Your audiobook is waiting…
Hell's Gate
People who bought this also bought...
-
Off Armageddon Reef
- Safehold Series, Book 1
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 29 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Earth herself lay under siege by an enemy humankind could not defeat, mankind undertook one last throw of the dice: Operation Ark. Earth's final colonizing expedition was meant to build a new civilization, on a planet so distant even the Gbaba might never find it, and without the high-tech infrastructure whose emissions might betray its location.
-
-
David Weber always good
- By Alison on 09-08-07
-
On Basilisk Station
- Honor Harrington, Book 1
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Honor Harrington has been exiled to Basilisk station and given an antique ship to police the system. The vindictive superior who sent her there wants her to fail. But he made one mistake: he's made her mad....
-
-
Thanks for the memories
- By ShySusan on 03-23-13
-
Crusade
- Starfire, Book 1
- By: David Weber, Steve White
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Spacers call the warp point Charon's Ferry. No star ship has ever entered it and returned since a vengeful Orion task force pursued a doomed Terran colonization fleet into it in 2206. Almost a century has passed. The fiery hatreds of a quarter-century of warfare between the Terran Federation and the Zheeerlikou'valkhannaieeee, the cat-like species humans called the "Orions", have eased at least a little.
-
-
An OUTSTANDING Story Line Excellent Military SF!
- By Brian on 03-12-16
-
Under a Graveyard Sky
- Black Tide Rising, Book 1
- By: John Ringo
- Narrated by: Tristan Morris
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Zombies are real. And we made them. Are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse? The Smith family is, with the help of a few marines. When an airborne "zombie" plague is released, bringing civilization to a grinding halt, the Smith family, Steven, Stacey, Sophia, and Faith, take to the Atlantic to avoid the chaos. The plan is to find a safe haven from the anarchy of infected humanity. What they discover, instead, is a sea composed of the tears of survivors and a passion for bringing hope.
-
-
John Ringo is gross
- By Michael on 11-07-18
-
A Call to Duty
- Book I of Manticore Ascendant
- By: David Weber, Timothy Zahn
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Growing up, Travis Uriah Long yearned for order and discipline in his life...he two things his neglectful mother couldn’t or wouldn’t provide. So when Travis enlisted in the Royal Manticoran Navy, he thought he’d finally found the structure he’d always wanted so desperately. But life in the RMN isn’t exactly what he expected. Boot camp is rough and frustrating; his first ship assignment lax and disorderly; and with the Star Kingdom of Manticore still recovering from a devastating plague, the Navy is possibly on the edge of budgetary extinction.
-
-
Fantastic Blend of Military Sci-Fi and Space Opera
- By lykanthrope on 12-03-14
-
The Sword of the South
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Know thyself. Its always good to know who you are, but sometimes that's a little difficult. Kenhodan has no last name because he has no past...or not one he remembers, anyway. What he does have are a lot of scars and a lot of skills - some exhilarating and some terrifying - and a purpose. Now, if he only knew where he'd gotten them and what their purpose was....
-
-
Weber has done it again
- By wayne on 09-15-15
-
Off Armageddon Reef
- Safehold Series, Book 1
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 29 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Earth herself lay under siege by an enemy humankind could not defeat, mankind undertook one last throw of the dice: Operation Ark. Earth's final colonizing expedition was meant to build a new civilization, on a planet so distant even the Gbaba might never find it, and without the high-tech infrastructure whose emissions might betray its location.
-
-
David Weber always good
- By Alison on 09-08-07
-
On Basilisk Station
- Honor Harrington, Book 1
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Honor Harrington has been exiled to Basilisk station and given an antique ship to police the system. The vindictive superior who sent her there wants her to fail. But he made one mistake: he's made her mad....
