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Pressed into service when World War II breaks out in the Pacific, the USS Walker---a Great-War vintage "four-stacker" destroyer---finds itself in full retreat from pursuit by Japanese battleships. Its captain, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy, knows that he and his crew are in dire straits. In desperation, he heads Walker into a squall, hoping it will give them cover---and emerges somewhere else.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Dinotopia-like.
- By Robin on 08-24-18
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The Vagrant
- By: Peter Newman
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The Vagrant is his name. He has no other. Years have passed since humanity's destruction emerged from the Breach. Friendless and alone he walks across a desolate, war-torn landscape. A s each day passes the world tumbles further into depravity, bent and twisted by the new order, corrupted by the Usurper, the enemy, and his infernal horde. His purpose is to reach the Shining City, last bastion of the human race, and deliver the only weapon that may make a difference in the ongoing war.
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It was the concept and the prose that kept me goin
- By Alexandra on 08-18-15
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Xenos
- Eisenhorn: Warhammer 40,000, Book 1
- By: Dan Abnett
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The Inquisition moves amongst mankind like an avenging shadow, striking down the enemies of humanity with uncompromising ruthlessness. When he finally corners an old foe, Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn is drawn into a sinister conspiracy. As events unfold and he gathers allies - and enemies - Eisenhorn faces a vast interstellar cabal and the dark power of daemons, all racing to recover an arcane text of abominable power: an ancient tome known as the Necroteuch.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No one expects the Imperial Inquisition!
- By Charlie M. on 11-13-17
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The Aeronaut's Windlass
- The Cinder Spires, Book 1
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: Euan Morton
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,190
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,261
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Since time immemorial the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world. Within their halls aristocratic houses have ruled for generations, developing scientific marvels, fostering trade alliances, and building fleets of airships to keep the peace. Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship Predator. Fiercely loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting the enemy's shipping lines by attacking their cargo vessels.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Brave New World
- By Don Gilbert on 10-02-15
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The Magitech Chronicles Quadrilogy
- Magitech Chronicles, Books 1-4
- By: Chris Fox
- Narrated by: Ryan Kennard Burke
- Length: 34 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Aran awakens in chains with no memory. He’s conscripted into the Confederate Marines as a Tech Mage, given a spellrifle then hurled into the war with the draconic Krox and their Void Wyrm masters. Desperate to escape, Aran struggles to master his abilities while surviving the Krox onslaught. Fighting alongside him are a Major who will do anything to win, a Captain who will stop at nothing to see him dead, and a woman whose past is as blank as his own.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Space Marines, Dragons, Demons, Spellguns and More
- By James Marsh on 01-29-19
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Retribution Falls
- Tales of the Ketty Jay, Book 1
- By: Chris Wooding
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 355
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Frey is the captain of the Ketty Jay, leader of a small and highly dysfunctional band of layabouts. An inveterate womaniser and rogue, he and his gang make a living on the wrong side of the law, avoiding the heavily armed flying frigates of the Coalition Navy. With their trio of ragged fighter craft, they run contraband, rob airships, and generally make a nuisance of themselves. So a hot tip on a cargo freighter loaded with valuables seems like a great prospect for an easy heist and a fast buck. Until the heist goes wrong, and the freighter explodes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Please record the rest of the series!
