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A Hymn Before Battle

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A Hymn Before Battle

By: John Ringo
Narrated by: Marc Vietor
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 With Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the Galactic Federation offers help to the backward humans - for a price. You can protect yourself from your enemies, but God save you from your allies!©2001 John Ringo (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Adventure Military Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction

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Where does A Hymn Before Battle rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It was interesting and I am glad it was included, as it made me laugh, and look forward to reading all of his books.

What did you like best about this story?

The story line, the characters and the way it was written

What about Marc Vietor’s performance did you like?

He is such an imaginative writer, and has a great way of expressing himself.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed and cried, the characters are real

Any additional comments?

Read Chris Fieldwarer IRA Intrusion, not to the high standard of Victors writing, but enjoyable, also the Contagion books

Ten out of Five thats how good it was

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Really good story, a little slow for my liking but in general a damn good bit of space Sci-fi. very much enjoying and a really good performance. Thank you

Good scfi

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Would you listen to A Hymn Before Battle again? Why?

YES a good store well told is always worth a second telling

Who was your favorite character and why?

Michal O'Neal plays the typical hero.

Which character – as performed by Marc Vietor – was your favourite?

To mant to name, both goodies and villians

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

It's to long for me to take in one hit.

Any additional comments?

If you like the Stat Force series, I feal sure you will like this.

Brilliant storie, grate naration, Highley recomend

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Classic ringo over the top military sci fi fun :-). Takes a while to get into the hard core fighting, but it's interesting anyway and worth the wait.

Epic battles!

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First book in a series so lots of detail that will be used in following books. A bit slow to start with but gets better in the final quarter of the book. Narrator was excellent.

Slow

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