-
-
Thanks for the memories
- By ShySusan on 03-23-13
-
Crusade
- Starfire, Book 1
- By: David Weber, Steve White
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Spacers call the warp point Charon's Ferry. No star ship has ever entered it and returned since a vengeful Orion task force pursued a doomed Terran colonization fleet into it in 2206. Almost a century has passed. The fiery hatreds of a quarter-century of warfare between the Terran Federation and the Zheeerlikou'valkhannaieeee, the cat-like species humans called the "Orions", have eased at least a little.
-
-
An OUTSTANDING Story Line Excellent Military SF!
- By Brian on 03-12-16
-
Under a Graveyard Sky
- Black Tide Rising, Book 1
- By: John Ringo
- Narrated by: Tristan Morris
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Zombies are real. And we made them. Are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse? The Smith family is, with the help of a few marines. When an airborne "zombie" plague is released, bringing civilization to a grinding halt, the Smith family, Steven, Stacey, Sophia, and Faith, take to the Atlantic to avoid the chaos. The plan is to find a safe haven from the anarchy of infected humanity. What they discover, instead, is a sea composed of the tears of survivors and a passion for bringing hope.
-
-
John Ringo is gross
- By Michael on 11-07-18
-
A Call to Duty
- Book I of Manticore Ascendant
- By: David Weber, Timothy Zahn
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Growing up, Travis Uriah Long yearned for order and discipline in his life...he two things his neglectful mother couldn’t or wouldn’t provide. So when Travis enlisted in the Royal Manticoran Navy, he thought he’d finally found the structure he’d always wanted so desperately. But life in the RMN isn’t exactly what he expected. Boot camp is rough and frustrating; his first ship assignment lax and disorderly; and with the Star Kingdom of Manticore still recovering from a devastating plague, the Navy is possibly on the edge of budgetary extinction.
-
-
Fantastic Blend of Military Sci-Fi and Space Opera
- By lykanthrope on 12-03-14
-
The Sword of the South
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Know thyself. Its always good to know who you are, but sometimes that's a little difficult. Kenhodan has no last name because he has no past...or not one he remembers, anyway. What he does have are a lot of scars and a lot of skills - some exhilarating and some terrifying - and a purpose. Now, if he only knew where he'd gotten them and what their purpose was....
-
-
Weber has done it again
- By wayne on 09-15-15
-
The Shadow of Saganami
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 30 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Star Kingdom has a new generation of officers! And this elite group hand-picked and trained by Honor Harrington herself is going to be needed immediately, as their first assignment turns out to be more dangerous than anyone expected. What was supposed to be a quiet outpost, far from the blazing conflict between the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the People's Republic of Haven has actually been targeted by an unholy alliance between the slaveholders of Manpower.
-
-
Poor Narration
- By Farrell on 06-02-13
-
Limitless Lands: The Commander's Tale, a LitRPG adventure
- Limitless Lands Series, Book 1
- By: Dean Henegar
- Narrated by: Jack Voraces
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Colonel James Raytak is about to die. The 93-year-old combat veteran is living his last days in a nursing home; his only hope for survival is an experimental Medpod life support system controlled by an artificial intelligence. Co-developed by the world’s largest gaming company, Qualitranos the AI will also control the soon to be released game Limitless Lands. Without its creator’s knowledge, the AI decides the best course of treatment is to import its patient’s consciousness directly into the game.
-
-
Unique take on LitRPG
- By thompson on 11-21-18
-
Oath of Swords
- War God, Book 1
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Bahzell is no knight in shining armor, and besides he has too many problems of his own to be messing with anybody else's problems - let alone the War God's. Unfortunately, the War God has other ideas for him.
-
-
Almost Returned This One
- By breckoz on 04-25-13
-
March Upcountry
- Prince Roger Series, Book 1
- By: David Weber, John Ringo
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock was young, handsome, athletic, an excellent dresser, and third in line for the Throne of Man. So it wasn't surprising that he became spoiled, self-centered, and petulant. After all, what else did he have to do with his life?
