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Test of Fire
- Narrated by: Dean Sluyter
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 05-17-13
- Language: English
- Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $18.87
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Earth has been devastated by a massive solar flare. Now a small group of survivors fights to rebuild civilization.
Cities became ovens, grasslands seas of flame. As the touch of dawn swept westward across the spinning planet, its fiery finger killed everything in its path. Glaciers in Switzerland began to melt; floodwaters poured down on burning Alpine villages. Paris became a torch, then London. North of the Arctic Circle, Laplanders in their summer furs burst into flame as their reindeer collapsed and roasted on the smoking tundra.
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- josh
- 08-20-15
rather bla.
Is there anything you would change about this book?
plane and mild. but ok and short
Would you ever listen to anything by Ben Bova again?
sure
Do you think Test of Fire needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
no
Any additional comments?
it was ok. not any amazing thing but i got through it all right.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- David Hefley
- 06-28-16
ok story, sub par narrator
the story was good, but the narrator always seemed to put a strange emphasis on the wrong words and made it hard to get comfortable.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Mr Mask
- 04-16-14
Entertaining tale let down by stupid characters
[SPOILER FREE] The premise itself is absolutely fine, in fact a cracking premise from the get go. The earth is devastated and the last bastion of civilisation is a moon base, who have to revisit the planet to restock their fissionable fuel. Good, fine, excellent.
The problem is the characters who in the main just don't make sense. There are character-based plot holes through which you could drive a truck, and many occasions where lead characters behave in a wholly unsatisfying fashion - largely because if they'd acted with any common sense much of the drama of the story would be gone.
It's worth a listen and is well performed, but expect to find yourself yelling at the characters on a regular basis for being just plain dumb.
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- stig1875
- 06-11-13
Another Good Book from Ben
This was up to Ben Bova's usual standard, a great listen, the only exception was not having Stefan Rudniki narrating the storey, I have come to expect him reading Bens books, he gives them the extra edge, that nicely rounds off the story line.
I am looking forward to the next three releases, The Winds of Altar, The Kinsman Saga and New Earth (all read by Stefan Rudniki).
Mark H
1 of 1 people found this review helpful