The mental gymnastics required to shoehorn Tall Ships into interstellar space are... daunting. BUT, by God, Sutherland managed it, and I was willing to buy the whole line of nonsense... and smile. It IS absurd, but... I found myself shrugging and saying "well, and why not?" Sails and rigging and cannon and broadsides, and 18th century British naval discipline alongside FTL transit, and colony disputes. I laughed, I shook my head in astonishment that I was OK with it.
And I was. Completely.
Elizabeth Klett is charming, well paced, and clearly in tune with the material. Her cultured British accent at times both at odds with the content, and yet perfectly tuned to set the stage. The production is clean, the audio quality top notch, and I applaud her performance. I look forward to more.
Do treat yourself to this one. If you are a lover of Sci Fi, if you are an admirer of strong female characters who simply (to quote a recent meme) "give absolutely zero ^#$(*&" about what the world expects of them. If you love a good naval romp, or if you just want to have a fun time in a fanciful yet gritty world...
Buy this. Buy this immediately, and enjoy.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 12 personas
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- CPG.
- 07-30-16
A must for science fiction lovers!!!
Let me start off by saying I read a lot of science fiction books. Most stories share common themes in how the ship's work and how the heroes Act. This is because it is extremely hard for an author to come up with a truly original perspective from which to tell a story. However in this series the author takes ancient sailing techniques and puts them in to space. Her characters are believable and lovable, the world that she has built in this series feels real. She accomplishes this in two major ways, 1st is she puts her character in difficult circumstances where deciding what's right and wrong isn't straightforward. Secondly, she pulls inspiration from True historic events, meaning that the things that happen feel real because they are very similar to things that have already happened in our world. I have read the series three times and enjoyed it greatly each time.
The narration is also excellent, Elizabeth does an amazing job of bringing each character to life.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Sandy
- 03-23-17
Great New Series!
I got this book on the recommendation, I believe, of Nathan Lowell, who writes one of my favorite series, Tales of the Solar Clipper. This is a great series, and the details of ship handling sound like the author is very familiar with sailing ships and adapted the technology to star ships. Truly very enjoyable!
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Philip
- 06-17-16
Tall sails on a spaceship! By golly it works.
I avoided this series a long time.
Tall sails on a spaceship; Really? Come on.
I could not have been more wrong.
My expectation was a poor aristocratic rich girl roughly thrust amongst 'ruffians' in a setting of an ancient British wet navy - all weakly crammed into outer space.
Shiver me timbers... Arrrg!
Although some of the above elements are here, they are neither weak nor crammed. This is a good story. The tall masts and sails even work.
It is a light science heavy character plot.
The science is enough for the tall sails and open gun port cannon style armament to work. Hey, I chose to believe it.
A basic theme includes Honor and Duty but I think it's mostly about Loyalty. What it is and what it takes to instill it in others.
Then there is the 15 year old underdog who stylishly and properly overcomes huge obstacles to come out on top. I was heavily invested in many of the characters and deeply engaged in the story early on. There was laughter and possibly a little cheering.
I don't recall any glaring plot inconsistencies.
The narrator is a good fit for the main character. Secondary characters are unique and believable. Did not grate on my nerves even once. In fact, I realize that once the story began, I didn't even notice the narrator. Is that due to superb narration or great story? I don't know but I appreciate it.
Thanks to all involved for entertaining me.
Job well done.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Rod
- 03-26-15
Most entertaining book I've listened too
What did you love best about Into the Dark?
Great story and exceptional narrator. I really enjoyed this audio book. One of my favorites of the hundreds so far. Had to go back and listen to twice more and will likely listen to it again. Highly recommend it!
What other book might you compare Into the Dark to and why?
Definitely reminds me of the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey/Maturin series with Patrick Tull
Have you listened to any of Elizabeth Klett’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I had not listened her until this story but she,s great, really captured the right feel for the story with her English accent.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 2 personas