-
-
2 GREAT WRITERS 1 FANTASTIC STORY
- By Randall on 08-26-18
-
Son of the Black Sword
- Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, Book 1
- By: Larry Correia
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After the War of the Gods, the demons were cast out and fell to the world. Mankind was nearly eradicated by the seemingly unstoppable beasts until the gods sent the great hero, Ramrowan, to save them. He united the tribes, gave them magic, and drove the demons into the sea. Ever since, the land has belonged to man, and the oceans have remained an uncrossable hell, leaving the continent of Lok isolated.
-
-
A Great Beginning to a new Epic Series
- By Don Gilbert on 10-31-15
-
Dungeon Born
- Divine Dungeon Series, Book 1
- By: Dakota Krout
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For eons, conquering dungeons has been the most efficient way to become a strong adventurer. Although not everything is as straightforward as it seems. Several questions have always plagued the minds of those who enter these mythical places of power: why are there so many monsters? Where do the amazing weaponry and heavy gold coins come from? Why does the very air fill with life-giving energies? Cal has all of the answers to these age-old questions, for a very simple reason. He is a Dungeon Heart.
-
-
A Gem in the RPG/Fantasy Genre
- By SirMehr on 04-01-17
-
A Beautiful Friendship
- Star Kingdom, Book 1
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Stephanie Harrington had always expected to be a forest ranger on her homeworld of Meyerdahl until her parents relocated to the frontier planet of Sphinx in the far distant Star Kingdom of Manticore. It should have been the perfect new home - a virgin wilderness full of new species of every sort, just waiting to be discovered. But Sphinx is a far more dangerous place than ultra-civilized Meyerdahl, and Stephanie's explorations come to a sudden halt when her parents lay down the law: no trips into the bush without adult supervision!
-
-
Wow, Weber hits the target.
- By brendanstallard on 04-19-12
-
More Than Honor
- Worlds of Honor #1
- By: David Weber, David Drake, S. M. Stirling
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine, L. J. Ganser, Khristine Hvam
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
New York Times best-selling author David Weber invites David Drake and S.M. Stirling, two of today's top writers of military science fiction, to join him in an exploration of Honor Harrington's universe.
-
-
Learn more about the time and place of Honor.
- By Jean on 11-24-12
-
Crown of Slaves
- By: David Weber, Eric Flint
- Narrated by: Peter Larkin
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Star Kingdom's ally Erewhon is growing increasingly restive in the alliance because the new High Ridge regime ignores its needs. Add to that the longstanding problem of a slave labor planet controlled by hostile Mesans in Erewhon's stellar back yard, a problem which High Ridge also ignores.
-
-
Eric Flint makes this MUCH better
- By Kindle Customer on 10-22-13
-
The Magitech Chronicles Quadrilogy
- Magitech Chronicles, Books 1-4
- By: Chris Fox
- Narrated by: Ryan Kennard Burke
- Length: 34 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Aran awakens in chains with no memory. He’s conscripted into the Confederate Marines as a Tech Mage, given a spellrifle then hurled into the war with the draconic Krox and their Void Wyrm masters. Desperate to escape, Aran struggles to master his abilities while surviving the Krox onslaught. Fighting alongside him are a Major who will do anything to win, a Captain who will stop at nothing to see him dead, and a woman whose past is as blank as his own.
-
-
Space Marines, Dragons, Demons, Spellguns and More
- By James Marsh on 01-29-19
-
Boundary
- Boundary Series, Book 1
- By: Eric Flint, Ryk E. Spoor
- Narrated by: Jonathan Walker
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A daring and resourceful paleontologist uncovers something at the infamous K-T boundary marking the end of dinosaurs in the fossil record - something big, dangerous, and absolutely, categorically impossible. It's a find that will catapult her to the Martian moon Phobos, then down to the crater-pocked desert of the Red Planet itself. For this mild-mannered fossil hunter may just have become Earth's first practicing xenobiologist!
