Live Free or Die

Troy Rising, Book One

De: John Ringo

Narrado por: Mark Boyett

Beginning a New Series by a New York Times Best-Selling Author.Will the People of Earth Bow Down toAlien Overlords—or Will They Live Free or Die?

First Contact Was Friendly

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.

Who Controls the Orbitals, Controls the World

When the Horvath came through, they announced their ownership by dropping rocks on three cities and gutting them. Since then, they've held Terra as their own personal fiefdom. With their control of the orbitals, there's no way to win and earth's governments have accepted the status quo.

Live Free or Die

To free the world from the grip of the Horvath is going to take an unlikely hero. A hero unwilling to back down to alien or human governments, unwilling to live in slavery and with enough hubris, if not stature, to think he can win. Fortunately, there's Tyler Vernon. And he has bigger plans than just getting rid of the Horvath.

Troy Rising is a book in three parts—Live Free or Die being the first part—detailing the freeing of earth from alien conquerors, the first steps into space using off-world technologies and the creation of Troy, a thousand trillion ton battlestation designed to secure the solar system.

©2010 John Ringo (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

I love Tyler!!

I've never written a review on Audible before but this book drives me to it. I have too... I must.. This book is great. I loved it so much I've order the tree-book version so I can have it on my shelf. The character Tyler Vernon.. or is that Vernon Tyler?? Is so rich (both literally and metaphorically) I love the way he solves problems. I've read many many sci-fi from Baxter to Vinge but I have no Ringo... until now.
You owe it to you iPhone to have this book!

Must read, funny and believable

What about Mark Boyett’s performance did you like?

Mark Boyett narrative and delivery of the book was excellent. His impersonation of different characters was amazing. Definitely recommend the audible version.

Made me read all 3

Where does Live Free or Die rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Live Free or Die was fun and entertaining. The premise drew me in, the writing style is good, and The narrator is fantastic. This book made me buy the other two and listen in order. This is by far the best of the three, Followed by citadel. Hot gate seemed disjointed, almost like it was a "Had to do" book rather than final of the series.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Tyler Vernon is a helluva guy- he is the guy you wish all these rich guys in the world actually were.

What does Mark Boyett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Mark Boyett does a great job inflecting the different characters and bringing them to life. I will actually look at other books he's narrated and give them a look.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

This book drew me in immediately and caused me to purchase the other two before I finished this one.

Almost a good book

I had high hopes for this book but was a little disappointed. 75% of this book is about an entrepeneur taking advantage of opportunities in syrup and space mining. Only 25% of the book really dealt with the aliens at all and even then, we only got to discover a few races and some bland facts - none of which helped him fight the aliens. The main character was pretty dry and the author intentionally left family members out of the story which could have easily been used for tension or motivation. The book's idea has definite appeal, but the author's inability to capitalize on it left me wanting. I think Mr. Ringo needs to reboot this book and focus more on the alien relationship, spend more time in space, more tension and plot movement and allow the aliens to develop better.

A Great SiFi Listen

One of the best stories I've heard. Great SuFi concepts, from maple sugar as an intoxicant for aliens to ballooning of asteroids. Just outstanding work and the narrator is excellent.