The Last Volunteer

The Doomsayer Journeys, Book 1

By: Steve Wetherell

Narrated by: CC Hogan

Fans of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - your long wait for a successor is over!

The fate of the world lies with one man: Bip Plunkerton.

Talentless scientist and frequent drinker at the Empty Goat, young Bip Plunkerton will follow in his father’s footsteps as a volunteer...footsteps that have yet to return from the wilds of the wide world outside. Traverse the harsh weather of the formidable ice plains, navigate the boiling sea, and suffer the ravaging heat of the bone desert. Bip’s impossible task, continually thwarted by the semi-corporeal Mr. Random, is to warn the rest of the world of the coming doom of the Massive Ball of Death hurtling through space.

Will the last volunteer be any more successful than the first? Will Bip save planet Bersch from a fate set into motion millennia before? Probably not, but we can likely drag this question out for a couple more audiobooks, though. Right?

©2018 Steve Wetherell (P)2019 Falstaff Books

An Epic Quest

So glad I finally started this book. Once I started listening, I couldn't stop. I loved the humor and adventure of the story, and I cannot wait to read the next one.

Good Fun!

A good fun read. The narrator brings a touch more mirth with his tone. A bit science fiction, a bit fantasy. You can feel the loving influence of Terry Pratchett. There is absolutely beautiful world/universe building that I want to see more of. I can't wait for the next one to come out!

Very Funny Sci Fi/Fantasy Novel

I really enjoyed this book, it very much reminded me of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, in that it was very funny/ridiculous and also had an interesting story involving aliens. I find the Magic/Science system pretty interesting and want to see how Bip progresses with it in future installments. The overall story is interesting with the Present Day story of Bip and his journey being told concurrently with the past story of Handen Strike and his journeys keeps things fresh. It was a bit short and seemed to end a bit abruptly but that just leaves me waiting for the second part.

The author C.C. Hogan was a great choice, he has a great voice and did a great job with the humor and comedy in the book.

"Please note I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

Love this book

I had read this book before the audio, but it is even better in audio. I can not wait for the next book to come to audio!

Worthy of Adams/Pratchett comps! Perfect narrator.

Lots of books are advertised with comparisons to comedic SF/F authors such as Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, but few deliver on those promises. The Doomsayer Journeys deliver. Tightly written, fast paced, lots of fun, and just really funny in that perfect, wry, intelligent, ridiculous way. The long wait for audio--thank you Falstaff Books!!--was well worth it. CC Hogan could not be more perfect in voice and tone for these works and his delivery is polished and thoroughly enjoyable. Loved it.