The Forgotten: The Complete Trilogy

The Forgotten, Book 1, 2, 3

De: M. R. Forbes

Narrado por: Jonathan Davis

Contains books 1-3 of The Forgotten.

Forgotten, book 1

Sheriff Hayden Duke was born on the Pilgrim, and he expects to die on the Pilgrim, like his father, and his father before him. That's the way things are on a generation starship centuries from home. He's never questioned it. Never thought about it. And why bother? Access points to the ship's controls are sealed, the systems that guide her automated and out of reach. It isn't perfect, but he has all he needs to be content.

Until a malfunction forces his engineer wife to the edge of the habitable zone to inspect the damage. Until she contacts him, breathless and terrified, to tell him she found a body, and it doesn't belong to anyone on board. Until he arrives at the scene and discovers both his wife and the body are gone. The only clue? A bloody handprint beneath a hatch that hasn't opened in hundreds of years. Until now.

Forsaken, book 2

Sheriff Hayden Duke expects to die any second. He's already been attacked by demonic aliens, rogue soldiers, and even the people he thought were his friends.

They took his wife. He has to find her. He has to survive. Another second. Another breath. He can never give up. He can never rest until she's back in his arms. They'll try to stop him, but it won't be as easy as they think. A new hope is rising in an old world.

Unforgiven, book 3

Sheriff Hayden Duke has got a long way to go before he can rest. How can he when the entire world is under siege by demonic aliens and a brutal thug who calls himself King?

It's an unknown and powerful threat that may be responsible for the end of humankind. The road may be long. The odds may be bad. The stakes may be high. But you can’t keep a good Sheriff down.

©2020 M.R. Forbes (P)2020 Podium Audio

Loved it, uh hated it…

This is a future western with flavors of the past. The details are inspiring and gripping. I loved the main premise of doing the right thing. So why did I hate it? Well for a number of reasons.

First, it brought out my bloodthirsty side. It was so frustrating when the hero spared the life of some monster pretending to be human only to have them come back later to kill and make mayhem.

Secondly, I don’t think that a woman refusing to kill when threatened makes them “good,” to me it just makes them stupid and weak. It also costs the lives of others who could have been saved.

Thirdly, how many good people must be sacrificed on the alter of love before the hero takes steps to protect his followers along the way to his goal. The moral: if they keep shooting at you, if they are rapists, if they kill the innocent they need killing, period.

Now I’m not disregarding the premise that the heroes where unaccustomed to deadly force or deceit, but 2 days in the real world badlands and multiple betrayals should have imparted a modicum of caution and a willingness to kill if only to protect the group. I’ll definitely continue in the Forgotten universe, but our heroes need to learn and get real. You can’t salvage the soul of people who didn’t have one to begin with. Enjoy!

I mean.....how can you not?!

Inhaled this trilogy.
How can you not root for the Sheriff?
Very excited to read the rest!
Hell's Rejects was my first M.R. Forbes series so I tend to favor Jeff Hayes for the narration however J.D. did his thing all the same (tilts hat brim)
Mr. M.R. is one of my new favorite Authors! Yay! I LOVE finding new Authors <3
Now excuse me while I go purchase the rest of his works (^_^;)

good bundle

pretty good book just enough realism with world ending fantasy. sheriff Duke is a overly optimistic protagonist but he does not waiver. I like the RC Bray performances but this reader was good enough. worth buying the bundle good ear candy

It was a interesting take on the old western

I enjoyed the interesting take on a western formula. A single minded true north hero thrown into a situation he didn't see coming at him. The spaghetti western formula and in turn old Japanese story lines still interest me. Its just a different background and character stories. I enjoyed it enough to write a review.

Great Trilogy!

This trilogy ticks every box on my list. Written beautifully; characters written well; narration is superb. Although....one tiny pet peeve regarding Jonathan Davis's narration--I would love his female characters to sound as intelligent as they're written.
The story is compelling and moves at a satisfying rate. And, during this volatile political time, I very much enjoyed living vicariously through Sheriff Duke trying to rid the Earth of the sadistic, self-absorbed, sociopathic King.

The Concept was Good

Well, it had its moments, but then it kept having the same moments. Action is one thing, but action for the sake of action just gets monotonous. Ridiculous amount of fights and near misses. The main character was a bit of a weak spot, as I saw from other reviews. The concept for the story was good, though, and I didn't mind the ending. Recommend fast forwarding through the fights once you get tired of them, and accepting the hero is a bit of a dud.

Gretchen, stop trying to make 'fetch' happen.

I listened to the whole trilogy (lots of time on the road). my listening to it compared to passing a car wreck, you don't want to look but you do anyway. my morbid curiosity forced me to hear it out.

the MC was informed he just wasn't up on modern slang when he didn't know what Pause meant. So he and all the other characters are isolated for generations but when they finally come in contact with other how do they know to use Pause? Stupid stuff like that gets ob my nerves and then I cringe every time someone says it.

maybe it was the narrator's over stressing the word which did nothing for the story. the use of the word is pointless btw. I didn't care for a lot of the voice influctuation he used, going from one extreme to another in back to back sentences. I will avoid books narrated by him in the future.

the story itself was over the top and repeated use of draw out conflicts were uninteresting

Entertain listener

Enough twist and turns to keep you guessing deep into the story so I don’t rate books but this seems to be worth it

Great premise and characters.

Story is very believable. Love the characters and drive. But too much killing, not enough solutions.

mostly great!

I loved the sheriff and his impact on the world around him. Without spoiling too much it's hard to describe but the Haden & Natalia story is just too much. I never felt sorry for either of them. The books create a wonderfully terrifying exciting world. part "lost in space" part "borderlands". The love story....drives the plot I guess but too many pages of it for me. I would pay for more about the sheriff 4 stars!