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Weapons of Choice

Axis of Time, Book 1

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The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. In 2021, a quantum military experiment goes horrifically wrong. A multinational taskforce of ultramodern warships is suddenly transported back in time to 1942...right into the path of the US naval battle group bound for Midway Atoll.

History is rewritten in an instant as the future smashes into the past, and high-tech hardware goes head to head with World War Two technology. In the chaos that ensues, thousands are killed, but the maelstrom has only just begun. The veterans of Pearl Harbor have never seen a helicopter or a cruise missile - let alone nanotechnology, ceramic bullets, and F22 Raptor stealth jetfighters.

Allied and Axis forces are then caught in a desperate struggle to gain the upper hand - each hoping to tip the balance with a fist full of 21st-century firepower. What happens next is anybody's guess - and everybody's nightmare.

©2005 John Birmingham (P)2017 Audible, Inc. Action & Adventure Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Science Fiction War & Military Military Technology Emotionally Gripping War Imperial Japan
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I have all three of the audio books in this series and got through the them in 1 week.Te way the story develops is well paced and you get a good feel for the story. The way the groups in the books play off against each other is well thought out and the action is exciting. The way the futuristic weapons are used and historical characters portrayed is believable.

Good time travel book

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I nearly didn’t get this book because if reviews criticising the narrator’s accents. I’m very glad I wasn’t put off it because this is an epic adventure, with a compelling plot. As with all time travel ins has to buy/in to the premise but it was fascinating the ash the different cultures of past and present clashed and played out. Can’t wait to start the next book. For me the narrator did a great job; some of the accents were far from authentic but that didn’t spoil it for me. The book had me smiling too, some of the dialogue is very amusing.

A great time travel novel - gripping plot

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I've read these books before and loved the story. Thought I'd give the audio book a listen.....big mistake. Imagine Dick Van Dyke's chimney sweep from Mary Poppins narrating and you're coming close to how appallingly, toe curlingly bad the narrator's accents are. Unlistenable, avoid.

Great story, absolutely awful narration.

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The narrator can’t do any accents other than American. His attempts were risible as were his attempts at portraying females with a stupid falsetto voice. He really spoiled what was a good story.

Dreadful narrator

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I thought it was a good idea for a story but I think it was too long, could easily have been half the size, the narrator was good.

Good

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