Overkill

Orphan's Legacy, Book 1

De: Robert Buettner

Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews

At 23, Jazen Parker has completed his Legion hitch a hero. But in four months, he'll have a price on his head. Worse, he's lost his past, and he can't find his future. Worst of all, he's chosen to search for them on the deadliest planet known to mankind.

When Jazen reluctantly hires on to a Trueborn Earthman tycoon's safari to bag a deadly trophy, the reluctant mercenary finds himself shipped out to Downgraded Earthlinke 476, the outpost at the end of the universe known to everyone except its tourism bureau as "Dead End". But the hunt goes terribly wrong, and Jazen must survive a tough, beautiful local guide who hates mercenaries, an 11-ton beast that can crush main battle tanks with one claw tied behind its back, and the return of a nightmare that has haunted Jazen since birth. Then Jazen learns that the stakes are not merely his own life, but the fate of an entire alien race.

©2011 Robert Buettner (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Buettner goes well beyond... military science fiction.... He understands... living as a soldier—the boredom punctuated by terror, the constant anxiety and self-doubt, the random chaos that battle always is, and the emotional glue that holds together people who may have nothing in common except absolute responsibility for one another's lives.” (Joe Haldeman, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author)

"Entertaining. Buettner shows the Heinlein touch." (Denver Post)

Unexpected view of the world

Where does Overkill rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This book was somewhat a surprise to me - I had it in my library for quite some time, and never really gave it any thought. I am assuming I bought it at a surprise sale. However once I actually listened to it, it ranked up with some of my favorite stories.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Well, saying it might very well be a spoiler - thus I will let it show itself when you listen to it.

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

Personally I really liked the voice given to the characters, made them come alive and added to their personality.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Outside Experience

Any additional comments?

I can highly recommend this book for those that like a blend of Sci-fi, adventure and mystery. It gives a fairly unique look into a planetary society, with twists and turns that leaves one hoping for the next chapter. I sat up into the late hours just because I was waiting for my favorite character to make another appearance.
Only sad thing is that the next in the series is not quite as good, though it is definitely a solid listen.

Imaginative fantasy.

Enjoy not for what it is. Not real life but a reflection of it.
A relaxing pleasure to listen to.

Great Story

I hadn't read Buettner before, and frankly I wasn't expecting much when I bought this one. However, as soon as Mr. Andrews began to narrate the tale I was hooked. There are a number of facets to this book, but it is largely a first contact story from the point of view of a very alien (and ultimately pretty cool) alien. The ending is set up for a sequel, so it is kind of a jarring stop, but otherwise a great read. The author's knowledge of military armour is solid, true-born humans are arrogant jerks, and I'd imagine the orca was rather surprised (though only briefly)... read this book :)

CRAP ON CRUST

ON DEAD END AMPUTATION APPEARED TO BE THE NEW BLACK
The beginning set this world up to be really spooky. The government agents our hero has to deal with when arriving our very funny. It is a jungle forest planet with some of the deadliest animals and insects in the universe. The biggest and badest animal happens to be sentient, but the humans don't realize it. ON DEAD END HUMANS DIDN'T MAKE ROADKILL, THEY WERE ROADKILL. A pretty good set up.

This feeling did not hold. Soon, the book goes into talking about guns. Another taking them apart and talking about how tough they are. As more characters are introduced they are two dimensional. If you are playing the arcade game the bad guys are running around with the bubble over there head saying bad guy. Giving a voice to the huge monsters almost saved the book for me. Still, it just was lacking something to get it over the booze line. It is not a awful book, just not a great book.

Excellent first contact story

Like the other reviews stated, I was very pleasantly surprised! The story was great, the narration was excellent, I ready liked the narrator's voices. Most of the story takes place on dead end, a world where humans are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain when unarmed. The story line is one where a few humans are searching for the secret ability of the top predator on the planet, who happens to be the top predator of the known galaxy. Overall, a very good audio book.