• Gabriel's Redemption

  • Evan Gabriel Trilogy, Book 1
  • By: Steve Umstead
  • Narrated by: Ray Chase
  • Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (285 ratings)

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Gabriel's Redemption

By: Steve Umstead
Narrated by: Ray Chase
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Publisher's summary

"A cast of interesting and believable characters and a plot that kept me listening…I enjoyed the author's take on technology and the political landscape of the future. Definitely recommended!" (Michael R. Hicks, bestselling author of the In Her Name science-fiction/adventure series and the bestselling thriller Season of the Harvest).

North American Federation Navy Commander Evan Gabriel was dishonorably discharged after a disastrous mission on a far off world called Eden. He's spent the last five years hiding from his past, from those responsible for the failed mission, from those responsible for running him out of the Navy, and from those originally responsible for making him into who he was - a highly-trained, physically and mentally augmented Special Forces soldier.

Two mysterious visitors appear unannounced at the door of a Gabriel's seedy hotel room in the slums of Jamaica. His past has finally caught up with him. From the decaying Caribbean to politically charged South America, from the back alleys of Mars to a tiny colony on a planet 600 light years from Earth, Gabriel's Redemption is a near-future military science-fiction story of a personal journey seen from the perspective of a soldier who has lost everything - one who desperately needs to redeem himself not only in his government's eyes, but also his own. Interstellar action and political intrigue mix with one-on-one battles on the surface of a frozen planet in Book One of the science fiction-adventure trilogy.

©2011 Steve Umstead (P)2013 Podium Publishing

Critic reviews

"Umstead can write an action-packed adventure story better than most. He is an artist in designing a high-tech battlefield and weaving in the human element with his character's depth and color. If you like action in a science fiction setting then you really need to pick this up from Book One and give it a shot." (Tom Clementson, The Kindle Book Review)
"This series brings me back to the old days when sci-fi was about ass kicking, great friends, loyalty and action." (Amazon Reviewer)

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Fun and high Entertainment, I Loved it !!

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Gabriel is that fallen hero who lost everything he worked for as a special operations officer. This former elite military man must take on one more mission for the man who brought him down in order to redeem his career and restore faith in himself. Gabriel knows there is more behind the mission than he’s been told but he’s surrounded by a team he knows nothing about. With no allies, Gabriel will have to follow his instincts in order to bring himself and his team back alive.Gabriel is flawed by the universal politics and ambitions of the power brokers in this world. He is a tool, an instrument whose race to uncover a truth will completely reshape the universe one way or another. With only a finite amount of time, he must flush out the villains nearest him and expose their masters amongst the elite. More than his own skill and intuition, Gabriel must learn who to trust others because these are monumental tasks he cannot do along.Gabriel’s Redemption is hard-core science fiction with plenty of gadgets and adrenaline to keep the synapses firing while you turn the pages all night long. The world Steve has created is rich in detail and full of advanced technology: pulse weapons, neurotic brain implants, wormholes, inter-stellar travel, everything a scifi fan could hope for. I highly recommend it to anybody who loves science fiction or military-style action because this has plenty of both. I couldn’t put it down. Ray Chase delivers a perfect narration, I just loved his many voices. I am so looking forward to the next book in this very entertaining trilogy. :)

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Disappointing

I purchased this book because I liked the prequel "Gabriel: Zero Point." However, the plot of this book was predictable and dull. I kept waiting for the next event which I could see coming well in advance. None of the protagonists was likable enough for me to root for them, and all the antagonists were stereotyped. The trope of the flawed hero with PTSD is much better done by Nora Roberts (JD Robb) in her "In Death" series. I have family members with PTSD, so I know what the real thing looks like.

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Great story, but starts in middle

With a title that includes redemption, you have to realize something bad has already happened to the main character. This story picks up a few years after the free prologue. Evan Gabrielle has a military career and one terribly botched mission. It's a bit awkward starting at this point, but the author managed to pull me in.

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Great story, the narrator....not so much

What made the experience of listening to Gabriel's Redemption the most enjoyable?

The storyline is good, lots of forward thinking on future technology.

What did you like best about this story?

Likeable protagonist.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

No. I mean no offence to the narrator; however the fluctuations in his voice makes the book sound like a really cheap used car commercial.

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

No

Any additional comments?

I really wanted to like this book, I just could not get passed the narration...sorry.

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bad reader

What made the experience of listening to Gabriel's Redemption the most enjoyable?

I will always check to make sure this guy never reads another story to me. He ruined the story, I actually couldn't listen to more than one chapter.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Gabriel's Redemption?

I honestly couldn't tell you, the reader sounded "creepy"

What didn’t you like about Ray Chase’s performance?

very bad

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

no

Any additional comments?

enough said

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A guilty pleasure...

A guilty pleasure that goes well whil I am packing boxes and scanning crap at work.

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Doesn't go well with the prequel.

If you've read the prequel, this provides more questions in your mind, then it answers, even providing contradiction. As a stand alone story, Gabriel seems slow to respond to obvious danger. Additionally, the protagonist isn't supposed to be so burned-out in the first novel! He's out maneuvered at every turn, and it's his team that comes through, not him. Additionally, the back story left a lot to be desired!

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Meh

Gonna be honest I only listened to the first half. Maybe it gets better but I'm so uninterested in everything happening I'm not going to bother finding out. I love sci-fi and am actually pretty easy to please. But all listening to this has done is helped me know what not to do with my own writing.

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One of few can’t recommend

Almost quit in first half, which is rare for me, it was that bad, got better with action. Other viewers are right, trial was a joke. Catch 22 they would punish him whether he followed unlawful/lawful orders or not. Overall one of few I can’t recommend. Preview of second just goes to show this series doesn’t get better. If you like first book good luck to you with rest of series. I’m out.

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ANOTHER HACK SCIFI WANNABE WRITER

Either this author is a half wit or he is super lazy. His Naval and military knowledge is beyond pathetic. He didnt bother spending even ten minutes studying the UCMJ and the rules & regulations governing the US Naval forces. You can not charge and convict an officer in command of a mission with lawful orders then once those orders are found to be unlawful, said officer immediately notifies his commander and or JAG Officer and also takes the step necessary to rectify the situation. Then to top it all off, at the end of this shoddy novel the LT Commander is sleeping with his LT, a subordinate officer under his command. That is flat out illegal. Its called fraternization, favoritism, conduct unbecoming an officer and probably several other Articles under the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice). Also this wanna be author lets a tier one unit of highly trained operators be taken hostage without any resistance. He obviously NEVER schooled himself on SEAL, Delta Force, or Marine Corps Raider/Force Recon training. Because if he had, his little backstabbing hostage taking scenario he uses as the foundation of this story, would be nigh impossible to pull off in reality and for certain WOULD NOT have been at all possible following the steps and actions he makes his characters perform during this scene!!! Even just the basic 0311s or Infantrymen in our military (at least in the Marine Corps) are trained in terrorism awareness and how to make yourself a hard target for would be kidnappers and hostage takers. There is also sere (survival evasion resistance and escape) school that ALL special forces and pilots are required to undergo and pass. This author fails to apply all that training to his supposedly super soldiers and instead makes them act like untrained, drunken idiots running around with rifles. If he is going to continue writing or attempt to write military scifi, he should at minimum give his characters some intestinal fortitude and a modicum of basic common sense and some intelligence! Its highly embarrassing to us military members when we are portrayed in the manner steve dumstead does with his characters. It makes other people the actually are as foolish and ignorant in real life as our fictitious versions are in trash novels like this.

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