Star Runners: Revelation Protocol (#2)

By: L.E. Thomas

Narrated by: Donald R. Emero

Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

"About the dangers out there." Nubern leaned in to the camera. "There is much more going on in Quadrant Eight than I have been at liberty to tell you."

Austin Stone always heard you can't go home again, but he is looking forward to his leave on Earth. Upon his arrival Austin is immediately thrust into danger as a shadowy force targets Star Runners and their loved ones on Earth in a series of violent attacks. After surviving an explosion on the streets of San Francisco, Austin rushes back to Georgia to secure the safety of his mother.

Violence builds, and an unimaginable attack is launched, leading Austin back into the seat of a Trident fighter to defend his home and family.

©2015 L.E Thomas (P)2015 L.E. Thomas

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I would recommend this book to anyone. It has
far exceeded my expectation. Once i started, it was hard to stop. I can't wAit for the next book to arrive.

A great follow up with better pacing

If you could sum up Star Runners: Revelation Protocol (#2) in three words, what would they be?

With better pacing

Who was your favorite character and why?

Scorpion. Her description. A strong female character who doesnt take the MC seriously and they butt heads, to her slowly accepting new possibilities. That and she's one of the few characters that has development and range. Plus her touching scene(Spoilers)

Which scene was your favorite?

Rescue

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

yes

Any additional comments?

Needs more romance with Scorpion.

Found it confusing when it kept jumping between POV of two characters

This story was set from point of view of two of the series characters. In listening to it I found it confusing when the POV changed and it interrupted the flow. It might not have been so discordant if I had been reading the book instead of listening to it. However, the the plot itself was good.

Strong performance, weak narration, great story

Mr. Emero's character performance was good; however, his reading of normal text seemed stunted and amateurish, at times. Some more work on the basic narration is needed.

The continuing story was very good. Enjoy!

Science Fiction at it's best!

Absoulutly loved the follow up to LE Thomas's first installment of the Star Runners universe! From beginning to the very last word this one had its hooks in me! This one has it all! Thrilling dog fights in space, over land, and even in the sea! The heart of the book is where it really shined showing the toll being a Legion fighter takes on our young characters and how they are forced to become heroes! I cannot wait to dive into the next addition to this incredible universe! Stay Frosty!

Clever concept, disappointing implementation again

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

When you read a story like this, you want to be able to lose yourself in it, it is about escapism. Unfortunately, there are some issues that make it difficult to suspend belief and really get into the experience.
This includes things like a starship going from space to the atmosphere to underwater.
Now space to atmo is fine for the most part, it requires some changes or allowances to the craft. But underwater requires some significant changes as just because it can go in Zero-G, with no air, doesn't mean it can survive underwater, or more to the point, that its engines work underwater. And in the event that they do, there are significant differences in detection techniques underwater than in space, as well as the weaponry used. Non of this was taken into consideration at the start of the book, in which our main character just fights off pirates in space, then straight under the water, with no changes to his Trident (appropriate name for under the water though!) The really annoying thing was that later in the book, it is brought up that their ships need to be altered for use under water in a later fight, after the initial fight has already occurred without modifications??
There are multiple little (and some bigger) things like this throughout the book that take away from it, making it difficult to read, and ruining its fun, destroying the escapism.
There was also a lot of what I would call 'Teenage Soap Opera Dialogue' as well in this book between the characters that detracted again from the story.

Has Star Runners: Revelation Protocol (#2) turned you off from other books in this genre?

I will probably give part 3 a go, simply because I'm a bit OCD when it comes to books and like to finish the series off.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

The Narration was one of the really good things about this book, they did a great job. They had a great voice, and used it to generate an interesting and comprehensive set of Character voices for both Male and Female characters.

What character would you cut from Star Runners: Revelation Protocol (#2)?

I wouldn't - it just needs to be polished up a bit