Thunderbird

De: Jack McDevitt

Narrado por: Kevin R. Free

The Nebula Award-winning author of the Alex Benedict novels and the Priscilla Hutchins novels returns to the world of Ancient Shores in a startling and majestic epic.

A working stargate dating back more than 10,000 years has been discovered in North Dakota, on a Sioux reservation near Devils Lake. Travel through the gate currently leads to three equally mysterious destinations: (1) an apparently empty garden world, quickly dubbed Eden; (2) a strange maze of underground passageways; and (3) a space station with a view of a galaxy that appears to be the Milky Way.

The race to explore and claim the stargate quickly escalates, and those involved divide into opposing camps who view the teleportation technology as either an unprecedented opportunity for scientific research or a disastrous threat to national - if not planetary - security. In the middle of the maelstrom stands Sioux chairman James Walker.

One thing is for certain: Questions about what the stargate means for humanity's role in the galaxy cannot be ignored. Especially since travel through the stargate isn't necessarily only one way....

©2015 Cryptic, Inc. (P)2015 Recorded Books

Thunderbird.

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I enjoy books by Jack McDevitt. I have read all or most of his books and buy any new one as soon as I find it. This book was a continuation of a prior book he wrote many years ago and I enjoyed it. The only drawback was the reader. Sorry but Mr. Free cannot do female voices and it drove me to stop listening and buy the Kindle version of the book. Also, I found his reading voice to be a problem but when it came to female dialog, it was too much. He made the female characters sound silly and unconvincing. My enjoyment of audio books depends on the writer but also the reader and in this case it was too much.

So, So story and awful narration.

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I was often pulled out of the story thinking that the way a character acted was all wrong. Most of the time people seemed half witted, there wasn't a diversity between how the characters were written.

Would you be willing to try another book from Jack McDevitt? Why or why not?

I normally read everything Jack McDevitt writes, so yes, I will read the next book especially if it's an Alex and Chase story.

Would you be willing to try another one of Kevin R. Free’s performances?

No!

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Nope

Enjoyable Narrative horrible narration.

I’ve always enjoyed this author and read the first book in this series when it first came out. I was excited to find the sequel on Audible and quickly jumped in. My excitement was quickly dampened by the Narrator. His delivery reminded me of Jack from the Will & Grace TV show if he was putting on his most over the top campy performance. While the female voices were somewhat tolerable, he is unable to even come close to portraying anything masculine. I found myself begging for this book to end just so I could get away from his portrayals. Do yourself a favor and buy the paper version…..

A different twist of 1st encounters.

I really liked this book. but I am not a fan of reading second books in a series so I tracked down the first book hard copy in Google Books and I let Google Play read it to me.
the narration is not as good as it is with a professional narrator but you get used to it. having read / listened to ancient Shores, the first book this book has a lot more continuity . that being said why every chapter had to start with a quote is annoying. I did like this enough to get the 3rd book if one comes along.

Frustrating Story, Ill-suited Narrator

This book was extremely frustrating. Great story concept, frustrating execution.

The person chosen to narrate this book was absolutely and completely the wrong choice. It's not that the narrator is not a competent narrator or anything like that, however his voice and the way he generated characters and voices and accents was completely ill-suited for this book.