Rules of Engagement (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Serrano Legacy, Book 5, Part 1

By: Elizabeth Moon

Narrated by: full cast, Nanette Savard, Elisabeth Demery, Sunny Lasskey, Peter Stray, Jeff Baker, Thomas Penny, James Konicek, Mort Shelby, Jonathan Watkins, Tim Getman, James Lewis

Esmay Suiza and Brun Meager should be friends - they're both bright, brave, likable and adventurous. But true friendship doesn't run any smoother than true love. Brun thinks Esmay's a stuck-up prig, and Esmay thinks Brun's a spoiled rich brat who's making a play for Barin Serrano, Esmay's first love.

So when Brun falls into the hands of a repressive religious militia movement, Esmay finds herself n disgrace, suspected of conniving at the capture. Even Barin, now being pursued by the beautiful and ambitious Casea Ferradi, has turned against her, and Brun's powerful family doesn't want Esmay anywhere near the rescue attempt.

Performed by Nanette Savard, Elisabeth Demery, Sunny Lasskey, Peter Stray, Jeff Baker, Thomas Penny, James Konicek, Mort Shelby, Jonathan Watkins, Tim Getman, James Lewis, Andy Clemence, David Coyne, Michael Glenn, Tom Simpson, MB Van Dorn, Richard Rohan, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, Tim Carlin, Ken Jackson, Steven Carpenter, Lily Beacon, Elizabeth Jernigan, Dylan Lynch, Scott McCormick, Terence Aselford, Sherri Simpson, Karen Carbone, Bobby Aselford.

©1998 Elizabeth Moon (P)2009 Graphic Audio, LLC

Ew. Rape noises, WHY?!

I love Elizabeth Moon. I love audio books. Graphic Audio is a travesty. This series needs to seriously dial back on the squelching, barfing, and sound of women screaming in anguish as they are being raped. WTF, Graphic Audio?! Not only do you split each book into 2 parts and CHARGE FULL $ FOR EACH, which is BS enough, but the overacting and horrifying noises nearly ruin Moon’s excellent space opera. No insult to the actors, not their fault some moron director into horror genre thinks the spit, vomit and torture soundtrack are why people love Elizabeth Moon. What jackasses.