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Galaxy on Fire: Publisher's Pack
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
Galaxy on Fire: Publisher's Pack contains Books 1 and 2 of the Galaxy on Fire series.
Embers, Book 1:
Jon Ryan was supposed to be dead. He wanted to be dead. But Jon wakes up in the far future with an alien burrowing in his chest for salvage. Someone was going to pay for this. Check that. Lots of people were going to pay for this. Jon was the first astronaut to download to an android host to find the population of doomed Earth a new home. But that was so long time ago. He is now literally lost in time.
The far flung future is dominated by an unstoppable species, the Adamant. They have conquered most of the galaxy. No civilization has successfully resisted them. Brutally efficient, selflessly devoted to their empire, and callous to all other forms of life, the Adamant have advanced without boundaries. But they are about to run into a major problem. One very pissed off Jon Ryan stands in their way. He escapes their prison ship, rescues two teenage shapeshifters, and intends to protect them at all costs. Jon, Mirraya, and Slapgren race across the galaxy always just one step ahead of disaster. But the combined evil forces that pursue them tear the trio apart. The teens must fend on their own in a hostile universe. All the while, Jon runs for his life, hoping against all hope to locate the teens. In a galaxy burning with war, genocide, and hidden magic, can Jon Ryan pull of one more miracle?
Flames, Book 2:
For Jon Ryan, it always seems to be the hard way. But he likes it like that. When he finally wins, it's all the more satisfying. A cataclysmic fight with his evil twin leaves Jon marooned on a desolate planet. He has no ship, no radio, and no one knows he's there. Meanwhile the shapeshifter teens are spirited to the court of the Adamant emperor himself. Malraff, his torture master, takes control of the teens and is bent on finding the secret of their ability to transform. She will do anything to find out the truth, and she will revels in their suffering.
Somehow Jon must find his way out of his imprisonment and rescue the teens. But will there be anything left for him to save even if he can escape? A galaxy on fire with the destructive conquests of the Adamant empire still stands between Jon and any for chance of success. Without allies, recourses, or any reason for hope, his only path is to release the darkness that he is capable of. But can Jon triumph and and still be worthy of that victory?
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- Colin Parke
- 08-11-22
Great narration
The narration is great and while the story was occasionally funny, some of it was slightly off. It was Ok and I did listen all the way through, but I’m in no rush to purchase the other books. Maybe one day. Just not today. It’s the whole 2 billion years have passed but the hero’s name is still known thing that really grated
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- I. M. Bartlett
- 14-10-22
Laugh out loud stuff
Really enjoyed this. very funny, excellent performance. I kept trying to visualise it as a film but it couldn't do it justice in a normal.length film..
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- Pete Lamport
- 30-01-23
Epoch is pronounced E-Pok not epic.
Other than that I've listened to the first 8 Jon Ryan books and thoroughly enjoyed them.
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- James P.
- 24-05-23
Fun
Enjoyable madness, engaging to the end. Felt like a good comic, out of this world. Entertaining enough to earn credits spent on the remaining books.
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- GadgetMaven
- 04-02-24
Entertaining book
And entertaining book, with humour and banter that rather reminded me off Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy.
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- Kai
- 12-10-23
Two billion years and nothing much haa changed?
I still love this series against all odds. Robertson's style is funny, occasionally even hilarious. And Aiello delivers it quite marvellously. What's not to like?
Well, the main protagonist for one. I'd expect a writer of Robertson's skill and caliber to be able to conjure up another set of main characters by now.
This may be a spoiler that you didn't catch either in the blurb or in the sample, and if so I apologise. However yes it is the same old John. and I mean oooold.
One might think Robertson has the imagination and capability in him to write fresh characters for these far future events. Even another one as obnoxious and grating as our well-worn android.
This just feels a bit too much of the same. And I feel it is strating to lose its lustre. Especially when these books have a way of ending with a "cliff-hanger" (slather on some sarcarsm here).
I'd prefer to feel like I've finished a pack of novels, not a couple of scripts for a mediocre-at-best-syfy-channel-production scripts.
The worst bit is that two billion (count'em two billion) years have passed and there is where little to no progress in societies or technologies.
Oh come on! Read the effin' Foundation series to get a perspective on deep time in a novel series Robertson.
This having been said, I thoroughly enjoy Aiello's narration. His timing and delivery are impeccable. Even if his female characters are an aquired taste.
Here we are. A long list of gripes, yet I gladly finished. Will I be getting the next volumes, or the ones I missed between? Not for a while. But I'm sure after a short while I'll be returning to this series and the capers of it's somewhat irritating protagonist.
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- Chris
- 04-07-19
Loved it.
I really enjoyed The Forever series. This was a good addition to the story. I just hate to be continued. I hope another one comes out soon.
I think that Scott Aiello is a brilliant narrator.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-10-22
Silly and imperfect, but entertaining nonetheless
This book served as my entry point into the Jon Ryan Universe, and what an entry point it is. I was a little skeptical at first, but decided to give it the first chapter to convince me that this book would be worth my time. I did not need to give it that long. Within just the first minute, I was completely hooked on Jon Ryan's voice, which strongly reminded me of Ryan Reynolds in, well, any movie he's been in. Being a huge fan of that particular brand of sarcasm and humour, I knew right away that this had the potential to be a fun listen. The crazy narrative and absurd feats pulled off by Jon Ryan only helped. The characters, while they don't develop much in the first two books, are for the most part quite endearing.
That said, the book is not perfect. For starters, neither book is a complete story, both ending on cliffhangers and with more plot threads left unresolved than they do resolve. Yes, it's fine to set up a sequel, but when you don't resolve the central conflict in a novel, that is going to offend some readers. Not me, though. I'm still going to listen to the rest of this crazy tale.
The second big problem I can see is that the story occasionally becomes very silly. There's a fine line between funny and too silly to be taken seriously, and this series doesn't seem to know where that line is. Whether it's sarcastic AI, Jon being a 2 billion year old android or a galactic empire of evil, narcissistic border collies, this series loves it's silliness. But it can become a little too much sometimes.
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- Nutshell
- 19-08-19
once started can't stop listen to it
Love it and can't wait for the next books to find out how the story ends
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- Hlynur Hansen
- 18-09-19
Can not wait for the next book
Please hurry up recording the 3rd book so I can listen to it also. This story was both fun and exciting.
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