Skeleton Crew
The Kanti Cycle, Book 1
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Skeleton Crew
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Narrated by:
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Piers Ryman
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Gre7g Luterman
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A well-placed kick into Kanti’s stomach dropped him back to the deck, grasping his gut and gasping for breath.
“If you ever utter the phrase ‘skeleton crew’ again, I promise that I will find out,” Captain Ateri said calmly.
“And when I do, I will rip chunks of you out with my bare paws...and toss them into the recycler one by one...until all that remains of you...is your blood in my fur...and your screams in my ears.”
But the captain is the least of Kanti’s concerns. A huge monster named Commissioner Sarsuk thinks the crew of the White Flower II is out of control, and that executing Kanti publicly - a slow, messy execution - is the perfect recipe for getting the ship back under his clawed thumb. Now Kanti is living in terror - a slave raised believing himself free, a criminal even before his birth. Everyone thinks he’s someone he isn’t: a playboy reduced to working at the dump, a spiteful son trying to make amends, and perhaps even an excuse to recycle every last officer, crewman, and cub on board. The next few days are going to take this unlikely hero and the rest of the crew on a wild ride to the brink of mutiny, isolated deep in space, some 1500 light years from home.
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A great story all the way through
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Finest Furry Space Opera
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The story took us on quite a journey with Kanti. The farther I got into it the more I wanted and needed to keep listening; I had become thoroughly engrossed and didn’t want to stop. There are two more books in this series and I think I will really enjoy listening to them.
A complimentary copy of this audiobook was provided to me at my request but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author and/or narrator.
I loved the audio performance!
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The story had me from the first few paragraphs, so much so that I listened to the first chapter a couple of times just to make sure I had heard it correctly. It absolutely gripped me that any story should start with something so somber, and from that point on I was hooked.
The character descriptions and narrations let you really get a feel for those in the story, as I feel any good story should. You find yourself immersed in their worlds and their daily lives, which makes so much of the story so heart wrenching to me. You don’t necessarily need to know everything about the world and the species as they are well described throughout, meaning that you can listen to this as a stand alone book, or alongside others within the series.
The narration is really easy to listen to, clear and well spoken. As someone who has ADHD and struggles to focus on reading a book the whole way through, it’s been a delight to hear this from start to finish. I found it very easy to remain focused and enjoyed every minute.
I highly recommend Skeleton Crew if you love sci-fi and drama, and truly believe you’ll be as hooked as I was.
Amazing story right from the get go
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My initial impression of the narrator is mixed - I like his voice, but I don’t think there is enough differentiation between characters at times (perhaps I am just spoiled by the likes of Jeff Hays). This is especially prevalent when a female character is speaking, though I understand not everyone has the vocal range to do a higher voice consistently. Aside from this, the voice work is great, with a couple of different accents and I think even singing at one point.
Another small gripe I have is that the main race of creatures in the book are a little hard to imagine occasionally. Maybe I missed something, but I feel like the Jeru were not described adequately enough to get a full picture of what they look like. The cover art helps with this of course, but I wish it had been fully developed in the text also.
Overall a great book though, with a well-written story and a satisfying non-cliffhanger ending. There is another book in the series which I absolutely will be reading, but I appreciate that the ending is written in such a way that ties together the ends.
A good sci-fi story!
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