Smoke Eaters
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Smoke Eaters
Narrated by:
T. Ryder Smith
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Narrated by:
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T. Ryder Smith
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Sean Grigsby
About this listen
When dragons rise from the earth, firefighters are humanity's last line of defense, in this wild near-future fantasy.
Firefighter Cole Brannigan is on the verge of retirement after 30 years on the job, and a decade fighting dragons. But during his final fire call, he discovers he's immune to dragon smoke. It's such a rare power that he's immediately conscripted into the elite dragon-fighting force known as the Smoke Eaters. Retirement cancelled, Brannigan is re-assigned as a lowly rookie, chafing under his superiors. So when he discovers a plot to take over the city's government, he takes matters into his own hands. With hundreds of innocent civilians in the crosshairs, it's up to Brannigan and his fellow Smoke Eaters to repel the dragon menace.
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Does that sentence get to you? Does it stir your inner five year old? Good. Then listen to this.
The pacing and sense of escalation was great. It mocks some tropes while grabbing other by both hands and embracing them. The world was strong and was built well - it is an excellent near future.
This is very American. The lead character is a bit of typical, grizzled hero but his sense of humour makes it worth forgiving.
Honestly: it was good fun. It was exactly what I signed up for and made me laugh out loud more than once. If you want something easy going to capture your imagination this is it.
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My comments:
While I quite enjoyed the story and it moved at a reasonable pace, I found I did not really connect with the characters. For a group of characters doing such a dangerous job I found the team work a bit lacking, I admit I could have been missing something however it just seemed like they were always arguing and to me their did not seem to be a lot of bonding. I liked Cole as a character his willingness to accept his new roll and start at the bottom as an older man who had experience was really humbling and the fact he was willing to take matters into his own hands when he saw a problem was something i liked. I also liked the way he cared for Dishawn after the fire that killed their other colleague and the fact Cole did not judge him. While I did quite enjoy this I don't think I liked it enough to read the rest of the series.
Ok story, however not fond of the characters.
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Brilliant story and narration
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