The Grail

Area 51, Book 5

De: Robert Doherty, Bob Mayer

Narrado por: Martin Gollery

The Grail is another knockout from New York Times best-selling author Bob Mayer writing as Robert Doherty.

The Holy Grail - is it the key to a miracle...or a terrifying truth? The Great Wall of China, the immense carvings on Easter Island, Egypt's pyramids, UFOs: What is the chilling connection? The answer, unearthed by an elite band of soldiers and scientists based at Area 51, is rewriting human history - to include the aliens who shaped it!

Now, in this heart-pounding novel, Area 51 personnel embark on a top-secret search for the Holy Grail, a glittering artifact with the power to save the world...or lead to its destruction.

Special Forces officer Mike Turcotte has paid his dues in battle and in blood. Now assigned to Area 51, he fights the toughest enemy of his career: the alien race who arrived on Earth millennia ago and have returned to claim the planet.

Mike has dodged bullets and faced weapons of mass destruction to give humanity another day of reprieve. But when his lover, scientist Lisa Duncan, falls into evil hands, Mike must decide which prize means the most to him - the woman he loves or the legendary Grail. It's a decision that could damn him...or damn us all.

©2012 Bob Mayer (P)2012 Bob Mayer

Torture by Narration....

Is there anything you would change about this book?

THE NARRATOR!! Reading the other reviews, I thought was prepared for the poor choice of narrator, but my O my, nothing could truly prepare you for just how awful this guy is.

What other book might you compare The Grail to and why?

I don't have experience with another narrator bad enough to compare it to...

How did the narrator detract from the book?

restarting sentences MANY times. Seriously, did no one ever consider editing the voice file????? Also, voice inflection was horrible. I stuck with it because I've really liked the series. Had this guy narrated the first book, that would not have purchased the second one.

Was The Grail worth the listening time?

Now that I've survived the experience (and am likely scarred for life) I wish I had read it instead. It was not worth the listening time. Take my advice, read it instead. You'll be glad you did.

Any additional comments?

Zero start for performance is not an option..... but in this case, it should be.

Almost stopped reading series due to narration

What didn’t you like about Martin Gollery’s performance?

Choppy. Over-pronounced and mispronounced words. Multiple re-reads (where is the editing?) I can't believe that this was released with such a poor narration. When I purchase a book to listen to, I expect it to be done professionally and in a way better than I could have done myself. In this case, I feel like the money wasn't well spent. Dry and robotic with weak characters.

Absolutely the worst narrator and recording

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This was totally the worst performance I've heard from any of the almost 300 audiobooks I have purchased from Audible. The narrator has no capability to differentiate voices of characters, ignores punctuation, mispronounces names of people and places, and did no editing at all. There were no less than 15 break-and-restate narration errors that should have been edited out.l

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Martin Gollery?

I would have stuck with Eric G. Dove, a far superior narrator who, thankfully, the series returns to after this horrible production.

Who hired windows 2000 as narrator?

holy. crap.

I would rather listen to my 8 year old read The Simarillion aloud than listen to this guy again. For real, this is how you drive fans away. It is like listening to a person unfamiliar with English, who was told you have to emphasize every letter T, stumbling through reading a biology textbook in front of the class.
I know we tell folks they can be anything when they grow up but someone should have warned Martin that his narration talents are more suited for NASA countdowns, loud "virus" popups, or that episode of The Office as the voice of Long Tim's computer admirer.

Geez...

Sort yourself out.

Worst narration on the planet.

Series started off great, now it's starting to get silly. Couple that with probably the worst narrator on planet earth and it was a real slog to finish. He would start sentences, make a mistake, then restart the sentence. Aren't these thongs supposed to be edited? Mispronunciations abound. One character's last name he pronounced 5 different ways. His rhythm of speech is very distracting.
I'm going to try one more Area 51 book, (Martin Gollery doesn't narrate), and we'll see if I can bring myself to finish the series.