The Wastes

The Starship in the Stone, Book 4

By: M.R. Forbes

Narrated by: Dave Jackson

Thomas and his crew face their most dangerous quest yet. Morgana's forces are searching for something ancient and powerful, and they need to get there first.

Some boundaries were never meant to be crossed.

The Wastes—a cosmic dead zone where sensors can’t be trusted and those who enter rarely return. As Excalibur ventures into this treacherous domain, Thomas must navigate not only the physical dangers but also mysteries that have remained hidden since long before Arthur's time.

With Turquine in relentless pursuit and tensions mounting among allies pushed to their limits, Thomas and his crew must rely on every skill, every resource, and every bond they've forged to survive.

What they discover could change everything.

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How it should’ve ended… self destruct… roll credits

I do like this series. It is a fun way of telling of Arthur and his Knights.

I do have to listen 1.5x speed because it tends to be very wordy for no reason.

Apparently self destruct does not exist in this universe. When an elite military squad, including the main story’s bad guy, boards your ship you sacrifice yourself and press the self destruct. For sake of argument let’s say the self destruct was disabled. Ok so when you’re about to be tortured for a location just give them one. It doesn’t need to be true. You are going to die anyway might save yourself some pain and give them what they want. They have no way to know it isn’t true.

To recap: Main bad guy boards a ship. Ship explodes with all bad guys on it. Roll credits.

Keeps getting better

This series just keeps getting better. A lot of twists and turns. And a lot of fun characters. Narration is perfect. Be sure to listen thru the ending credits as well!!

excellent character development

excellent story once again. still enjoying the character development and all the craziness going on.

wow! what a pile of....

I listened to the whole story till the last 45 minutes, then I couldn't take it anymore. what a waste of my life. a worthless pile of words.