• In Ashes Born

  • A Seeker's Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, Book 1
  • By: Nathan Lowell
  • Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
  • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,275 ratings)

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In Ashes Born

By: Nathan Lowell
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
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Publisher's summary

An old friend. A new course. A deadly ship with a secret cargo.

Ishmael Wang returns to Port Newmar, but ghosts from his past have followed him. His old shipmate, Phillip Carstairs, offers him the opportunity to track down the man who killed his lover. The catch? He must take command of the Chernyakova, a ship that still stinks of death and haunts Ishmael's nightmares.

Together Phillip and Ismael begin a journey into unknown reaches of the Deep Dark to bring back the man who killed Greta.

©2015 Nathan Lowell (P)2016 Podium Publishing

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So Sad

I read the book way before I decided to give the audio version a listen. Since I knew Nathan wasn't narrating, I wanted to hear how the "new guy," Jeffery Kafer, was gonna handle things. His performance was one of the worst things I've ever heard, lacking soul and fire, and with characterizations that sound more at home in some Dragnet-era detective story than one of the better space operas written today.

I could have done better and I know nothing about voice acting or narrating.

While I'd highly recommend the book, I cannot and will not recommend the audiobook version to anyone. You see, if you're gonna read to me, I expect to be read a story and one complete with enough nuances to immerse me into the story being told... and Mr. Kafer just failed across the board. I don't compare his reading to what Nathan Lowell did with his podcasts - that would be unfair... but you can tell that Mr. Kafer wasn't invested in bringing the characters to life - he was just reading and in an unimaginative, monotonous way.

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On the fence

After listening to Nathan Lowell narrate his other books, I was excited about the story, but this narrator did not do it justice. He mispronounced many words, and sounds like he's narrating a old crime story.

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Love Nathan Lowell!

I love the Solar Clipper series. This one is no exception. my only critique was with the reader. He has a bit too much vocal fry on the ends of his sentences, was a rad monotone, and noone told him the correct pronunciations of some of the places and characters. In summary, he's no Nathan Lowell!

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Good as usual, but....

Nathan Lowell is a great inspirational writer, but I liked the series read by him. This guy just didn't do justice to the characters, especially Ishmael.

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Great book. Looking forward to more!

I began listening to Nathan's books when he was reading them himself. I loved the way he narrated and knew exactly how each character would be feeling at the time. I wasn't sure if I'd like the new reader and I didn't at first. Given time I've grown to accept him and I'll say he did a great job with the book. All I request now is...... more books, Mr. Lowell!

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Strong new beginning

The traders tails series was fantastic all the way through. This series has a bit more action to it (so far), but maintains the overall feeling of the other.

Ish is back with Pip, and only fun will follow... for us readers, at least.

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love the story

Love the story the voice talent not so much. Its the perfect continuation to the trader's tales.

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Story-Yes, Narrator-No

This is part of a great series and you'll want to read them all BUT.... if you started with the stories read by the author, Mr. Kafer's narration does not compare at all, and it is hard to adjust. I'm buying the next, solely because I'm caught in the story, but if there was an option with some other narrator (preferably the author) that would have been HIGHLY preferable.

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narrator private detective from the 50's

I don't know why the narrator made everyone, man women and children sound like a TV private detective from the 50's.
Most of us are fans of the precious 5 books. Least the producers could have done is hire a narrator who had a similar style and who would take the time to hear what characters sounded like. To hear Cooky sound like a thug was painfully, Ishmael, Peep, all, sound like Sin City actors.

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Great Listen!

Gosh now I want the next one. I was afraid of being disappointed by the narrator as I'm used to listening to the author but that wasn't the case at all. What a great book!

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