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  • The Oncoming Storm

  • Angel in the Whirlwind, Book 1
  • By: Christopher G. Nuttall
  • Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
  • Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (217 ratings)
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By: Christopher G. Nuttall
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Summary

In the year 2420, war looms between the galaxy's two most powerful empires: the tyrannical Theocracy and the protectionist Commonwealth. Caught in the middle sits the occupied outpost system Cadiz, where young officer and aristocrat Katherine "Kat" Falcone finds herself prematurely promoted at the behest of her powerful father. Against her own wishes, Kat is sent to command the Commonwealth navy's newest warship, Lightning.

Determined to prove she has value beyond her family name, Kat struggles to earn her crew's respect and find her footing as the youngest captain in naval history. She soon discovers the situation on Cadiz is even worse than anyone in power anticipated. War isn't just a possibility - it is imminent. Yet the admiral in position to bolster defenses refuses to prepare for a fight. Can Kat find a way to investigate the enemy, alert the Commonwealth, and whip an entire fleet into fighting shape before the Theocracy's war machine destroys everything she holds dear?

©2015 Christopher G. Nuttall. (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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Good start to the series

While it does read a bit like 'Harrington Light', and there are a number of clear similarities,it stand up very well to comparison with Nuttall's other series,

Sadly, what lets it down, is the narration. Lauren Ezzo isn't a bad narrator, just totally wrong for this book. Her voice is far too light to cope with all the male voices (they range from growly to squeaky) and the delivery is very wooden. I can see that she is supposed to represent a very young woman, but she needs much more gravitas, not to mention an ability to convey different emotions. Someone such as Elizabeth Flett or Allyson Johnson, both of whom have narrated space opera very successfully, would have made a much better choice of narrator.
I am looking forward to book 2, but I hope for better narration.

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A strong beginning

The comparison to "On Basilisk Station" is unavoidable but that's not a bad thing. The premise of expansionist star nation, an inexperienced first time star captain with a XO who has been passed over for promotion, is a good one. With this starting block the author crafts his own solid story, even poking fun at the similarities between Kat and Honor. The depth of world building isn't on the level of Weber but who's is?(and at times who wants to) Nuttell has made a fun enjoyable world and clearly made the effort to having a interesting main character and not have her as overly perfect as Harrington can come across as. Overall It's not at the level of "Basilisk Station" but it's a good attempt well worth a read/listen.

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Decent book, so so narrator

A good book that has a feel of Honor Harrington lite but is well written with only minor issues. What causes a problem is the narrator, her voice although pleasant does not have the range to do the characters justice, and as not good on male voices. Unfortunately I like the story so will have to listen to the rest to see how it develops.

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good story, shame about the narrator.

good story and I will be listening to more in this series but this was let down by a weak vocal performance which at times reminded me more of listening to an erotic novel than a sci-fi novel. it is a shame that for a novel with such an interesting female lead character they could not have found a more capable female narrator.

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  • R
  • 04-07-16

Reads like amature fan fiction

The book reads like amateur fan fiction, written a committee of fans of the Kris Longknife or Honor Harrington series. If you are a fan yourself then you may like the book as you will probably enjoy the Easter eggs, such as recycled names from the other books, provided you can shake the feeling of Deja Vu. I personally did not enjoy the book as the plot was slow and predictable and I had to force myself to listen to the end.
The Narration was OK and and neither enhanced nor detracted from my enjoyment of the book and would not discourage me from listening to other books read by Lauren Ezzo.

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Boring

I have apparently reached chapter 27 without even noticing, I have no idea who is who and what has happened, it has basically been background noice, so I guess I’ll just give up as I don’t really think starting over will go any better.

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Terrible

Really disappointed
Read to finish waiting for improvement, a waste of time.
Wish I didn’t

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  • 28-05-23

Mediocre story with bad narration

The story is not particularly exciting, but I guess the characters could grow in the following books.

The narrator does relatively ok with the main character and the narration. When she reads lines for the other characters however it is quite terrible. They sound either extremely obnoxious or don't sound like real humans at all. I don't think I will continue with the series, mainly because of the narrator.

If you are looking for something similar, give the Honor Harrington books a try.

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Rubbish! Stupid! Annoying!

I am writing this review to vent my frustration with this book. Annoying! Admiral Morrison needed to be taken out the back and shot! Stupid build up!! I do not recommend this book!

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enjoyed it but didn't feel any jeopardy

I enjoyed this book but the frequent character switching made it hard for me to really get behind a character. I was never nervous, as in the dangerous situations didn't feel dangerous. they just resolved themselves fairly quickly and moved on.

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