• Adventures of the Gunship Marathon (Box Set: Missions 1-5)

  • By: Daniel Young
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (17 ratings)

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Adventures of the Gunship Marathon (Box Set: Missions 1-5)

By: Daniel Young
Narrated by: Virtual Voice
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Publisher's summary

"It started out with a bang and just got better." -Goodreads reviewer

Over 1,000 pages of nonstop action! If there's one thing Adam Eckhart knows, it's that humans are trouble. After all, he is one.

As captain of the Marathon, a cobbled-together ship crewed by aliens and androids scraping by on odd jobs at the outskirts of settled space, Adam has plenty to worry about without adding his own species to the mix.

But when a pair of mortally wounded humans cross his path during a heist gone wrong, he finds himself compelled to save them.

Big mistake.

Because if there's one more thing Adam knows, it's that the universe never leaves a good deed unpunished.

He and his crew are about to find out just how right he is.

Includes the first 5 books in the Marathon series:

  • Bad Cargo
  • Hidden World
  • Trapped
  • Lost Star
  • War Dead

Five star reviews for Bad Cargo, book 1 in the series:

"I absolutely couldn’t put the book down. Full of action, suspense, intrigue, drama and deceit throughout the the story!"

"Quick and to the action straight away. Reminds me of the stories in the old pulp sci-fi magazines."

"When I’m ready to read for pure escape and entertainment, I’m happy to know that Mr. Young will have another book or series ready for me!"

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the flat voice of the A,I, narrator.

over all good book, I enjoyed the book collection! but the voice of the A,I, narration was a little lacking in excitement or even emotional transition... but with that said, over all it was good. worth the time.

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Excellent narration

I hated the ending, other than that, an overall good sci-fi story. I liked the assorted aliens 😊

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Good story

This was a very good story and I listened with interest because this was my first Virtual Voice narration.

The narration was clear and crisp but uninspired. There was little attempt to change voices with characters which for me helps to follow the story easier. If we are going o us this type of AI, then please give it better examples and instructions.

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Virtual Voice Narator

I really liked the story. The problem is I hate mispronounced words. They totally throw my mind out if the story. This is gonna be my 1st and last Virtual Voice Narated book. Usually a human Narator will mispronounce one maybe 2 words. This Virtual Narator is terrible it's a better voice than having a Monotone Narator but, there's no inflection no meaning behind the words. Plus I've counted 5 words mispronounced and I'm not done with the last book yet.

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Good story

I like the story, but I did not like the virtual voice. The virtual voice lacked finer human cadence.

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The story is good but

I ended giving up on listening to this book, and opted to just read the series. The story and characters are fun, but there were enough acting errors in the narration to drive me nuts.

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Intolerable AI reading. A disgrace.

Passable storyline read by AI. Overall a disaster. The AI reads like a badly dubbed 1960’s Japanese monster movie.
And, the added benefit, an actor or other voiceover professional didn’t get work.
It cannot be listened to. You may tolerate it for the first hour or two, but trust me, it will make your ears bleed.

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AI narration

Virtual narration is flat and lacks human emotion in the voice. It ruins the story. The voice has inflection but it is missing something.

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