I always thought a narrator just “read” the book. When I heard Frank Muller for the first time (The Dark Tower, Book II: The Drawing of the Three). When did you know you wanted to be an audiobook narrator? Good springboard for the rest of the series. The interactions between the UN Expeditionary Force and the ancient Artificial Intelligence, “Skippy”, is hilarious. I didn’t know how funny this until I got into it. Bray delivers, of course, adding another level of entertainment. The sheer depth of each chapter is remarkable and almost seems like a story in themselves. Our allies are.īuy Links for Audiobook #1 Buy on AudibleĪn extraordinary story that made me feel transported into the cosmos! In this case, the planet Paradise with the Ruhar and the Kristang alien species. We shouldn’t even be fighting the Ruhar they aren’t our enemy. So, I went from fighting with the US Army in Nigeria to fighting in space. The UN Expeditionary Force hitched a ride on Kristang ships to fight the Ruhar wherever our new allies thought we could be useful. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved. Over the horizon came ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There went the good old days, when humans got killed only by each other.

There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the Native Americans in 1492. We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn’t win. Synopsis : Nominee, 2018 Audie Awards - Audiobook of the Year

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