Gripping

I had fallen out with audio books after having a few dud ones. This book has rekindled my love for them. A great listen with wonderful narration, the characters are each built with care and you grow to love or hate depending on the person. This is a long book but i wouldn't have said that it felt that it was 20 hours. The story grabs you from the beginning and keeps you throughout. I will get more from this author and the narrator.

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"Slow is steady, steady is smooth, smooth is fast"

Having listened to and enjoyed the We Are Bob series, I looked for something with the same narrator. I found this.

I started listening to this and thought "nothing much is happening, this doesn't make any sense, I think I'll refund it". Then I checked how long I'd been listening for and it was three and a half hours. I thought it was about 30 minutes.

Well anything that can deceive me that much, deserved continuing. I did. I discovered I pretty much disliked every single character. But I did want to find out what happened. So I kept listening.

And listening.

And then tried to ensure I finished it by the end of the week because I generally listen at work (I'm a driver) and didn't want to wait until the next week to hear the conclusion.

Ray Porter was amazing, as always. He's the only one I've heard do female voices without them sounding comical. I can't comment on the accents, but they sounded fine to me.

The story didn't seem to move at first, but obviously did and set the scene for the later parts of the book. Once it seemed to pick up, it unfurled very well and whilst I disliked pretty much every character, I really wanted to find out what happened to them. Preferably a slow death in some cases. (Not saying they got that!)

Buy it. It's well worth it.

I'll be keeping an eye out for Scott Sigler's stuff too.

Thanks to both Sigler and Porter for an enjoyable 20+ hours.

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great listen

dont want to give anything away , so i will just say it was a great listen . Really enjoyed the story and the narrator did a solid performance!

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Narrator changes ½ way through

what's going on? I thought Ray Porter was narrating all the way through? Was really enjoying this... but now can't concentrate

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A must for Siglar fans

A definite read for any fans of Siglar. A very enjoyable listen and a fantastic performance.

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8 people found this helpful

A fun listen, but overlong

It's a story that sets up nicely and trots along at a good pace for the most part but starts to drag towards the end.

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5 people found this helpful

Gripping sci fi at its best

Loved the story development and narration right from the start. within minutes, you find yourself lost in the quickly moving pace of this book. Ray Porter, as always, rules supreme at drawing you in with his wide range of character voices. This really is a special book tbh.

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love scott

keep going no im prepared for mount Fitzroy.... yay long time waiting for this.

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Hilarious!

Very enjoyable, I'm not sure if I would have managed to read this, from a literary point of view it would have driven me crazy. The plot is fundamentally brilliant. In the hands of a serious SciFi writer it could have been really special. It is a bit trashy, but it's fun and I didn't want to stop listening. The narrator's accents had me in stitches at times, the female voices sounded more like South Park characters than anything else. This guy is a real life Alan Partridge! That however unintended, only added to my enjoyment :)

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Brilliant story

What a great story with characters that you understand.
This is my First Scott Sigler book and what an amazingly difficult to stop listening to story it contained.
Well worth listening to.

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