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The Ember War

The Ember War, Book 1, 2

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Contains books one and two of the Ember War series.

The Ember War, book 1: The Earth is doomed. Humanity has a chance.

In the near future, an alien probe arrives on Earth with a pivotal mission: to determine if humanity has what it takes to survive the impending invasion by a merciless armada. The probe discovers Marc Ibarra, a young inventor who holds the key to a daring gambit that could save a fraction of Earth's population. Humanity's only chance lies with Ibarra's ability to keep a terrible secret and engineer the planet down the narrow path to survival. Earth will need a fleet. One with a hidden purpose. One strong enough to fight a battle against annihilation.

The Ember War is the first installment in an epic military sci-fi series. If you enjoyed A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo and The Last Starship by Vaughn Heppner, then you'll love this explosive adventure with constant thrills and high stakes from beginning to end.

The Ruins of Anthalas, book 2: An ancient holocaust holds the key to humanity's survival.

Only a sliver of mankind survived the Xaros invasion. With Earth's defenses in ashes, nothing can stop the aliens' inevitable return. Hope arrives through a cryptic message from a long-lost alien race, promising the means to rebuild the shattered space fleet. Captain Valdar takes one of the last strike carriers, the Breitenfeld, and his shell-shocked crew on a desperate mission to the dead world. Unfortunately humans aren't the only power that received the ancient message....

The Ruins of Anthalas is the second book in The Ember War Saga, a military sci-fi space opera. If you like David Weber and John Ringo with a touch of Isaac Asimov, then you'll love this fast-paced and captivating adventure where humanity survives at the edge of a knife.

©2016 Richard Fox (P)2016 Podium Audio
Fiction Military Science Fiction Space Opera Survival War Adventure Military Fiction
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If you could sum up The Ember War in three words, what would they be?

Popcorn sci-fi adventure

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Ember War?

The armour units kicking ass

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes, it was generally very good, but the narrator simply can't do some of the accents of characters. They are hilariously, gratingly awful.

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

Yes, and I couldn't wait for the next one.

Overall very good, but narrator can't do accents

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Currently at book 6. This series is nice surprise to me since I had not expected to be this good - plot is interesting - and time flays fast with The Ember War books :) there are some minor drawback - characters could be better, and it lacks of "something" to be very good. If you are looking for a great Sc-fi you will not faind it with this books - but you can fiand this book intresting, relaxing it's a nice way to spend your free time - I least for me.

Intresting.

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I love how this narrator does his Elias voice. and how Standish sounds. on to the next book in the series . like the mix of humour in the story.

spectacular performance

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Ember War to be better than the print version?

This SiFi story is very interesting, there is some tech and I found I had to concentrate, and sometimes repeat a chapter so that I understood the story correctly, but this is just what I wanted, One can, with imagination, put yourself in that story, and become trapped in that world. I loved it, and a good narrator makes a difference too. well done and thank you.

Great SiFi Concentration needed.

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Luke Daniels performed excellently bringing each character to light with ease. The story itself was compelling enough but I did feel it glossed over some details which I felt could have benefited the world which the author has created. Despite this I still enjoyed both books and will most likely purchase the sequels in the series.

Fast paced nearly to a fault.

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