The Synchronicity War, Part 1

By: Dietmar Wehr

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

Be aware that Part 1 has a cliffhanger ending. After almost a century of peaceful exploration and colonization of space, the United Earth Space Force stumbles across a shockingly xenophobic alien race that has more and better armed ships and refuses all attempts at contact. As the outgunned Space Force is driven back in battle after battle in what appears to be a war of extermination, one officer experiences precognitive visions that help him blunt the enemy onslaught, but he can't control or predict when they occur. With the Senior Brass convinced that he's a tactical genius, he's given more and more responsibility and is terrified by the belief that Humanity's Fate will be determined by a battle with himself in overall command.

This is Volume 1 of a military SF series about desperate space battles and the men, women and Artificial Intelligences, who fight and die in them.

©2013 Dietmar Wehr (P)2015 Podium Publishing

Love the first part!!!!

This was a great listen and a great performance!!! Just a heads up it ends on a huge cliff hanger..... Be ready to get second book!!!

Technical Manual

Too many numbers. The ships and squadrons all have numerical designations instead of names. It becomes very hard to understand what's going on when all you hear is the 219 and the 344 were en route to the 762 that was acoompanied by the 223 and 308. Also, the most interesting character in the book is an AI that likes Tom Cruize movies . that being said it still isn't a half bad sci fi book. if some of the math equations and ridiculous technobable explanations were cut out it would be a good book

Awesome !

If military sci-fi is your preference . This series will not disappoint you . Give it a try .

Excellent Military SciFi Series

I picked this book primarily since I liked Luke Daniels performance in the Marko Kloos Frontline Series. Dietmar Wehr does an amazing job of presenting a very detailed view of interstellar space combat. His development of the characters makes this even more enjoyable. In light of recent developments in AI it appears to be somewhat prescient. These books seemed to be tailor made for Luke Daniels to narrate. I am looking forward to listening to the next books in this series.

Disappointing

A great deal of exposition on how we will fight the war but very little actual fighting goes on. Disappointing.

Good story good performance.

Good fast paced military sci fi. Could have used some editing to correct glaring incorrect military usage. For example senior officers do no not stand regular watches. They are on duty 24/7, with executive responsibilities. When you are on "watch" you have to maintain your attention on watching what is going on in your immediate sphere. The CO has to be ready to respond at a moment's notice--which you can't do if you have to maintain a watch. Same thing when hero gets promoted to multi-ship command. You can't fight your ship and the squadron at the same time. Two different skill sets. But the story is still good, just wish author had thought more or researched command mechanics.

Detailed Warfare at its Finest

I'm currently on Part III and I cannot stop listening to this frightening fictional story of humanity's fate in space. The story is detailed, down to resource management. Being a Project Manager I find this approach appealing.

Great book and narration

loved it! about to blow all my credits on the rest of the series :D

Excellent zStory

I have the diets three (3) in this series and enjoyed reading each one! I plan to read the entire series.

Slow starting but gets better further along.

Commander Victor Shiloh is one of seven Frigates out in jump space. One of their own team has gone missing and the squadron leader is going in to investigate. It soon becomes apparent that a ruthless enemy is destroying ships at will with no contact or warning.

Shiloh begins to have visions of movements to take that become true after the fact. These appear to be instinctive, if not skilled, tactical moves. He can’t go to his superiors to tell them of his visions but it may be tricky to explain some of his actions without revealing the source. His superior wants to move Shiloh up in leadership but Shiloh declines the advancement and is sent off to an AI hanger as punishment. This turns out to have a positive result as Shiloh begins to develop a relationship with the AI team.

The AI units seem to be developing their own personalities – naming themselves and bantering with the humans they interact with. These AIs soon become fiercely involved in the battle preparations. Shiloh’s superior soon realizes that Shiloh is still making important decisions even from the fringes. They reassign him and he continues to face the enemy with limited success – but more success than anyone else.

The first book ends with a terrible cliffhanger. Fortunately, the audible book had the beginning of book two so I got pulled into that. I love the interaction with the AIs and I really enjoy the battle strategy and Shiloh’s personality. The story starts slowly and seems a bit dry until well into the story. Much of the beginning of the book was less than stellar in presentation and I might not have been interested in book two except for the pick up of action near the end of part 1 and the excerpt of part 2 being made available.

Audio Notes: Luke Daniels is the narrator and I have found him very effective in narrating The Iron Druid series. Sadly, this story is dry well into the midpoint so I think that the lackluster was more the story than the narration. I have not yet decided if I will continue in ebook or audio.