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The Never Hero

The Chronicles of Jonathan Tibbs, Book 1

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The Never Hero

By: T. Ellery Hodges
Narrated by: Steven Barnett
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At the gates between worlds...

In a war outside of time...

He fights for us.

Reclusive college student Jonathan Tibbs wakes in a pool of blood, not a scratch on him. His life is about to undergo a massive shift. A violent and merciless otherworldly enemy unleashes slaughter in the streets, calling out in a language only he understands.

And it is seeking its challenger.

In order to defeat the threat, Jonathan must become a temporal weapon...while remaining completely anonymous. Unfortunately, harnessing off-world powers has its own special challenges...

The Never Hero is the first installment in The Chronicles of Jonathan Tibbs - a mind-bending, genre-crossing action-adventure trilogy.

©2014 T. Ellery Hodges (P)2015 Foggy Night Publishing Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Superhero

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The Never Hero was a good balance of fun and realism, also the interesting world building will need reviewing before book 2.

Tropes are good!

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I have finished listening to this first book and because I know the story, I was able to enjoy the writing and the character development. And it was great.
I loved this book so much after reading it as an e-book, that I decided to get it as an audio book. Steven's wonderful reading gives this book a totally new aspect. This book (and I am not going to put any spoilers in) is the first in a trilogy - the books are wonderful and really hard to put down.
Although it was written as a YA (young adult) book, there are absolutely no age limits for those who love this genre. I couldn't put it down when I first read it, which is why I missed a lot of fantastic writing as I was concentrating on the amazing plot.
A couple of recommendations - don't start any of this series if you have other stuff to do - you will never get to the other stuff! And start the series with this book - it is essential to read this one first. Enjoy!

This is a wonderful story

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I felt for the lead character and the story is well carried and Steven did a great job narrating the story. Keep it up!

deep

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I enjoyed this a lot. I won't be able to properly judge it until I've read the whole series but I grew to really like these characters. Of course there's bits and pieces I didn't like, e.g. took me a while to grow to the characters and I hate it when the reader finds out stuff the MC doesn't know but overall I thought the themes were good and I'll definitely recommend it if you want a sci fi that's actually ethical.

Edge of Tomorrow Meets Independence Day

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this audiobook brilliant it has a really good backstory and full of action packed drama and it has really good plots also the main character has a lot of deaths not like books out there. he thought a lot about the character character this author have thought about the main character things that make him tick and it's a really odd book as it tells of two worlds one trying to save themselves and the other in desperate need

brilliant

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