-
-
Okay story ruined by the voiceactor's performance
- By Blao on 02-02-17
-
Live Free or Die
- Troy Rising, Book One
- By: John Ringo
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When aliens trundled a gate to other worlds into the solar system, the world reacted with awe, hope and fear. But the first aliens to come through, the Glatun, were peaceful traders and the world breathed a sigh of relief.
-
-
Simply Awesome
- By Colin on 05-27-11
Publisher's Summary
They thought they knew how the universes worked. They were wrong!
In the almost two centuries since the discovery of the first interuniversal portal, Arcana has explored scores of other worlds - all of them duplicates of their own. Multiple Earths, virgin planets with a twist, because the ''explorers'' already know where to find all of their vast, untapped natural resources. Worlds beyond worlds, effectively infinite living space and mineral wealth. And in all that time, they have never encountered another intelligent species. No cities, no vast empires, no civilizations, and no equivalent of their own dragons, gryphons, spells, and wizards.
But all of that is about to change. It seems there is intelligent life elsewhere in the multiverse. Other human intelligent life, with terrifying new weapons and powers of the mind...and wizards who go by the strange title of ''scientist''.
More from the same
Narrator
What members say
Average Customer Ratings
Overall
-
-
5 Stars179
-
4 Stars118
-
3 Stars41
-
2 Stars14
-
1 Stars8
Performance
-
-
5 Stars220
-
4 Stars72
-
3 Stars25
-
2 Stars5
-
1 Stars3
Story
-
-
5 Stars172
-
4 Stars79
-
3 Stars48
-
2 Stars17
-
1 Stars8
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Erin Newlin
- 04-12-16
we'll get there...eventually.
inter dimensional combat between two totally different civilizations. awesome! But first...Let's talk about the three major religions of one of the civilizations, since the 12 different factions from that civilization will need to form One government, we'll need to go in depth into their religious beliefs.
do you know that person that gets sidetracked while telling you a story? that is this for 32 hours. as Bill Cosby used to say, "I told you that story to tell you this story."
It's a pretty good story. It feels like the author has seen these two worlds and wants to tell us all about them. unfortunately, he only focuses on one of the worlds in this book. maybe the next book focuses on the other world. I'll never know.
13 of 14 people found this review helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Leaburt Anderson
- 05-31-16
next time
Too much information. Hard to follow story line. Mark Boyett is one of my favorite narrators and even he couldn't keep my attention.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
-
Overall
- Mike
- 04-12-16
So much narrative. Show, don't tell. Balance.
The authors live to hear themselves write. Hell's Gate overflows with narrative, with little dialog and action. Whole chapters ooze by with exhaustive narrative, telling us everything that happens and everything that is thought. There's long, long passages telling us about the exhausting multiple worlds. There's little dialog to let us connect with the characters.
This flood of words leaves me drowning in details about the multiple worlds, confused by the made up words and never-ending details that add facts, not information.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Kitty
- 03-29-17
Good story but repetitive and slow moving
I liked the main characters and how their personalities were developed, I was very disappointed for how repetitive this book was. The plot was extremely slow. I thought I would pull my hair out when the author expressed over and over and over and or again how horrified everyone was over some violent situations that took place. That was the point where the story peeked my attention and I wanted to know what was next, but I had to suffer it out far to long just to remain curious though out the rest of this volume. The content was good,but writing style and long windedness is the reason I gave it a poor rating
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Don Grimes
- 04-17-16
Sorry Mark wasted his time narrating this one
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Linda Evans
Has Hell's Gate turned you off from other books in this genre?
No, I have other David Weber Books, I know that with 20 books a year he has to have help putting them out..
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
The detail about every thing was great. It's to bad it was about things that didn't matter. There was a whole chapter in detail about a horse that you never saw again.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Hell's Gate?
