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D-Boys

By: Michael Stephen Fuchs
Narrated by: Kevin Arthur Harper
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Summary

The world's most elite counter-terrorist operators....

A cyber-security guru suddenly getting shot at and blown up rather more than usual....

And nuclear-armed terrorists rolling with impunity through a lawless and brutal virtual world....

The year is now. Islamist terrorists hack into America's most sensitive defense networks, launch chemical weapons attacks on Western cities, and stage a raid on vulnerable nuclear weapons storage facilities in Pakistan. They are using a massively multiplayer online video game (or "virtual world") as a platform for planning and rehearsing their attacks - forcing a squad of supremely elite Delta Force operators (reinforced by an info-security expert from the Department of Homeland Security) to go inside the game to fight them.

But the fight only begins there. Get ready for breath-stealing action in every known battle space - clockwork urban safehouse takedowns, combat helicopter assaults, brutal ambushes in the trackless mountains, waterborne SEAL team ops, precision close-quarters battle sequences, and CheyTac Intervention sniper rifle systems that can kill you from a mile and a half away.

These weapons, tactics, tech, and 21st-century warriors will be unlike anything you've ever heard of before.

©2011 Michael Stephen Fuchs (P)2015 Michael Stephen Fuchs

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Bad Narration

A fast paced, intense story told by a bloke who thinks he's reading a bedtime story to a five year old. Couldn't get past the first few chapters because of the awful narration.

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Wowzer!!!

Where does D-Boys rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is one of the best audio books I have listened to so far.
I thoroughly enjoyed it, the pace was great and the story unfolded beautifully.
It was really well read, the characters were distinguishable form on another.

What was one of the most memorable moments of D-Boys?

I loved the first time the links between the terrorists and the game begin to come to light.
The battle scenes were epic!!

What about Kevin Arthur Harper’s performance did you like?

I enjoyed his smooth reading, how you could tell during dialogue sequences who was talking, and his accent :)

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I was gripped throughout, the plot draws you in and gives you an emotional connection with the characters.

Any additional comments?

Well worth a listen.
Particularly good when you're out running.

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Narration really lets this book down

The story I found to be rather good and original. But the narration really makes it hard to connect to any of the characters.

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Teenage gamers wet dream

I really wanted to like this book.
I have listen to and thoroughly enjoyed the full Arisen series.
The problem with this book is that it's just too unbelievable. There are so many holes and inconsistencies in the story. I can understand that the intense detail and description around the gameplay might appeal to those who are addicted to 1st person shooters but for someone who doesn't play these games it becomes rather tedious.
I also found the story pretty basic and the plot without substance. That was way too much padding in the form of an interesting detail.
What made it worse was that the narration made half of the characters sound like 12-year-old boys. This added of the lack of one of believability.
If SMF writes another Arisen book then I will definitely buy it but I won't be wasting my time on another of these.

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regretfully ceased listening after a few chapters

I cannot explain how much love I have for the Arisen series and RC Bray so was thrilled to find these books. OMG, I cannot follow or understand this story, I think mostly down to the horrific narration. I feel like I'm being read to by the guy who did the Fraggle Rock kids puppet show. It's off putting to the point I have no idea what the storyline is, how many different characters there are, the difference between when things are really happening versus training exercises. I've had to stop because it's awful. I absolutely hate leaving a negative review but I think it's my level of disappointment that has driven me to it. Such a shame. Major thumbs down I'm afraid.

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great story, awful narrator

I listened to the arisen series by the author twice through, 14 books, amazingly well narrated. I guess we can get spoiled by narrators of the class of R.C.Bray. the marriage of this book sounds like he is reading the famous 5 half the time. the book is good though so I made it to the end, would be fantastic if they got this redone though, it really deserves a polished narrator to bring it to life

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Interesting but a bit slow

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Think this might be for a younger audience got some interesting pieces but I never really felt for any of the characters

Has D-Boys put you off other books in this genre?

i'll be quite interested in reading all the books of the genre but I would hope they would improve on pace

What does Kevin Arthur Harper bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

The narrator is okay but again no not much steps on the characters

Did D-Boys inspire you to do anything?

All the books of the genre are a lot better

Any additional comments?

I am going to buy the next book in the series and see whether it's worth continuing

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