• The Knife's Edge

  • War Eternal, Book 3
  • By: M. R. Forbes
  • Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
  • Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,707 ratings)

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The Knife's Edge

By: M. R. Forbes
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
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Publisher's summary

A mission failed... A civilization on the edge of collapse... A dangerous alliance to save it...

Colonel Mitchell "Ares" Williams has never been one to accept failure. While the outcome on Liberty is a crushing setback to his and the Riggers' chances of salvaging the war, there's no time to waste on regret. After all, the mission wasn't a total loss, delivering an unexpected asset in the wake of their defeat - Liun Tio, aka the Knife, a notorious warlord and enemy of the Alliance whose deep-seated mistrust of artificial intelligence and control over what may be the largest free fleet in the galaxy have made him the most important man alive.

If humanity is going to have a chance to survive the Tetron onslaught, Ares and the Knife will need to find a way to work together. But can the two learn to trust one another enough to bring the power of their joint forces to bear against a common enemy? Or will their fragile alliance crumble beneath the weight of personal motives and divergent goals?

As Mitchell and the Riggers will soon discover, the knife's edge cuts both ways.

©2015 M. R. Forbes (P)2016 Podium Publishing

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Impossible to rate a single book.

Books 1 thru 3 are superb Military Scifi with a great plot, characters, and nonstop action. Jeffrey Kafer's performance was by far one of the best I have heard.

I had to listen to books 1 and 2 several times because I got distracted by my personal life daily routines. I didn't rate them because I was the problem, not the books, to be fair.

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Could not stop listening!

Excellent listen. Very believable excellent narration. No unbelievable exploits. Lots of good plot twists that I didn’t see coming!👍

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ive been sucked in

although my mind wandered when listening, third book and all, i was really into it.

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great narration and holding audience attention

The narrator is one of my favorites and the character development is well written. The only downside is the time of the book.

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Great story

Character development is awesome. So is the story. Hope there’s a fourth book in the series.

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What a great story.

loved it Watson turning out to be an Alien was a great twist. I didn't expect Millie and the T O the knife to die awesome world building and great pacing. keep up the good work.

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Very engaging

I’m so wrapped up in this story, you bet I’m buying the rest of this series to see where it goes next!

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Great Adventure with a Heart

War is bad enough, but will humanoids ever change? Especially when war keeps happening over and over...and over?

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HEART WRENCHING, ALMOST TOO HARD TO LISTEN TO.. HAVE TO TAKE IN SPOONFULS

This series is very well written, along with the character development. There are some characters that you love, then hate. Others you hate, then love.
This is definitely not milk toast sci-fi. This is a very emotional ride. There have been times when I had to say, ALL STOP!
BUT, I intend to listen or read the entire series. So well written. And I appreciate that the narrator doesn't try to imitate female voices. He does a proper job of narration. No corny voices required.

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Great follow on to the previous book.

Great descriptive action and some mystery to figure out. The time loop is better investigated in this book and more pieces from the previous books are explained.

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