This book should have been abridged.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Kelly Estes
- 03-21-18
Good story but a little slow paced.
spent too much time on tangential characters. diluted the story a bit. A decent study of transportation issues and some early logistics that may get more in depth later.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- mikel
- 01-23-18
if you are looking at this I will answer the ques
this rocks. that is all needed. the first two words are what I wanted. but I needed 13 more.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jeffrey Kline
- 07-16-17
Such wasted potential
I am a huge fan of Weber's work. I love the Honorverse and the Safehold stories. I don't know Evans' work, but figured that it had to be good if Weber was associated. But this book fell flat. I liked the universe building. Having two earth-based worlds with different histories and then throw in magic, and there is a great potential. World building was challenging though because the authors were had to work with two different worlds, with multiple countries, and multiple cultures. It made it a bit complicated for an audio book. The info dumps were huge. At times it was hard to follow all the names of the countries and the associated stereotypes.
But what was frustrating was the style of writing. This book definitely needed an editor to tighten up the action. Every single event triggered lengthy and in depth description of every character's emotional response. And the emotions described were just over the top. Everyone was experiencing such intense emotions, that required what felt like 10 minutes of internal dialog to explore. This definitely important for some of the main characters who suffered trauma, but it was so melodramatic that it grew tiresome. It seemed like every character was melodramatic and it became overwhelming. Then about halfway through the book, the action picked up and the melodrama decreased a bit. Emotions are needed, but some of the characters who should have been more detached, weren't.
The odd thing about this book is that I liked the characters, universe, and the basic plot. I just cannot get over the plodding, melodramatic style of writing. I want to know how the series ties up all the loose ends, but I won't be listening to it, it's too painful.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Mike
- 04-27-17
Great narration
Really good book you get a lot for your dollar on this one. The narrator was the best I've ever heard.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Larry
- 03-19-17
Well written, and well told story. One snag...
Larry here.
The place names, and the names of persons are so very hard to keep pace with. Three times I was tempted to give up in confusion, having to relisten to segments over, and over again; I was still confused. The story, & reading were so well done I hung in there in spite of that challenge.
Yes, I'm moving on to the next novel in the three novel series; that good...
Well done! 👍
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Stephen
- 12-02-18
Do not do it !!!
if you have 82 hours free to waste only to be left with no conclusion to a long story buy this series........... the author has some great ideas and fascinating plots but he goes into great detail and gets bored. The result is he takes you on a roller coaster ride and just as your about to hit the down slope it stops and leaves you hanging. This series like so many others has NO FINISH it is frustrating and annoying. BE WARNED you will regret embarking on this long journey to no where
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Mike A.
- 02-21-18
unfinished unconvincing story
didn't finish this book first time I've given up love sci go and fantasy but found this book completrly unappealing
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- C. Forrester
- 03-22-17
Great Start ! Overall , slowish to get into but worth while.
Came across this series by trying to find other things Mark Boyett has narrated . I really enjoy his narration and his performance he did not disappoint.
Having read the Honourverse novels I knew I liked Webber and the concept of multiversity (is that a word?) in this series is well handled. As with most Epic Sci Fi / Fantasy it takes a while to get your head around who all the players are but when you do the story really starts to come alive.
The only potential criticism is you can see a number of common sense ways to stop the escalation that occurs in the story. I ended up shouting " but why not just do X!!" at the speakers on occasion. However if they did this there wouldn't be much of a story.
Overall , slowish to get into but worth while. Off to download the next in the series.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- AR Hume
- 04-02-16
Very interesting meld of Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Where does Hell's Gate rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
As is normal with David Weber books the story is well developed with good character background and Scene setting. If you like a fusion of fantasy, culture shock and good old devious internal politics between to very divergent human cultures then this one is for you.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I liked the story and whilst pacing can be an issue with David Weber stories no one can say you do not get your money's worth.
Which character – as performed by Mark Boyett – was your favourite?
Mark Boyett has a good range of character voices and he has the ability to keep you metaphorically turning pages. He certainly adds to the work.
Any additional comments?
I am not sure how many books will be in this series , I know of at least one more available now and would be astounded if that concludes the work. However please please give us more Honor Harrington in the near future.