Stand Alone

Wolfhounds, Book 1

De: John Van Stry

Narrado por: Kyf Brewer

Chase had it all planned out.

Do a little time in one of the emperor's jails, say a four-year stretch, for getting rid of some trash that no one would miss, and when he got out, the path to leadership would be wide open. It wasn't enough to be one of the gang's rising stars, or better lieutenants. He needed jail time, serious jail time—not that juvie crap or just going to county, to garner the respect he needed and deserved.

Unfortunately, his bastard of a father, the same one who left his mother to die in poverty and him to run wild on the streets, took an interest. Seeing him sitting on the bench when his case went to court was a shock. But not as big a shock as being sentenced to ten years in the Imperial Navy.

That's just the first of Chase's nasty surprises as he finds himself among the Emperor's Own—The Wolfhounds. How and why his bastard father sent him there is a secret that only the base AI knows the answer to. When that same AI decides to use Chase to fulfill its own orders, Chase soon finds himself in a situation where if he doesn't die honorably in combat due to the enemy, his own side will arrange those circumstances for him.

Unfortunately for everyone involved, Chase is proving to be just as tough of a bastard as the man who sent him there.

©2023 John Van Stry (P)2024 Podium Audio

Great story but the voice actor not so much

The story was great which is not a big surprise since everything I've read from John Van Stry / Jan Stryvant is great. the voice actor on the other hand could be better. there was little to no difference between male and female voices which could get confusing on who was speaking. Now he does try to have the male voices sound different and a few do but the majority are in his reading voice. He doesn't really have any female voices, if any, in his retinue of character voices which makes it hard to tell if the person who is speaking is a girl or a guy. The emotion that the characters express does come through so he doesn't have a monotone voice which is the only thing keeping the performance at two stars.

I hope the voice actor can diversify his range of voices in the next volume otherwise I may stick to just reading them

very good

so it starts a little slow but it really gets going and it's really good so definitely try it I can't wait for the next book

good book. good performance

I really like this book and look forward to the next. I own it in paperback and now audio.

sometimes a hoodrat is more than he appears. after a couple. it appears that he may become a emperor

Cliche medieval plot but in a Sci-fi setting

The story sound familiar in most knights and castle stories. Empire is overtaken by a greedy advisor to the king. A lost prince is found or needed to rally the people to retake the kingdom and doing for truth, justice and freedom etc... Normally thats done to death but putting the setting in a futuristic timeline and the fact that there are plenty of side stories you can insert from the main one is probably what will keep it interesting enoughto see where this will go.

The narrator is ok, strong voice and delivery, he even sounds like Zachary Quinto (of star trek movies and heroes series) The only issue is that he only has a few voice variety. I can only differenciate maybe 3 voices for all the characters in the story. Wont know who unless their name is mentioned.

Im a fan of john van stry as well as his other pen name (john stryvant) which is main reason that I downloaded this audiobook. I enjoy his style of storytelling.

Good story, crap voice acting

VA sounds exactly the same for every character. It made it really hard to differentiate between characters. The story on the other hand was good, kind of dry at points but overall very entertaining.