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The North Star
- Galactic Sentinel, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Series: Galactic Sentinel, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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- TA
- 01-07-22
Alien seige on a space colony
I enjoyed the narration sufficiently engaging with believable military jargon. I found the story quite entertaining and engaging. Not being a Halo player it was sufficiently original for my attention. I liked the characterisation and found the way the narrator voiced the different people effective. Will definitely look for the rest of the series.
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- Revdave39
- 25-06-22
Halo Again!
Not a bad story as it goes but have to say it does seem to be a thinly disguised Halo plot; backed up by a lot of re-used alien names and slightly changed vehicle designations.
What I really don’t understand is why the author felt they has to to do this, or indeed why he thinks we won’t realise this?
And …. Just cant be bothered to comment on the narration!
Thank goodness its free or it would have been heading back for a refund long ago.
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- MR J A SYKES
- 22-09-19
Good story, not the best narration.
I am enjoying the story itself, however it is hard going to listen to at times. This is mainly due to the narration and poor pronunciation of certain letters. Ideally this should be recorded again by a different narrator. I know in the future I will only by a kindle version of this story or sequels if it has the same narrator.
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- Greg
- 23-09-19
Ok, but falls apart
You can make it through 9 hrs of the book with not much trouble. After that point, I felt like things were happening and choices were made just because the plot needed it to. The AI on Project 0 being probably the worst example...actually the whole sequence from getting to the ship to getting it through the gate is just ....bad Star Trek....really bad.
I might listen to the second book on the off chance the writer works on the mistakes.
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- Ijw
- 15-12-19
great for fans of Star Wars
if you like a lot of fighting. And I mean 90% fighting. The plot barely makes a show. everybody gets saved by some miraculous event. Apparently nobody's smart enough to figure their way out of fighting a superior Force. no cliche goes left behind. listen on high speed.
I don't think any of the reviews mention that this is really two books in one. There are two plots moving on parallel tracks without any resemblance to each other until the final chapters. pretty confusing when you're listening to the reader and the chapter switches to the other plot line. takes awhile to realize what happened to that battle you were just listening to.
My pet peeve is when author introduce an alien character that nobody knows about but coincidentally it speaks English and can eat human food without being poisoned. Maybe it will be explained in later books.
This is not science fiction. It is a military western/war with magic devices. For instance the alien gun has no obvious trigger and will not fire for our Heroes. Could easily be explained by technology that recognizes it's not near an authorized user. But noooo, turns all it takes is getting mad. Why would an alien gun recognize human emotions? hard to find any science here.
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- TN
- 26-02-20
Zero Enthusiasm
Great story to be sure this guy though needs to work on bringing the characters to life better. Struggled to get through listening to this guys voice. He sounds like Emo Philips that annoying and unfunny comedian. I will burn this guys name in my memory and avoid anything he reads going forward. Just awful
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-06-21
Enjoyable Space Opera
I'm reading the 3rd book in the series now. A fleshed out galaxy of many alien races, political intrigue, an ever developing evil plot against the sentient races, fast paced fighting on alien worlds and in space, good character development and main characters that I actually want to succeed. With some graphic scenes torture and violence and the occasional F bomb,I wouldn't give it to my 10 year old. But if you like a sweeping space opera for adults, then I highly recommend.
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- D. Knox
- 20-09-19
fresh - excellant
yes! will check every week for next in series. wonderfully new and fresh story lines