Meta

By: Tom Reynolds

Narrated by: Tom Reynolds

Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's Summary

It’s been ten years since Connor Connolly lost his parents in ‘The Battle’; a fight between The Governor and Jones, two of the world’s strongest metas. Before ‘The Battle’ the world had been full of metas, super-powered humans whose amazing abilities came from mysterious wristbands. Since that day one has never been seen again.

Now 16-years-old, Connor lives in Bay View City with his older brother Derrick, a meta-obsessed blogger, where he’s just trying to keep his head down long enough to survive high school. All of that changes the night he attempts to save a girl's life and wakes up to find the first new pair of metabands anyone has seen wrapped around his wrists.

Connor soon finds an unlikely ally in Midnight, a masked vigilante who helps him learn how to harness his new abilities, while also trying to balance his summer job at the lake. As a meta, Connor becomes known as Omni, potentially the most powerful meta the world has ever seen, but it isn’t long before he finds out he's no longer alone...

©2013 Tom Reynolds (P)2014 Tom Reynolds

Loved it

What did you love best about Meta?

Loved the story, kept me engaged through the whole story.

What did you like best about this story?

The story was fairly easy to follow, and not completely obvious as to what would happen next.

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

Well spoken and brought more of the writers expression on how the story was meant to be told.

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

Yes, because it kept my interest throughout the whole story.

Any additional comments?

I'm a fan of the podcast The Complete Guide To Everything, and so I thought I'd give Tom's book a try and it was pretty good. Great job Tom :) hope you have a second one in progress.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Skip the Audible Version, Go For Kindle

Any additional comments?

The story was okay; there were some general flaws with the pacing and what not, but it was still a fine diversion. The author should not have tried to narrate it himself, however. Every character had the same voice, and there were many times when I couldn't tell if another character had started speaking or it was still the original one, nor could I tell when the hero was thinking to himself or speaking out loud. There was also a lack of gravity during the action scenes, it was just being read out of the book flat. I might consider reading the second book, but unless there's a new narrator I wouldn't get the audible version.

10 of 12 people found this review helpful

Enjoyable Read

Fans of comics, Renegade X, Super Powereds, the Supervillains Saga, etc will like this. Much more interesting than Please Don't Tell My Parents. Thank you, Mr. Reynolds

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Awesome Read

Amazing, was a taste of the Reckoners. With a flare of orgilnality. Stellar listen. thanks

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Enjoyable Story and Interesting Characters

I really enjoyed this book. The premise made for an interesting storyline, and I liked the character development. would definitely recommend this audiobook.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

horrible performace

pounds the p, slithers the s, background noise, at times it sounded like the actor was chewing on something when speaking, and voice droned on.

I had originally read the ebook a while back and when looking for something to listen to saw this one and figured I'd give it a listen to. was disappointed second time around.

Fun Series!

I have now listened to all three of the audiobooks for this series, so I as you may have guessed it...I enjoyed this series quite a bit. The writing is good. The author narrates the first book and does a great job. He wrote the characters, so you get the emotion and feeling of how the character sounds and the tone of voice they would be delivering in certain situations. I would have even enjoyed listening to the next books with him narrating.
The world building is interesting, the story isn't as predictable as a lot of super hero stories can be(I did guess a few things along the way, but was wrong about a more than a few guesses), and I genuinely liked the main character's personality.
The main thing is that this is a super hero story. If you like comics and other super hero novels than this is the kind of book for you. It's not some dark anti-hero book or some over complex plot, It's fun to read for the pure enjoyment of imagining a world of super heroes kind of book.
If anything I wish that the series was longer.

Author narration

I'm usually pretty intrigued by books that are narrated by the author. It allows me to hear the book as the author imagined it, and at least in the case of professional entertainers, I am rarely disappointed.

This book was a fairly well-written, standard "teenage superhero" story, complete with dead parents and a mentor clearly inspired by a nocturnal-flying-mammal-themed DC hero. The author did not come across as a professional narrator, and could benefit from a class in enunciation. Words like "et cetera" were pronounced "ekcetera," which drives me nuts. On the other hand, I suppose it did make it sound more as if a teenager were narrating the story.

great story room for more

I read this book when it was in wattpad and loved it and hearing it brought to life makes it even better

Love this book

With the rise in popularity of superhero stories in today’s society, it is hard to find stories that you can relate to. I feel this book is a good representation of the genre outside the major channels of DC or Marvel comics. It is a good balance of the ups and downs to what life would be like for an ordinary person to suddenly have superpowers and the struggles they have of learningThe true definition of right and wrong and the responsibilities that are taken on by people who suddenly have the ability to do something about it.

New kid on the block writes like an old pro.

Would you consider the audio edition of Meta to be better than the print version?

Yes Mr Reynolds performance was top notch and brought the characters to life.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Meta?

The equine Easter egg towards the end of the book had me grinning from ear to ear.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I felt the final showdown was really well done and had me rooting for Connor without wishing to give spoilers all I can say is it was an intelligent and exciting climax.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

It ain't easy being super.

Any additional comments?

I would normally have never picked a book with this subject matter up however being a huge fan of Tom's other audio work on the complete guide to everything I thought what the hell lets give it a whirl.I was shocked to discover a wonderfully engaging barnstorming tale of daring do.While paying homage to other comic book greats Tom also innovates and brings a raft of fresh ideas of his own to the party,with Connor we have a hero that we can relate to as he struggles to find his place in the world.

I have friends who enjoy comics or graphic novels if you prefer and one of their great woes is that once they finish one the urge to consume for is overwhelming.This is how I felt after finishing this wonderful romp if there were already more books in this series to buy I would have done so.I feel sorry for anyone discovering Tom's work in 20 years from now when he has a huge body of work behind him because they will be spending a fortune in a very short space of time.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Fantastic

Really unique and creative story and the narration was excellent. It was a really good read.

Poorly written amd even worse marration.

The story is enjoyable enough, if a bit clichèd but it's the boring, unrealistic conversations and dull pace that lets it down.
Also, a cardinal sin is authors narrating their own stories poorly. I totally understand that sometimes it is necessary to narrate yourself due to monetary constraints but how can someone do so and put so little enjoyment into the tale?
I will check out the other books in the series though as I saw a glimmer of excellence in there and hope things get better.

entertaining

had the book for a while but struggled due to read due to time constraints

Easily accessible, even if superheroes aren't usually your thing.

When it comes to superhero stories I'm normally one to pass it up, however after dithering for a while I took the plunge and was not disappointed.

I've listened to Tom on the TCGTE podcast for more than 5 years and was worried his narration would be strange to my ear, however it was well paced, clear and articulated each character well.

The story itself - whilst clearly a superhero story - isn't so stupidly far fetched as to be incomprehensible and you get the sense that each of the characters has a significant back story that you really want to discover (seriously, what *is* the deal with Midnight?!).

I'd really recommend this to anyone.