Freedom’s Fire

Freedom’s Fire Series, Book 1

By: Bobby Adair

Narrated by: Greg Tremblay

The first interstellar war, a generation ago, left humanity enslaved. Now humans fight in the armies of their masters to save themselves from annihilation. At least, that's what the propaganda insists is true.

What the layers of lies keep hidden is how badly the new war is going for the people of earth. Now it's Dylan Kane's turn to blast into the heavens and join the battle, but what his masters don't know is that by putting a weapon in his hands, they're giving him the key to unlocking his hopes of freedom.

When the railgun slugs are tearing through his ship, and the vacuum is sucking the life out of his wounded friends, will Dylan's years of repressed rage turn into enough bravery to make his dream come true?

©2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Good book

I enjoyed the story and will be starting the next one immediately after this review.

The series has an unsatisfactory ending

Don't expect the story to be tidily completed. I'm OK with that if I have prior knowledge and don't expect more. Another reviewer compared it to the ending in the Dark Tower series. You go on an epic journey with characters you become invested in and are left feeling "huh"?

I wasn't comfortable with the North Koreans as major human villains. I don't see them having the population to do as much collaborating as they did. I found they're being brought up so frequently jarring and xenophobic.

Some people raved about the opening chapter but it struck me as very dark and disagreeable. The six-book set was on my Wish List but every time I listened to the sample from the first chapter I put it back. Greg Tremblay was the only reason I revisited it. I was happy to see the story in Audible Plus.

A prequel or prologue would have been nice. I would have rated it higher except for the way the series ended.

Not Bad

I wasn't sure I was going to make it through this book after the first chapter. One of the first things I noticed was the narrator's exclusion of the middle T in certain words. Extremely annoying. And I was thinking it was going to sound like a Si-Fi Harlequin romance after the wrinkled old lady sex scene. Looking back though, I suppose it did help with building the main character. The story started slow, but picked up along the way. By the end of the book I was pretty interested in the story. I became interested in a couple of the other characters too. I'll listen to the next book and see how it goes. I thought this book had a good mixture of character building and action. Hopefully the next book will do the same and it will build on the other companions.

fantastic epic!

its been a fantastic journey thus far, just a little over halfway and it feels like I'm in the book, a part of the grunts.

Audio Book Anxiety

When ever i pick a new book I have the worse anxiety. The fear i wont like content or the narrator but this book played out well.

The narrator delivered the right amount of vocal tone change to hear the character change and the Author delivered content in a space setting I enjoyed. Decent characters and overall a believable plot.

Give it a chance.