• Dire: Fate

  • The Dire Saga, Book 0.5
  • By: Andrew Seiple
  • Narrated by: Amy McFadden
  • Length: 48 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (317 ratings)

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Dire: Fate

By: Andrew Seiple
Narrated by: Amy McFadden
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Publisher's Summary

All Doctor Dire wants to do is save the world.

But those pesky heroes keep getting in the way, and it's all she can do to give them a good fight without killing them. Supervillainy is such an underappreciated job these days....

©2021 Andrew Seiple (P)2021 Podium Audio

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  • 02-23-21

A good taste

A short intro for this story that gives me an excellent view into the world and leaves me wanting more. I will definitely be starting this series in earnest!

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Nice listen

I listened to this audio book on a whim since I like some of the authors other books. I was happy to find a good funny listen. Love the perspective of the villain who is actually a good person. I really recommend it. Now I am off to listen to the next in the series :)

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The first taste..

Love the Dire series.
This one feels like a tiny encapsulated sampler (a seiple sample?) of the themes.
As someone who has already read many of the books in the series, it was a little nostalgic and makes me want to relisten from “born”.

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cute

Glad I bought this out of curiosity. A fun short story. Interesting MC. Plan to check out series.

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Too woke for me

First book was great it subsequent books became too woke for me. Most of characters are homosexual and exploring their same sex relationships. Conservative politician turned out to be a rapist kidnapper. Black characters focus on race a lot Too politically woke.

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Suspension of disbelief difficult

The author is making this story use real world constructs like machinery and circuits instead of just "it's magic". Yet when main character has 25% circuitry failure, her mech suit is still pretty much 100% functional, the only difference is things can take longer / splurt a bit. It's more like a computer game character that continues to be just fine until the life bar goes to 0 and then the fully functioning person becomes dead.

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Hidden gem

I picked up this short story on a whim and was SO SURPRISED. I've never experienced a 48 min story make me feel like I just completed a 12 hour fully fleshed out story. Dr. Dire is now my new favorite sometimes Hero. I'm immediately going on to the first full length novel in the series and can't wait to see what Andrew Seiple can deliver with nearly 12 times the content. WELL DONE!

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  • MichelleK
  • 10-31-21

A Villain's work is never done

A great introduction to Doctor Dire, and their work of saving the world. The costs involved and those who constantly try to stop them. The Heroes.

I enjoyed this book and never thought I'd feel empathy with a villain.

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  • Lummy
  • 01-23-21

Awesome

Dire is the best. Can't wait to hear more from her career into the future.