Terran Strike Marines: Publisher's Pack 2

Terran Strike Marines, Book 3-4

By: Richard Fox, Scott Moon

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Valdar's Hammer, book three:

War has come to Syracuse, and only one team of Terran Strike Marines can save the planet. They are Valdar's Hammer.

Admiral Isaac Valdar leads the Breitenfeld, and a fleet of Dotari allies, in a last ditch attempt to break a Kesaht blockade over the human colony. Failure means the death of millions - but the aging carrier, and her commander, have a reputation for miracles.

Outnumbered and outmatched, Valdar sends his elite Strike Marines into the breach. Lieutenant Hoffman must lead his battle worn troops into the heart of a shattered moon on a desperate gamble to turn the tide. But fighting alongside the Dotari is its own challenge, and the Kesaht aren’t the only enemy to deal with....

The Beast of Eridu, book four:

An ancient beast awakens, and only Lieutenant Hoffman and his Strike Marines can put it down.

On the sweltering jungle world of Eridu, hidden in an ancient vault is an artifact which will change the course of the war against the ever-encroaching Kesaht armada. But guarding it is a deadly creature, a beast with the ability to destroy any technology it encounters. When modern equipment fails the Strike Marines, and with the fledgling human colony on Eridu under threat, they must turn to an a hero of the Ember wars and a tracker without peer.

The Ember War universe is going to change forever.

©2018 Richard Fox and Scott Moon (P)2019 Podium Publishing

Great story and great performance!

I really do love this series and I LOVE THE 2 STORY PACK!!! I always dislike when I get something under 10 hours and so 2 packs help. I do like this series enough that I have all the audible releases.

Not my favorite of the universe, but not bad

It's a credit to the authors and the Ember War universe to compare it to pizza. Even when it's cold, it's still good.

I will say I wasn't quite as gripped with this pack as have been elsewhere in the post-Ember War continuations, but that's a small notch below a high set bar so it's hard to be too critical. My main complaint is that it goes to the well just a few too many times with its main characters, like they're becoming stereotypes of themselves. The characters express their personality through their banter more than anything else but they always banter about the same things over and over. A little more development to fill out their otherwise single-dimension personalities would serve it well in the future. Maybe even throw them a bone and give them a solid win here and there to offset the constant grind.

What doesn't stay static is the universe in which they're a part of. It's always moving, always tying into other plot lines from other concurrently running series, and pulling in those from the original series. Even the second book, which was kinda a little filler-ish if we're going to be honest, still had important tie-ins that made the story feel impactful in the grander scheme of things.

So yeah, while I have a few areas I think could be done better, it's kind of like complaining that I ordered my steak medium and got back something closer to medium-well.

great action and action packed

great story, the story continues in the performance is outstanding lots of battles lots of action recommend.

amazing

loved the banter and the characters are just on point. luke daniels really puts you in the room.

Excellent Follow-up

Great continuation of books 1&2. I hate to see the end and hope there is more to come.