The Port Fee: A Storm Ketchum Adventure

De: Garrett Dennis

Narrado por: Ward Paxton

Engaging and quirky mystery, history, and adventure!

Underwater, everybody can hear you scream, but they can't tell where you are....

Ketch is at it again in the magical Outer Banks of North Carolina, in this new adventure from the author of Port Starbird and Port of Refuge. It's a picture-perfect summer afternoon on a pristine beach near a ghost seaport on an uninhabited island. What could go wrong? But things do, when two bodies wash ashore and Ketch stumbles upon clues that lead to the sunken treasure of an old-time buccaneer off Portsmouth Island. Ketch isn't the only one who has an interest in the treasure, and it exposes both him and his adversaries to unexpected obligations and consequences. It seems everyone has to pay the port fee....

Good guys and bad guys, boating and diving, a dash of romance, and a mysterious otherworldly presence all come together in The Port Fee, Ketch's most challenging adventure to date.

©2016 Garrett Dennis (P)2023 Garrett Dennis

Interesting story

Any additional comments?

This was an interesting story. I really liked it.
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Pay the fee

If you like pirate treasure hunting than this is for you. It was a good story, if sometimes a bit to much detail about the area (I think if you know the area it will mean a lot more to you).

The characters from the previous books also appeared in the story to help storm save the day. He introduced some new team members and I look forward to seeing how all the relationships develop in further books.

The only down side was the narrator, he had only one sounding voice meaning I found it hard to tell which character was speaking adult, child and even man or women.

An interesting island and ocean adventure

The Port Fee is an island and ocean adventure with hidden treasure, pirates, a ghost, scuba diving, and more. It’s an entertaining story, although there is a point when the hero’s actions, while justified, cease to be heroic.

I would consider this book suitable for most audiences. Contains violence and mild sexual situations- probably PG-13 if it was a movie.

The narrator of the audiobook does a good job and suits the story.

I received a complimentary copy of this audiobook. This is my honest and voluntary review.

Ghosts and Treasure Hunters

Finding two dead divers at the shore leads to treasure, a brush with death, and a ghost. Researching the cause of the divers demise "Ketch" discovers a Nazi submarine filled with gold bars and a pirate ship filled with gold coins. The ghost of the legendary Sea Hag warns him off, but he doesn't listen. After rogue treasure hunters attempt to kill Ketch and his crew and kidnap his grandson, he seeks revenge. I was gifted this from the author.

The Port Fee

I was given this audio in exchange for an honest review.

Although this is not book 1 in the series, you can enjoy this book without listening to those first as I did and still enjoy. However their are a few references to other mysteries and immediate references to characters you will meet or discover more about later that would have been more obvious to someone who had listened to the whole series.

The story starts out pretty quickly with 2 bodies. And then the mystery moves on from their. It is a decently paced story their are lots of fun facts about the islands of NC. Storm is a great character and so are his friends! I loved the ending and the fact the author was not afraid to seek revenge on the bad guys!

My kind of book.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
I guess my tagline says it all. I love to listen to books when I work and this one was great. A nice story that's easy to follow, some local color and a mystery to boot. I love it when a book gets me more interested in the locale where it's set. I'm looking forward to the next books and going back in the series for more.

Different Adventure than I was expecting.

The Port Fee is a very different type of adventure book from what I was expecting. The book was well written, but sometimes it seemed like too many details were provided on some aspects, and not enough on other. The author and narrator were new to me. I'd rate the narrator at a 3 1/2 star performance because it was hard to distinguish which character he was performing. The book was intriguing and full of some unexpected twists. This book was totally original, and at times almost seemed like an instruction instead of adventure story. My review is my opinion of the book, and not a synopsis. I was voluntarily provided with this review copy audiobook at no charge by the author, narrator, and/or publisher.

The Port Fee

The Port Fee
: Garrett Dennis

This is the third book in this series, but the first one I've listened to. In this book we get mystery, suspense, romance, history, and science lessons. There is a lot of acronyms that felt like alphabet soup to my ears. Some things were over detailed while other things were just glossed over.




The narration was well done. The characters were well portrayed by Ward Paxton.


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Loved to listen to this book.

This is a good thriller/detective story. The story and narration work well together. The characters are fun to get to know. I received this audiobook for free and voluntarily reviewed.

Prepare to pay the port fee!

The Port Fee was a fun story that puts me in the mood to take a trip to the coast and eat seafood and smell the briny air. After reading this story, out of order, unfortunately, I'm now interested in reading the first two stories that preceded it. Even out of order, I'm able to enjoy a story in any order I read it, or in this case, listen to it.

Past mystery, part history, the book doesn't take itself too seriously, which I liked, and it had fun with itself when some kids who found some dead bodies on the beach thought they were Zombies. I almost wish the adults would have messed with the kids a little and reminded them that if they were Zombies, they'd be going after them, groaning, "Braaaaains!" But I like the idea of messing with fictional little kids, so there you have it.

I don't like giving away parts of the story in my reviews, so I will just say that the performance was chill but strong and the story, while not super tight, was still satisfying overall.

The narrator, Ward Paxton, had the authoritative voice of a teacher (in a good way) that made me believe the facts and stories he told. If you ever had a teacher who told you really good stories and who made you believe things and want to hear more, then that's who I compare this narrator to. I'm going to seek out other titles he has written.

“I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher in exchange for an honest review."