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A Shrouded World, Book 8

By: Mark Tufo, John O'Brien

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's Summary

In the final chapter of the A Shrouded World saga, Jack, Trip, and Mike have brought the fight to the Whistlers’ terrifying homeworld. With the help of some unexpected allies, the crew must finally find a way to stop the enemy before they can tear through the planes of existence and destroy all life. What they don’t know, what they can’t know, is that there is so much more to the enemy than they previously thought, and defeating them may be an impossible task. 

Will our heroes be able to stop the enormous war machine and return home, or will they perish in the attempt? Come along on this fast-paced thrill ride to its ultimate conclusion!

©2020 Mark Tufo, John O'Brien (P)2020 Audible, Inc.

Getting too convoluted and silly

I like Tufo’s stuff. I like O’Brien’s stuff. BUT the Tufo + O’Brien collaboration has gotten sillier and more convoluted with each new volume of this series. I’ve really tried to like them, but volumes 6 through 8 were not enjoyable nor fun. Too bad.

Great series but.....

I absolutely loved this series except for the way it ended. I get it but still feel the finale should have been a bit more spectacular! Don't get me wrong, I am so glad I listened and will listen to this series again.

Tufo can do no wrong!

Loved this entire series. A must in the Trip-to-Verse. Gonna check out some of John O’Brien’s other work. Mark Tufo is a New England legend.

Sorry it ended!!!

Jack Walker and Michael Talbot together in this series made for one hell of a ride. Throw Trip into the mix and goes from a great adventure to a harrowing one with lots of twist and turns. Toss in BT, not the one we all know and love, but a similar one from a different time line as Talbots', along with two very strange aliens that Mike befriends; Bob who is a Blob, and Church, (Mike named him), who looks like something out of my garden I have to step on. . And of course there are the demons and angels but very different in the roles they play than the myths we are accustomed to And as well all figured out early on it all comes back to Trip whom is attempting to right a cosmic whirlpool of destruction and the reason for the Stoner's constant battle with his mind and ability to get himself and everyone else around him into trouble and out of it in his unique way. Whistles and Overseers are thrown in there because well there just wasn't enough for Mike and Jack to do... Mike and Jack are separated several times, find each other, and separated again. Each has their own style of dealing with things and not surprising it works for them as do their unique abilities and probably the only reason they survived world and dimension hopping. "POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Trip is attempting to fix the universe/universes in the only way he knows how and believed he found the two most likely to succeed; Mike and Jack. Along the way, we learn who and what exactly Trip really is and was. I admit, I was lost, had to go back to find certain references in the past books to understand but it was worth it. And sadly, it has come to an end. Pairing the two characters and authors style worked very well and we can only hope the ending that we saw for both characters will lead to more adventures, after all, this is Trip we are talking about...who know what other world/dimension saving adventures he will need them for. Lets hope these two authors feel the same. So many universes/dimensions/worlds that need two heroes, so many possibilities. The only thing I can say was wrong with this series is--it ended.

an enjoyable series

I really enjoyed the series I only that Mike and Jack could have spent more time together. and that they were together in the end.

Good series

I really liked the series but would have really liked to see what happened to mike, Jake, and Trip, after they returned home. Well worth a listen!

Not My Favorite Story

The last few books in this series were hard to listen to. Personally, I need dialogue to keep me interested. Most of these books are descriptions of the worlds and inner dialogue, and it just couldn't keep my attention. The payoff for this series was just plain weak. It was a good idea in the beginning, but it just didn't live up to it's potential. In my opinion of course

I couldn't wait for this series to FINALLY end.

Normally I love Mark Tufo's books with Sean Runnette narrating, but this collaboration with John "who the heck cares" O'Brian was the worst. The chapters where it is Mike Talbot's time to describe what is happening are good. Perfect Mike, Tripp, BT, etc., but when it's Jack Walker's, it becomes so monotone I fell asleep. Every time. In the final book, Sean Runnette, Finally gave Jack a small bit of a personality which was lacking throughout this whole series. Any time it was Jack's chapter I sped up the narration just to get through it.
Oh, how I loved Zombie Fallout and Lycan Fallout, but this collaboration fell flat on it's face and no amount of reworking could save it. The next time I even think to try another book that is a collaboration, I will think twice before buying. I had hoped, after the first book, it would start to come together and Jack would be spoken with at least some sort of a personality, but as much as I hoped it would, I was sadly disappointed over and over again.
The Only reason I kept going was the fact that some of the characters that were in Lycan Fallout / Demon Fallout were in this series. I truly wanted to see how that turned out and I did enjoy those parts, but as soon as it turned to Jack's part... 😴
I guess I got my credits worth, but this was a very painful lesson to learn. Don't always believe all the 5 star reviews you read. Check the lower ratings first. That seems to give a better idea of how the book will be. Not always, mind you, but it is a good starting point. I will take my own advice from this point on. If you enjoyed this series, great! If not, start a different one. There are so many great books to read/listen to out there, the choices are endless. Mr. Mark Tufo & Mr. Sean Runnette, you guys are great, but better luck next time.

Wrapping it up

I’ve loved every one of Tufo’s books and series. And Runnette is one of my favorite narrators. But I am disappointed by the ending. I think that, after that journey, we deserved more details in the end.

Meh

I like this authors book and liked this series. My only issue is that it took 6 books with long dialogues and sometimes repetitive to end everything in the last 45 minutes! The ending was rushed and didn’t even really explain everything. I feel like the whole story could have been told over 3-5 books and then the ending could have been better. Honestly you could skip to the last hour if you don’t want to waste your time.

LOVED IT!

Love everything Mark writes, I’m totally hooked. Seriously devastated at the end of ZF though.. nothing like it and I’ve searched and tried so many series…

We need more of Mike & BT!! Maybe I shall start a petition 🤷‍♀️

So sad this is over

Loved every single crazy 😜 mind boggling step of the journey, have to confess I was choking back tears 😭 for Jacks beautiful victory at the end and felt every emotion with him going to miss his brother in arms Mike. 😹😹😹 please has to be another slip up with that relic and creators, these HAVE to war together again PLEASE these are tooooooooooooo goooooood not to put these characters together again!!!!!!! But please let poooooor Jack return to his the tears 😭 I’ve wept for his character is unbearable xx

Sorry mark

I have bought all mark tufu books and this is the only book,that has disappointed me.It seems to me that he has runout of ideas for this series,the book just don't seem to flow poor beginning middle and end.i just was glad to get through it,and the ending was awful,all in all the book was just like the author was just in a hurry to finish the book.slow down mark quality over quantity,please don't disappoint me again 👎the rest of your books are 10 out of 10 sorry for poor review hope fallout 15 is great don't let me down now this is a series that is great 👏👏👏

Brilliant

Great series of books. The ending with yak is exciting could mean a whole new world, let’s hope so but loved this series from 1-8 brilliant team.