- By fierros on 02-19-18
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Sword and Scimitar
- By: Simon Scarrow
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 120
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Malta, 1565: a vital outpost between the divided nations of Europe and the relentlessly expanding Ottoman Empire. Faced with ferocious attack by a vast Turkish fleet, the knights of the Order of St John fear annihilation. Amongst those called to assist is disgraced veteran Sir Thomas Barrett. Loyalty and instinct compel him to put the Order above all other concerns, yet his allegiance is divided.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- By G. Stucco on 04-19-14
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The Midnight Front
- A Dark Arts Novel, Book 1
- By: David Mack
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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On the eve of World War Two, Nazi sorcerers come gunning for Cade but kill his family instead. His one path of vengeance is to become an apprentice of The Midnight Front—the Allies’ top-secret magickal warfare program—and become a sorcerer himself. Unsure who will kill him first—his allies, his enemies, or the demons he has to use to wield magick—Cade fights his way through occupied Europe and enemy lines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved the book
- By Anonymous User on 05-28-18
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When the Heavens Fall
- The Chronicles of the Exile, Book 1
- By: Marc Turner
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 22 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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A book giving its wielder power over the dead has been stolen from a fellowship of mages that has kept the powerful relic dormant for centuries. The thief, a crafty, power-hungry necromancer, intends to use the Book of Lost Souls to resurrect an ancient race and challenge Shroud for dominion of the underworld. Shroud counters by sending his most formidable servants to seize the artifact at all cost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent fantasy novel
- By Dennis Chavez on 05-26-15
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Rites of Passage
- A Warmachine Anthology
- By: Oren Ashkenazi, Darla Kennerud, Aeryn Rudel, and others
- Narrated by: Bryan Reid, Mike Ortego
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 89
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In the beginning, great power is only great potential... Renowned for both martial and arcane skills, the mighty warcasters of the Iron Kingdoms possess the unique gift of bonding with and commanding mighty warjacks on the field of battle. Yet despite their inborn abilities, these powerful soldier-sorcerers began as novices, forced to harness their talents in rigorously structured military training programs or through the brutal crucible of battle.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One bad narrator, the rest was great
- By Adam on 02-23-15
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Rebirth
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Nick Kyme
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Rebirth represents a new chapter in the history of the Salamanders. The Sixth Company set out for Heletine, where Brother-Captain Drakgaard's warriors will face the might of the Black Legion in a battle. But there is more to this Promethean War than conquest, and only as the conflict grinds on are the true motives of the enemy revealed....
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3 out of 5 stars
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this is the 4rth book ina series.
- By Morten Sandø on 09-09-19
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The Rift Walker
- Vampire Empire, Book 2
- By: Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 701
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 660
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Set in a postapocalyptic world, this tale of courage, sacrifice, and heroism takes place against the backdrop of an age of steam and rational humanism, where the social elite have rejected religion and spiritualism as nothing more than quaint superstition. Brutal Vampire Clans rule half the world, keeping human herds for food, and Princess Adele, heir to the throne of Equatoria, is faced with grim choices. War is imminent and her marriage to the odious Senator Clark of America will cement an alliance uniting the Equatorian Empire and the American Republic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Buzzy and Marsters Hit Another Homerun!
- By Roberta on 03-30-13
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Sun of Suns
- Book One of Virga
- By: Karl Schroeder
- Narrated by: Joyce Irvine
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 84
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It is the distant future. The world known as Virga is a fullerene balloon 3,000 kilometers in diameter, filled with air, water, and aimlessly floating chunks of rock. The humans who live in this vast environment must build their own fusion suns and "towns" that are in the shape of enormous wood and rope wheels that are spun for gravity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Eivind on 03-04-10
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The Company of the Dead
- By: David Kowalski
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 24 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 33
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A mysterious man appears aboard the Titanic on its doomed voyage. His mission? To save the ship. The result? A world where the United States never entered World War I, thus launching the secret history of the 20th century. In April 2012 Joseph Kennedy, nephew of John F. Kennedy, lives in an America occupied in the East by Greater Germany and on the West Coast by Imperial Japan. He is one of six people who can restore history to its rightful order - even though it would mean his death and the deaths of everyone he loves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book complex storyline, <br />complex characteris
- By Amazon Customer on 03-06-19
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Called to Battle, Vol. One
- A Warmachine Collection
- By: Larry Correia, Eric Scott de Bie, Orrin Grey, and others
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot, Ray Porter
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Story4 out of 5 stars 155
The Iron Kingdoms is a land dominated by mighty warcasters, arcanists who command the terrifying war machines called warjacks. While these epic figures lead armies and shape the futures of their nations, other powerful individuals, no less skilled, forge their own destinies in steam and steel. Called to Battle is a collection of stories focused on the Iron Kingdoms’ unsung heroes, its skilled mercenaries, and even the horrifying villains who haunt its darker reaches.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Four Short Stories, Stacks of Action!
