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Renegade

Spiral Wars, Book 1

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Renegade

By: Joel Shepherd
Narrated by: John Lee
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About this listen

One thousand years after Earth was destroyed in an unprovoked attack, humanity has emerged victorious from a series of terrible wars to assure its place in the galaxy. But during celebrations on humanity’s new Homeworld, the legendary Captain Pantillo of the battle carrier Phoenix is court-martialed then killed, and his deputy, Lieutenant Commander Erik Debogande, the heir to humanity’s most powerful industrial family, is framed for his murder. Assisted by Phoenix’s marine commander Trace Thakur, Erik and Phoenix are forced to go on the run as they seek to unravel the conspiracy behind their Captain’s demise, pursued to the death by their own fleet. What they discover about the truth behind the wars and the nature of humanity’s ancient alien allies will shake the sentient galaxy to its core.

©2015 Joel Shepherd (P)2015 Audible, Inc. Hard Science Fiction Military Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction War Interstellar

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A narrator I was familiar with and who always gives good performances.

Story was a little slow to get started but it set the scene for a brilliant climax

Slow start, awesome climax

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What made the experience of listening to Renegade the most enjoyable?

great escapism, ignore those who talk about the slow start. The author is setting the scene.Sometimes when a friend says don't read the synopsis it will spoil it, just read the book it's great. Well for me this is one such book.

What other book might you compare Renegade to, and why?

Reminds me more of the latest Star Trek films, all impossible but fun to watch and in this instance read

Any additional comments?

Just going to buy the next in the series, Can't say better than that.

A proper ripping yarn

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I was skeptical but this was a great novel. Set up series well. The narrator takes getting used to but the story itself is fab

Amazing world building and plot

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Where does Renegade rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Up there with the best but just as much a normal fiction story just happens to have some sci-fi themes.

What other book might you compare Renegade to, and why?

EE Doc Smith: Big crash bang with a good story.

Have you listened to any of John Lee’s other performances? How does this one compare?

John Lee's performance as usual is a solid American delivery.

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

I wanted to know what happened next rather than laugh or cry.

Gripping story from the start set in sci-fi

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Really enjoyed the book and especially the performance by John Lee. Will be buying the next one immediately!

Always brilliant finding a new author

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