• Blood of Heroes

  • The Ember War, Book 3
  • By: Richard Fox
  • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
  • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,991 ratings)

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Blood of Heroes

By: Richard Fox
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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Publisher's summary

A peaceful planet needs a miracle to survive an alien onslaught. It's got the Strike Carrier Breitenfeld.

The Xaros, a galaxy-wide scourge of murderous drones, have their sights set on the planet Takeni. Captain Isaac Valdar volunteers his ship to defend the innocent civilians and evacuate everyone he can. Pressed by an alien fleet in space and a horrifying foe on the surface, the Breitenfeld must risk everything to save the doomed populace.

©2015 Richard Fox (P)2016 Podium Publishing

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Felt cheated

although this is a well written and good sci-fi book, it is obvious that whoever just chopped the story up to sell more books. the books end at unusual places with little if any suspense.

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Excellent, possibly, probably better that 1&2

you can't go wrong with the author and narrator combo, I have read the first two and this book in less than two days and am diving into 4 and it's almost 2a.m. it will be time to cook my wife and kid breakfast soon, right as book for starts ramping up I suspect!

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awesome!

I don't know how Luke Daniel's does it, but somehow he has the voice of 50 different people, I find myself forgetting the book is narrated by one person, he is amazing!

the story is amazing! I can not wait till book 4!

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Oh yeah.

As I wrote on my review of The first couple of the audiobooks of this series, reviewing a series is a tricky thing because you really don’t know what’s coming next and how good will it end but as of now no complaints whatsoever, the author imagination is amazing if not more then.
Incredible universe with so many worlds and different aliens that I have no idea where does he gets the ideas, truly amazing!

Narration of every person or alien is so perfectly done that you can tell who is talking just by the voice without needing to be told who is talking or screaming, the only reason names or races are mentioned are a must because many are reading the books not listening is my understanding.

Any way this third audiobook does not disappoint what so ever and have my full recommendations.

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I love this series!

Action packed (with fantastic narration from Luke Daniels as usual. ) loveable Characters and vivid descriptions bring this book to life.

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Great follow up!

If you liked the 1 and 2 combo, then you will like book 3! Characters and voices match and their personalities followed, the narrator does an amazing job making them feel like real people.

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Another great addition to the series

A must read if you enjoyed the adventures of the Breitenfeld in the previous books. Blood of Heroes closely follows their unsanctioned rescue mission of a planet threatened by an imminent Xaros invasion.
This chapter in the series also gives us another small glimpse into the nature of the Xaros.
And of course, Luke Daniels knocks the performance out of the park again.

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Stunning

As always, it drew me in and submerged my imagination and forgot that I'm still working

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Best Darn Military Sci-Fi Series Out There

The Ember War Saga is what all military sci-fi books hope to be. Ship to ship space battles headed by a gritty skipper, salty marines kicking alien butt, the psychological aspects of war and possible extinction, the depths of human depravity and glory. All wrapped up in a shiny wrapper of some solid science of what could be and tied with a bow of political manipulation and power mongering. Luke Daniels, as always, gives a stellar performance. This saga is top shelf.

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Great story and smooth yet serious voices

I liked this book and expect to listen to the rest of the series soon.

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