The Legacy of Shadow

De: Craig Gallant

Narrado por: Ray Greenley

Penumbra, a haphazard city of outcasts, rebels, and malcontents, has floated around a dead planet in a backwater system for longer than living memory can recall. Its towers abandoned starships melded to an ancient, mysterious core, Penumbra is the last remnant of chaotic individualism in a galaxy where conformity to the will of the all-powerful Galactic Council is paramount. Dropped into this dangerous mix are Marcus Wells - a Human of Earth who has squandered his potential to live a life of least resistance - and his adventurous friend Justin. Immediately entangled in local politics and targeted by a vengeful representative of the Council who is determined to drag the city back into the fold, Marcus has a choice to make: continue following the path of least resistance and allow Penumbra to fall, or show these aliens what a truly determined Human can accomplish.

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Review The Legacy of Shadow

This book by Craig Gallant was a page turner! I loved it. Ray Greenley does a fantastic job with the performance. It seemed natural to flow into and become absorbed into the life and worlds of this book. I will be listening to more by these two.

A refreshing and truly original concept

Where does The Legacy of Shadow rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I hope that the author continues in the same direction with his follow up books, if so this series will rank in the top 5 of my most favorite

What did you like best about this story?

I really liked how original the plot to this story was. I don't believe I've ever came across a story like it. The alternative history was fascinating. I do hope the second installment delves deeper into the historical aspects.

What about Ray Greenley’s performance did you like?

I thought the narrator seemed very knowledgeable of the book. So many times in other books narrators sound as if it was their first time reading the story. His characters were distinctive and recognizable, and was well understood.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

UGH! HUMANS!!

Any additional comments?

I received this book from the narrator free thru AudioBoom for a completely unbiased review. Thank You it was an unexpected pleasure, I will be watching for the next in the series.

Excellent listen

This was a very interesting and exciting listen. The narration was excellent. The prologue was a bit confusing until the very last of the book and then it made perfect sense.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Promising and disappointing

What did you like best about The Legacy of Shadow? What did you like least?

The idea and setting were interesting, and I wanted to learn more about the setting. There is much potential.

Unfortunately, so many of the characters and different races seemed to be shallow sketches. One of the lead characters is cowardly and moody. Another is cowardly and hates humans. Another makes friends easily and is good at building networks. One of the races is thugish, not very smart, and a bit dog like. There isn't much depth beyond those brief sketches.

Finally, the central conceit that everyone hates humans but no one is willing to say why nor is there any written record is simply unbelievable. If *everyone* hates humans, surely there would be someone willing to expound upon the history or there would be many, many histories, novels, mythologies about why humans are so reviled.

Would you be willing to try another book from Craig Gallant? Why or why not?

I don't know. I really wanted to like the book more because I like Craig's podcast, but this book was a bit of a struggle to finish even though it was pretty predictable.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

The narrator could work on expanding his range and making the characters' voices more distinct, especially the female ones.

Very good!

Great narration by Ray Greenley, his voice does great to not take away from the story being told and isn't a distraction allowing the authors words and thoughts to be easily enjoyed.

The writer has a good grasp on the language and paints a vivid fantastical world for the listener to submerge them self within.