Immortal

The Immortal Series, Book 1

By: Gene Doucette

Narrated by: Steve Carlson

Surviving 60,000 years takes cunning and more than a little luck. But in the 21st century, Adam confronts new dangers - someone has found out what he is, a demon is after him, and he has run out of places to hide. Worst of all, he has had entirely too much to drink.

Immortal is a first person confessional penned by a man who is immortal, but not invincible. In an artful blending of sci-fi, adventure, fantasy, and humor, Immortal introduces us to a world with vampires, demons and other magical creatures, yet a world without actual magic.

At the center of the book is Adam.

Adam is a 60,000 year old man. He doesn't age or get sick, but is otherwise entirely capable of being killed. His survival has hinged on an innate ability to adapt, his wits, and a fairly large dollop of luck. He makes an excellent guide through history, when he's sober.

©2010 Gene Doucette (P)2016 Gene Doucette

Needed better narration

This story could have been better had the narrator been better. I’ve liked Steve Carlson in other instances but he didn’t seem like the right choice for this audiobook. Adam is supposed to be an immortal man who appears to be about 35 years old but Steve Carlson sounds elderly to me. Also, he doesn’t do accents well at all. His female voices are all exactly the same and while I could over look that, it’s harder to over look that he has a particular way of making all his female voices sound slightly mentally challenged. He simply does not do this story justice. Otherwise I liked the story and the characters. What I didn’t like so much was the bonus story at the end which seemed unnecessary and gratuitous, as if it was just an excuse to write an additional sex scene. I’m disappointed to see that Steve Carlson narrates the entire series. Not sure if I’ll continue on with the series or not. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Didn't want to stop, not desparate to continue

I'm not quite sure what inspired 4-5 star reviews for this one. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't terrible, but neither was it great. The concept of immortality is certainly nothing new in the sci-fi world, and this is largely done without any invocations of gods or the supernatural, even if the science has a few holes in it. I somehow feel that the reason the main character didn't understand much of that 'sciency' stuff was more as a cover for the author's lack of knowledge than any inherent need the character had for this trait. The story has a bit of mystery, but nothing so overwhelming as to drive me immediately to the next book. I read this one to the end, but I wasn't shy about putting it down for long breaks either. It seems the series continues for many more books, but I haven't decided whether to continue or not yet...

Enchanting Entanglement

This was a enchanting entanglement of history, science, humor and nuance in a masterfully spun tale.

DECENT STORY. Yet author uses many long-winded

and boring conversations as 'filler' to push his world view. Poses main character as reluctant yet credible becsuse "he was there". Then begins long monologue about religion. ugh... unecessary.

The characters

The vocal actor had limited range. It was hard to tell which character was speaking sometimes