- By shalte on 03-26-14
Publisher's Summary
In the White Drake's war, the price of freedom is paid in blood and fire....
For hundreds of years, the Ironship Trading Syndicate was fueled by drake blood - and protected by the Blood-blessed, those few who could drink it and wield fearsome powers. But now the very thing that sustained the corporate world threatens to destroy it. A drake of unimaginable power has risen, and it commands an army of both beasts and men.
Rogue Blood-blessed Claydon Torcreek, Syndicate agent Lizanne Lethridge, and Ironship captain Corrick Hilemore have been spread to disparate corners of the world, but they are united in their desire to defeat the White Drake and the Spoiled who follow it.
Humanity itself is at stake, but with the aid of ancient knowledge, revolutionary technology, and unexpected allies, all hope is not lost. Saving the world will require sacrifice, as Clay, Lizanne, and Hilemore will see all they know either consumed by flames or reborn from the ashes.
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- Grant
- 09-02-18
Good work!
The story is well written and there are no ex machina like events. Narrator has shown considerable improvement on the quality of the narration. I did not regret the purchase.
For me personally Anthony Ryan is one of the great authors of my time. I haven’t been so completely riveted to an epic since JRR Tolkien, and Ryan’s writing style is much more succinct than Tolkien’s anyway.
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- Jan B.
- 08-03-18
Gather Your Notes Beforehand
While the reader is excellent, you’ll nonetheless want to assemble a printed list of the characters, and all relevant maps to really appreciate, nay, FOLLOW, the action. These books should bring particular pleasure to those who love both fantasy and military history.
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- Daniel
- 08-03-18
Fantastic conclusion to a wonderful book series!
I cannot say enough good things about this book series. It is everything a Flintlock fantasy / steampunk / dieselpunk enthusiast could ever ask for. I love every minute of this audiobook and love the story arcs converging into an incredible climax. I would gladly revisit this setting with a prequel or sequel series of follow-on literature. Bravo.
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- Justin
- 09-22-18
Doesn’t make any sense
The author explains that the bad guys are limited to a set number of bad guys and then they are killed. Now that there are no more he kills them again... and again... and again.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- AmazonCustomer
- 07-23-18
Less than the first two
Still good, but not up to the first two. Less character development; more battle scenes. Also less serious flow motivation. Too predictable.
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- Matt
- 07-12-18
Great Conclusion
A great way to end a very interesting epic in a great world. Anthony Ryan deserves more credit in this day and age. When it comes to world building, he's right up there with the best today.
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- Jared
- 01-21-20
Wonderful series
It was a great series and performed wonderfully. Anthony Ryan is one of the best modern fantasy writers and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for him. His work needs to be on the screens in our houses soon. My only complaint is the audible changed narrator for the 2nd book then back to Steve for the last. It’s the biggest complaint I have with audible in general. Please keep the same reader for a whole series. You get tied to voices and characters and changing that can mess up the whole dynamic of a book
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- Shelly
- 11-09-19
Lots of battle, little plot or character dev
This could have been 5 hours shorter and been way more satisfying. The battle detail, while well-written, became depressing and tedious. The pacing was choppy. It didn't make the characters or situations more interesting or gripping. I FF-ed. The first two books were better.
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- Jake
- 10-13-19
Cringe-inducingly Terrible American Accents
For some reason, I'm not much of a fan of dragon motifs in fantasy, but Ryan is good at what he does and the story is worth reading. However, I just cannot get past the gratingly awful American accents the narrator uses. Dude makes Kevin Costner's Robin of Locksly look like Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher. I bet he's actually trolling. I made it through the first volumes, but it's so distracting I just can't finish this one.
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- Sean Anderson
- 08-10-19
great series
Loved every minute of it. while story ties really well together. watch the volume thou. the reader gets a little loud during some of the "shouting" parts of the story.