Breeds 3

By: Keith C. Blackmore

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's Summary

Douglas Kirk is having a bad week.

Not only are groups of human hunters after him, whole werewolf packs have orders to kill him on sight, forcing him to flee Halifax without identification, money, weapons, or even his phone.

If he wants to survive, he'll have to evade the killers on his trail, travel across the country to confront the elusive elders, and learn the truth behind the order that made him what he is.

All he has to do is control his insatiable hunger for wereflesh just a little longer.

Breeds 3 is the final book in the trilogy. Contains violence and coarse language.

©2016 Keith C. Blackmore (P)2017 Podium Publishing

please let there be more

Ok I have to confess… I have a man crush on Keith C Blackmore and Sean Runnette. Keith C Blackmore is the man responsible for my addiction to audible. His free audio book ‘The Hospital’ is the story which first got me hooked on zombie audio books. Since then I have spent all of my spare cash on audible while my TV has stood neglected and covered in dust. I found myself going for long car rides just so I have an excuse to get away and listen to another book. So of course when I discovered that Mr Blackmore had another title which was not in the zombie genre I was became a little concerned. Perhaps, it wouldn’t be as good? Perhaps I wouldn’t like it? The stakes were high. But I needed have worried myself, because I ended up concluding my review of the first in the ‘Breed’ series with the following:

"Seriously I couldn’t get enough of this one. Stuff it I am not going to sprout on about this…. just do yourself a favour and buy this one, in fact do yourself a favour and pre order the second one! Every bit as good as the Mountain Man series. Perhaps better!"

The series continued to deliver with book 2.

However, with all of those nice things being said about books 1 and 2. Book 3 took me by surprise. I won’t give any spoilers away, but just like in the ‘Mountain Man’ series this story did away with some of the previous characters… It is probably my only criticism of Mr Blackmore’s books. He gets me addicted to the characters, then takes them away from me. I went through withdrawal pain when Gus was not in one of the Mountain Man series. Book 2 had no Borland. This one has no Borland and a couple of others. Worse of all is I am not sure there is going to be a Book 4. This has a conclusion but could easily be extended. I hope it is. I would like to hear some more character development from one guy in the story (the lonely guy in the old cabin – you will know who I mean when you get to him).

While over the years other zombie books have arrived on the scene and have equalled or even bettered Mr Blackmore’s zombie books (I can’t believed I just said that). His mountain man series has stood the test of time. I suspect this one will do the same. It is by far the best werewolf type story I have heard so far. But I have only just started to scratch the surface on this genre.

As per normal with Sean Runnette’s narration the quality is brilliant but the delivery I find is on the slow side. I sped this one up to 1.5x speed and had no problem listening to it.

So, in summary what does this poor fatman think of this one? I love it! Worth every cent!

12 of 18 people found this review helpful

Never disappoints

I've enjoyed everything I have read/listened to by Blackmore and this is yet another one to add to that list. Well written with the just the right amount of horror and humor. Sean Runnette is the cherry on top.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Imaginative, fun, and DARK

Characters are vivid and real, and the storyline is exciting as it moves toward an impending, explosive climax. The plot zips along, the writing is just excellent, and the characters are fun and compelling. Especially the two cray-crays”, husband & wife team who ran a business of selling body organs…….they were just hilarious and most creepy all at once. Keith C. Blackmore has a writing style that I just love.

Sean Runnette is superb as always and does an excellent job with the narration. His narration is perfect for this book. I highly recommend this for my paranormal folks out there especially if you are looking for something without a bunch of sappy romance. I found myself constantly yelling to no one in particular (“don’t do it”…don’t go in there…..its a trap”)…….LOL.

Very engaging story. Simply put all of the books in the series are fresh, imaginative, fun, and DARK!

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

awesome just like books 1 and 2

loved it. love this authors gritty style. I will be getting all of his books.

best of the 3

wonderful way to end the trilogy. best of the 3 by far. would listen again!

The best of the series! A howling great time!

Rarely do I power through a book like I did this one. I could not put it down. Kirk, Karma, Ezekiel, Morris, Ross Kelly are my favorite characters. Never has the world of werewolves been told in such a unique fashion. There's plenty of gore and action but the best part of Breeds 3 is how much I cared about the "Weres". I truly hope there will be a Breeds 4. I don't want the journey to end! And thank you Sean Runnette for the excellent narration, you 'really made the story come to life!

loved it

loved it love the whole series. please write more lol great story telling as well

shocking turn people the story is the best part

THE BEST OF ALL 3 TBH THE STORY TAKES A WILD TURN IN THE END

great story!!

I really enjoyed Breeds series. It was great storytelling and adaptation of werewolf lore that didnt try to create new werewolf concepts. Instead it built on them. Loved the narration, too. The narrator was able to warble his voice for certain characters. I sincerely hope there will be more stories in this series!!!

wow

This trilogy was absolutly amazing.. wow.. some bad ass awesome stuff... I wish Borland was the main charecter cause he was hilarious, but everything KCB wrote had purpose... and It was an A+ .. def. check out BREEDS... you're welcome!

Great story to end a fantastic trilogy

I have just finished the breeds 3 audiobook and i was not disappointed, often when on sequels or a book series there is often a week book or a naff ending . Not the case here , 3 books all spot on ! Keith has tied up loose ends , explained a lot of background history and generally tidied up the story's well here . Sean's narration is brilliant as always . My only criticism is that it has ended and I want more . I will no doubt be starting the 1st book again in a month or so as I haven't had my fill yet . I look forward to seeing(hearing) more from Keith c Blackmore in the future and I hope he revisits some of the characters at some point .
A book just about Moses Morris being a bad ass would do me just fine .

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Recommended!

Excellent narration, brought the trilogy of Breeds books alive. Action, gore, humour - I've never knitted so fast in my life!

fantastic book

Wee written and well read. Great story, something different with lots of twists. I really enjoyed all 3books

Brilliant book

great book and right up there with my favourite werewolf novels. Keith c blackmore really is an excellent writer that has drawn me into his created universes. I really hope this is not the end of the Douglas Kirk stories.

Number 3 of an outstanding series...

I'm not a huge fan of the werewolf genre but, as per usual form, Keith C Blackmore delivers another genre busting treat. Narration by Sean Runnette (of Mark Tufo's Zombie Fallout fame) is extra icing on the cake. I wasn't expect this to be as good as "Mountain Man" but I have to admit it is..

Breeds 3

Now read all three breeds books fantastic story line through out brilliantly read made you feel like you were actually there

great story. up there with lycan fallout

Really enjoyed this story. looking forward to the next one from this author / narrator combo.

Fantastic

Loved the series, kept me enthralled and entertained from beginning to end. My only regret is that it's now over.

Another great book by a hidden gem of an author

I can't help thinking that one day Mr Blackmore will be very famous and I'll be proclaiming to all who will listen that "I knew about him before he got the big time!"

Very disappointing!

What began as quite a promising series, deteriorates into time-wasting nonsense. Very disappointing overall.