Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Firefly: Coup de Grâce
- The Firefly Series, Book 8
- Narrated by: Emily Lawrence, James Anderson Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Firefly: Coup de Grâce
Buy Now for £19.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
The Serenity lands on the remote moon of Abel for a lucrative job but becomes embroiled in a young woman’s quest for vengeance and a starving frontier town’s fight for survival. Join Mal and the gang in this enthralling original tie-in novel from the award-winning series.
The Serenity crew head to Yell City, one of the settlements on Abel, a moon in the Rim. Their job: track down the killers of a local lawyer shot dead in the streets by a local gang. Their client is Annie Roberts, the eighteen-year-old daughter of the murdered man.
Lucky for them, Annie Roberts is more than capable of handling herself. Unlucky for them, the job is lot more complicated than they at first think it is. Annie’s father is not just the victim of local gang violence but also the target of some powerful men.
Taking down a local gang is one thing, but cleaning up a whole city? That’s not a job for the Serenity crew. But when their ship is impounded and Mal and the crew find themselves trapped in Yell City, they realize they are already in deeper than they could have ever imagined.
More from the same
What listeners say about Firefly: Coup de Grâce
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Helge-André Hansen
- 07-02-24
True Grit? More like True Annoying P erformance.
The dude redning was great as usual but the woman reading almost ruined the whole thing. Not a good direction to go in.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 26-09-23
Not the best, but still worth a listen
I liked the story, and premise behind it, and I thought it was about time we got to the bottom of parts of the goings on behind the scenes, but it’s still weak in places.
I really like Emily Lawrence, but not so much in this one. Shame really.
Still worth a listen, but not as good as the others.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 06-12-23
A thoroughly enjoyable audiobook
If you're a fan of firefly you'll love this. Plenty of action and humour to keep you wanting to listen to just one more chapter.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Lee David Haxell
- 14-01-24
another fire fly outing
the story was good with lots of twist and turn in the plot. That keeps the listener on the edge of their seat,
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Hembo
- 01-08-23
great story, annoying dual narration
Great story from Una McCormack, and a superb narrative from James Anderson Foster as usual, but… the mixed narration of the main characters is not working, and Emily Lawrence voice is plain annoying. She could’ve been fine for a few of the non recurring characters, but not for the Serenity crew.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Lex D
- 25-08-23
If you like the universe give this a listen
Not the best addition to the recent novels in the Firefly universe but enjoyable all the same. A few deviations for the crew characters or leaning to heavily into their foibles. It’s always nice though to spend a bit of time in the universe and a new story. Performances split due to the way this one is written, but JAF nailing it as always.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- dj c.
- 25-07-23
A mixed bag
Another good story, the usually smooth narration spoiled by the female portions/character. The voice is a bit too jarring
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- GODofWAR
- 26-07-23
NOT THE BEST
I have really enjoyed all the books so far in this series. The writing for the characters has been so good, it's easy to imagine them performing on screen. And James Anderson Foster's readings are always enjoyable.
This book, however, has been a let down;
-the constant back and forth between third person and first person perspective is annoying and distracting.
-a major part of this story is a straight up rip-off of True Grit and feels like cheap easy cheat, just poor writing.
-having multiple readers is a gimmick I've never been fond of (it's been done in one other Firefly book and that was bad too) and it's made all the worse this time by the female reader as her accent sounds O.T.T and somewhat forced.
It's not a BAD book, but after such a great run of enjoyable books, this is just a let down.
It's still worth listening to, but unlike the others, I won't bother with it again.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 01-08-23
Decision to get a second narrator is a bad one
Story was ok, what you expect from the series, not the best but not the worst.
The new, second narrator is incredibly jarring. Not only has she come into a universe with a much loved narrator of several previous books, who all the fans are used to and love-the new one is literally narrating the same characters after JAF. It’s jarring and a poor decision.
I’m sorry but Emily Lawrence is not a very good narrator of these books. Fans of the books obviously enjoy the stylised western world with the language and the accents. But hers is like a really bad, over the top impression of someone in an old western saloon in a comedy sketch. The accent is very annoying.
I really hope they go back to the original format for the next book. I’m fully immersed in the universe at this point and this has put me off a bit. I really hope they’re not thinking of replacing JAF with Emily Lawrence, I’m not sure I could listen to another one.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- Kane Austin
- 11-04-24
Weakest Book So Far
The story was okay, probably better than I give it credit for. The main issue is our new main character. They're just wholly unlikeable in every way, and go through zero growth or character arc.
A few of the cast act out of character compared to not just the show, but even the previous books. That's fine really, different interpretations are okay after all this time, but it sometimes makes it feel like there's no care for the original lot, even if that's not actually true.
When I listen to all of the books again one day, I may skip this one. Still, I'm thankful for more Firefly, hopefully the quality returns next book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!