
The Grail
Area 51, Book 5
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Martin Gollery
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The Grail is another knockout from New York Times best-selling author Bob Mayer writing as Robert Doherty.
The Holy Grail - is it the key to a miracle...or a terrifying truth? The Great Wall of China, the immense carvings on Easter Island, Egypt's pyramids, UFOs: What is the chilling connection? The answer, unearthed by an elite band of soldiers and scientists based at Area 51, is rewriting human history - to include the aliens who shaped it!
Now, in this heart-pounding novel, Area 51 personnel embark on a top-secret search for the Holy Grail, a glittering artifact with the power to save the world...or lead to its destruction.
Special Forces officer Mike Turcotte has paid his dues in battle and in blood. Now assigned to Area 51, he fights the toughest enemy of his career: the alien race who arrived on Earth millennia ago and have returned to claim the planet.
Mike has dodged bullets and faced weapons of mass destruction to give humanity another day of reprieve. But when his lover, scientist Lisa Duncan, falls into evil hands, Mike must decide which prize means the most to him - the woman he loves or the legendary Grail. It's a decision that could damn him...or damn us all.
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- Some Girl
- 12-29-18
For KU subscribers, DO NOT BUY NARRATION!
I often find that the modest cost of adding narration to a KU book is worth it. NOT HERE.
And I am not finished with the book.
Save your money and read the book from print. The narration is excruciating. This is not a professional voice actor. I am flummoxed as to where they found him. He has no vocal range whatsoever. He is unable to voice the simplest of accents.
For those of us who have followed the books from the beginning, you expect a Chinese woman, an African man, an American commando, and a Russian to sound uniquely distinctive. Nope.
Save your money and enjoy this book in print. Happy new year!
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- Erik Luna
- 05-30-15
Painful to listen to...
Story was great. Narrator reminded me of the kid Billy Madison made fun of. Pathetic job Martin Gollery.
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- JB
- 07-11-23
They didnt finish editing audio goofs out
did not care for narrator tone and pace. many instances where audio mistakes were left in audiobook.
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- Norman DeLozier
- 06-25-24
Bad narrator
I didn’t like the person narrating or reading the story, it seems like he lost his place several times and his pronunciation of words left much to be desired. In short, he was boring.
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- Tara Hardy
- 10-29-24
the narrator just kept messing up and it wasn't edited out
the narrator did a very very poor job. I guess I would have to say also the producer did a very poor job, since ultimately he's the one that was responsible for the final product
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- anthony
- 07-28-13
Most painful Book Ever.... to hear
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Not this narration of the book....
What did you like best about this story?
story was good.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Martin Gollery?
Anyone... ANYONE!!!!!!
Do you think The Grail needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
It has a follow up book
Any additional comments?
I am tempted to return this book..as i hate this torture.
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- kelly Tarashuk
- 04-26-16
narrator was the worst
the only reason I continue to listen was because I've already listened to the ones before and I wanted to see how it ends but the narrator was the absolute worst I have ever heard
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- Edwin Siemion
- 05-17-18
Narrator is HORRIBLE
I really, really don't like to leave poor reviews, but this narration is horrible. The pronunciations of the characters names are often wrong and change, mistakes in the narration are not edited out or re-recorded....just plain horrible to listen too. Monotone, boring and how it passed to be put out there is beyond me. Have the other narrators redo this please so that it is enjoyable.
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- Jewel Banister
- 11-04-21
Horrible narration 😫😠😵💫
The Area 51 series is wonderful interesting fast paced I love the series.
The previous books had really good narration. Why would they switch to this guy. He did a couple of the Atlantis books too. It’s cringe worthy. It’s completely monotone and very difficult to tell what character is speaking as there is almost no change in voices for different characters. The Russian sounds exactly like the American and you have to figure out who is speaking. The only difference in voices is that it’s a bit softer with the 2 female characters.
There’s no editing or production at all. Periodically he’ll make a mistake and go back and restart the sentence. That would be edited out if there was any production at all. This is just some guy reading a book out loud in a monotone voice. The way he droned on I kept missing key facts and had to go back many many times.
I’m really hopping they went back to the other narrator for the rest of the books.
The terrible narration took much of the enjoyment of listening away. However I stayed with it because I’m completely hooked on the story and I own the whole series.
The story is awesome the concept is unique and intriguing. I couldn’t turn it off. I love this series.
That said you might want to read this one book and, providing they don’t use this narrator again, listen to all the others.
Jewel 💎
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- Joey Nease
- 03-09-22
Terrible Narration and production
This is by far the worst narration I have heard on Audible. The performance was awful - no emotion, weird vocal pacing, no voices for characters. The production value is also bad. Lots of starting a word and then repeating it, or repeating lines. it is as if the production team missed cutting out bad takes. there is also a bunch of over modulated lines that sound like static. I thought my speakers had broken when it first happened. I would not recommend this ever. The story is ok at least.
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