Contractor

The Contractors, Book 1

By: Andrew Ball

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

The Earth is under siege - and no one knows about it because the invaders erase those whom they consume. A handful of men and women stand on the border between the mundane and the magical. They have a special spark of soul - not quite enough to be naturally gifted in spellcraft but greater than the average person, a tiny flame that can ignite incredible potential. They possess the ability to fight back against the Vorid: the ability to become a Contractor.

Daniel Fitzgerald is one of those people, but when duty comes calling he promptly slams the door in its face. He has no illusions of grandeur. He is not someone special. He wants to go to school and study law. And frankly, he doesn't really like people, and he doesn't want anything to do with magic. He just wants to be left alone. But when the entire planet is a battlefield, there is no place to run.

©2014 Andrew S. Ball (P)2016 Podium Publishing

Unexpectedly awesome

It's really hard not to spoil stuff so I will say this: It's a well written young adult story and if you like good, kinda dark fantasy in modern times (urban fantasy it's caleld I think?) mixed with sci-fi, great characters and well written fight scenes, this is definetly book for you!

I bought this audiobook kinda on a whim. I wanted to try random fantasy so I bought something Luke Daniels narrated and I was seriously surprised. How to explain the book without spoiling a lot of stuff. What I will say is, movie of this book would be absolutely spectacular. Magic gives author incredible range of how fight scenes can look and those were definetly one of best parts of this book.

Main character especially is really fun to imagine when he fights and I couldnt get enough of those scenes. It is fun to watch him get better and better.
When it comes to characters. Main character felt bit unsympathetic to me after the start and felt like he had a lot of "a perfect guy" momnets, but if you realise what kind of person he is, you start to like him. At least I did.
Side characters were pretty much all interesting to me or at least well written when they had just short few lines. You could understand their character instantly, but I am not saying there were not complex characters. There are and character development is pretty good in this book.
Book's lore is rich and interesting, it has so many stuff that even when you think like you've seen everything, you will find out something new.

I am looking forward for next book in a series and I will definetly buy it as soon as its available. Hopefully Luke Daniels will continue narrating this series, because his performance was amazing as always and I am starting to believe he just cant narate badly anything fantasy related. I havent heard his other genres, but fantasy is something he definetly nailed.

Simply incredible!

Been waiting for a book like this since Ender's Game/Shadow. Luke Daniels is one of my favorite narrators.

Couldn't stop listening

Outstanding story.Reminded more Wildcards and Steelheart. Listened to the book in 2 days.
Very engrossing,kept a good pace, and story flowed smoothly.

Fantastic

This book has been well written. I didn't feel any slow parts or parts that detracted from the main story line. It paints a good picture of love and sacrifice. Few story make a person feel and think.

Special Occasion, I took a change

I am not typically interested in this type of book but the narrator had good reviews and I had a credit to burn. I was completely enthralled by the story and voices. The book twists and tells it's story in a way that excited me and kept me asking similar questions to what the protagonist was expressing. My only complaint is that now I have to wait for the author to finish writing more books and wait for them to record them on audio books. I sincerely want to listen to this book again and suggest it to all my friends who read and listen to audio books. What a great first story to start a series. I feel satisfied with the first books content and excited for the next. I hope you will listen and feel the same way.

Story is new

This was fun. Good story, something different. I would like to hear the second book. Gritty modern fantasy.

good story, can't wait for more

interesting story, i found it to have a captivating plot, the narrator did a fantastic job conveying the characters and emotions

I loved this book

It was an unexpected joy. At times there were parts that were a bit too juvenile. But it quickly turned back around to continue a great story line. I can't wait for the second book

Great, new, refreshing takes on old concepts.

Great story! Great narrator

Storyline is awesome. Definitely cannot wait for the next book. If you’re looking for a good read or listen, look no further.

Interesting thus far

Interesting, but the premise that people disappear through magical bends in reality so that no one notices on a global scale is ridiculous, even for sci-fiction. Seems like lazy writing.