Earthers

The Silver Ships

By: S. H. Jucha

Narrated by: Nicole Poole

Omnians, Earthers, and alliance members are fighting the Colony, the horde of sentient insectoids that threaten alliance space.

The Colony has had centuries to expand through the network of domes built by the Messinants, an ancient race. The domes’ Q-gates allow the insectoids to invade planets through their inventive use of rings, which extends the power of the domes.

It’s Omnian superior technology that gives a temporary advantage to the peaceful alliance members who lead the fight to retake their planets.

Omnian warships and fighters, Tridents and travelers, possess beam weapons to destroy the Colony’s shuttles and transports. However, the Colony escalates, turning its transports into deadly explosive traps.

In the past, the few alliance races that fought back could barely hold the line against the Colony’s seemingly never-ending incursions. Now, Jess Cinders leads a group of dedicated veterans armed with explosive dart weapons borrowed from the Loopah race.

Again, it’s the Omnian advanced tech that changes the dynamics in favor of the veterans. Engineers upgrade an invention first used decades ago. It’s a shadow, a multilegged avatar, with a mounted laser.

Unfortunately, for those races fighting to halt the Colony’s expansion, the insectoids aren’t willing to retreat. They fight back with even deadlier tactics that take the lives of the unwary.

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Decent story, narrator not so much

While this narrator does a lot better job then previous book (fortunately she only did one book). I don’t feel optemistic of the rest of the books in this series. I would still recommend this series to anyone who is interrested in this genre but I would advice them to read instead of listening.

Voice actor different voices

Different voices for various characters was poor. I think I have listened to her before and she did ok, it is this specific book.

Another botched narration

Very disappointing that they switched narrators on this series. This one, Nicole Poole, sounds like a computer-generated voice and not in a good SADE-like way. Did this narrator even listen to the original narrator? Grover Gardner, to learn how various words were pronounced in the first dozen or so books. The performance was so distracting that the overall book was less enjoyable. Unfortunately, Nicole Poole or, more appropriately, a computer tagged Nicole Poole (Siri, Alexa. etc.) is the narrator for the remainder of the series. SH Jucha needs to fire the producers of his audio books.

Engaging

I enjoyed the Silver Ship Series and the 16th book is no exception. The Omnians, Earthers and alliance members are fighting sentient insectoids that are invading Alliance worlds; but, I had the feeling the book is sort of a completion of a story and a set up for a new challenge for Alex and friends. I cannot wait to start the next installment.

I read this as an audiobook downloaded from Audible. The book is twelve hours and thirty-five minutes. Nicola Poole does a good job narrating the book. Poole is a classical trained actress. She has won multiple Earphone Awards and has been nominated for an Audie Award. I do miss Grover Gardener narrating the series. Grover was the only narrator until recently. He was one of my favorite narrators. I assume he has retired after almost thirty years of narrating audiobooks. I sorely miss the sound of his voice.

Good Story Butchered by robotic narration.

Stopped listening an hour into a series and author I love. Storyteller’s narration is so stiff, the rich nuances of Juvha’s writing is lost. Absolutely terrible.