Essence: Septima

The Essence Chronicles, Book 1

By: Nick Braker

Narrated by: Alex Ford

Troy, with his irrational fears, is the least likely person to lead a war. But that doesn't mean he can escape his destiny.

A trip to New Orleans with his friends turns deadly when aliens called Pirans kidnap him. A perfect doppelganger for their dead general Tohmas, Troy is thrust into the front lines of battle against Reptauran invaders. To do that, the Piran leaders hatch a plan to convince their own that "Tohmas" rose from the dead and will lead them to victory.

As it turns out, the Piran leaders aren’t totally wrong. Tohmas isn't quite gone - and his lingering essence has found Troy a suitable host. Troy must fight with everything he's got to save both Pira and Earth, the Reptaurans' next likely target. As he fights to maintain control of his own destiny, Troy knows that no matter the outcome, his life will never be the same.

Explore the mind of this unlikely hero in Essence, the first book in a new science fiction series by Nick Braker, a coming-of-age tale full of action, adventure, and aliens!

©2017 Nick A. Braker (P)2020 Silverton Agency

Awesome Story with Amazing Narration!

I read 'Essence: Septima' as an ebook and absolutely loved it. Hearing it in audiobook format the second time around; it's just as awesome! And the narrator did an amazing job. They were very articulate and clear, relaying proper range of emotion and tone throughout. The voices the characters were given were just as I had imagined when reading the ebook and were unique enough that I could tell which character was speaking, even when it had not been pointed out beforehand. The story itself is expertly written. With never a dull moment, it's an intense scifi plotline with a great premise that grows incredibly more intriguing as the story continues. Drama, action, mystery, suspense, romance...definitely a highly recommend book!

Get to it already

In some aspects of this book it is extremely fast pace but there is important information that needs to be known and I understand trying to keep a reader hooked that being sad there is usually information that eludes to the truth. It has to much background drama to keep my interest.

This is going to be an excellent tv series!

If you’re a fan of intellectual thought provoking sci-fi novels, and a fan of action/adventure novels, and a fan of romance novels, well this one has it all! Strap in and enjoy the ride!!

I can't go on.

The story and characters are trite and shallow and the narrator has a crazy way of pronouncing words. Maybe this is intended for teens except the near raffle scene is too adult for them. As for the narrator, words like tinse, sinseless, cinter, adrINaline, lingthwise, slinder, timple, trimble, and frinds were consistently off.
Every single 'en' was pronounced as 'in'. So annoying! I hate to not finish a book but I couldn't get past the first 90 minutes.

Not my style, YA HAREM series...

This will suit some people, who totally think this shit happens IRL or in some fantasy universe... good luck to them!