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The Ghost Squadron, Book 1
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Kill the bad guys. Save the galaxy. All in a hard day’s work.
After 10 years of wandering the outer rim of the galaxy, Eddie Teach is a man without a purpose. He was one of the toughest pilots in the Federation, but now he’s just a regular guy, getting into bar fights and making a difference wherever he can. It’s not the same as flying a ship and saving colonies, but it’ll have to do.
That is, until General Lance Reynolds tracks Eddie down and offers him a job. There are bad people out there, plotting terrible things, killing innocent people, and destroying entire colonies.
Someone has to stop them.
Eddie, along with the genetically-enhanced combat pilot, Julianna Fregin, and her trusty E.I. named Pip, must recruit a diverse team of specialists, both human and alien. They’ll need to master their new Q-Ship, one of the most powerful strike ships ever constructed. And finally, they’ll have to stop a faceless enemy so powerful, it threatens to destroy the entire Federation.
All in a day’s work, right?
Experience this exciting military sci-fi saga and the latest addition to the expanded Kurtherian Gambit universe. If you’re a fan of Mass Effect, Firefly, or Star Wars, you’ll love this riveting new space opera.
Note: If cursing is a problem, then this might not be for you.
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- Midwestbonsai
- 04-29-18
light and unpretentious
First of all, I want to mention that I decided to listen to this book because I really admire Noffke and Channey's work. I was not familiar with the Kurtherian Gambit series, so I took a bet on this one.
It is an action-packed space opera with likable but also archetypal characters. We have the old hero, now an antihero, and the beautiful and skillful female counterpart. There are many fights, hilarious moments, and a couple of twists that will delight many. Also mentions about some of the characters in the mainKurtherian Gambit series, so this will be a pleasant read for the loyal fans.
From the point of view of a Noffke and Channey's fan, the book is a bit disappointing. It's not that I didn't enjoy it but one of the things I enjoy the most from these two authors are their characters, which are usually quite developed and easy to connect to. This didn't happen for me here, the characters are one-dimensional, and despite their funny dialogs, I didn't much care for them.
Chris Abernathy's narration was also okay. His character interpretations were really good but his voice range quite limited. His female voices were not great and sounded like the male characters, moreover, the male characters sounded all quite similar, which caused me some troubles to follow some dialogs. The audio production had no issues.
All in all it was an okay book, light and unpretentious, enjoyable but forgettable.
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- Genene N. Colter
- 11-14-18
I don’t like the narrator
I love the new series and hope Ricky Bobby makes an appearance. I do not, however, like Chris Abernathy for any Kurtherian Gambit book/ series. IMO he ruined The Dark Messiah series and he is not doing any better with these. Apparently he just can’t swing a female voice. This makes it very difficult to know who is speaking. Additionally his male voices aren’t even good. Hate to say it but Emily Beresford and Kate Rudd have better male voices. I will probably continue to listen just because I want to “read” all of the books, but please no more Abernathy for Kurtherian Gambit.
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- Belinda C
- 04-13-18
Great bok
Wow Chris Abernathy has a great voice i can just listen to him read the phonebook. But thankful I don't have to instead he is reading a great space adventure sci-fi book. This book kept me enthused from beginning g to end and I really want to listen to book 2.
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- Jose
- 08-21-19
Black Beard
I recognized the name Edward Teach as Blackbeard immediately. But I am a naval history nerd.
Of course the real Blackbeard was a psychopath, not a hero. To turn him into a hero is a challenge for us history nerds. So far, so good. Keep up the good work
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- glxyjoe
- 07-20-18
Best merge of syfy/fantacy! Great narration job!!!
loved the book, couldn't put it down. Each character had its distinct sound. The story is very entertaining. It is hard to imagine that one person is able to construct the individual sounds for each character and keep them straight through out the book.
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- timothy
- 01-31-18
another fantastic book in the kurtherian Gambit
great read can't wait for the next one my sister turned me on to this series the whole kurtherian Gambit universe and I still get mad at her because the audiobooks come out so much slower than the Kindle unlimited which I have the Kindle unlimited many different
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- ReadingRover
- 08-18-18
Fun space opera
This was a pretty entertaining sci-fi space opera. The plot had me hooked right away since Teach was a down and out hero brought back to his glory. Kind of like Han Solo. It was action packed though there were a few lulls. I liked the different aliens and the characters were likable. I usually reach for more fantasy focused books so sci-fi space stuff isn’t really my thing but there was a lot of action and along with the humor inserted in all the right places this was a fun experience. I’m a huge Sarah Noffke fan and though I enjoyed this collaboration it’s not my favorite of her work.
I would like to thank the author/narrator/publisher for generously providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an unbiased and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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- Cyndi
- 12-15-19
Horrible narration
Read the book or ebook, the narrator screams for speech and makes no distinction between male and female characters. The story itself was quite good though. Sadly I won’t read any further as I ran out of aspirin lol
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- dstars2797
- 03-20-18
Very entertaining
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This book was fun to listen to. Aren’t very many audiobooks out there where it’s enjoyable to listen to.
Which character – as performed by Chris Abernathy – was your favorite?
Eddie of course!
Any additional comments?
I didn’t expect this audiobook to be so good, but it was. Grab it!
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- Maxwell
- 01-15-18
The first book in this Universe that I don’t love
The overall story is Ok and I can see how this arc can lead to a better place. But the voice for Ed is annoying, whinny, and seams to always be yelling.
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