Time Wanderer

Camden Investigations, Book 2

By: Gary Starta

Narrated by: Sarah Demeestere

Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

The Camden sisters’ quest to explain the unexplained takes a paranormal turn when a time wandering woman crosses their path. Jumping time, performing superhuman feats and staying one step ahead of an unknown enemy leads Iris and DJ Camden to believe this woman without a home or name she can remember is involved with a nefarious shadow agency, one Iris’ own father works for in this stand-alone thriller.

As each answer comes with a perilous price, Iris surmises "Sandra" is preventing an alien race from coming back into power. But when the time wanderer is compromised and kills one of her new friends, it is strongly suspected she has been turned and is aiding aliens hoping to unlock an ancient construct known as Coyote X. Just who is pulling Sandra’s strings and will it cost investigators their lives to find out?

Can this woman with no recall of her childhood utilize her superpowers to stop the nefarious Grey aliens from taking the planet?

©2013 Gary Starta (P)2020 Gary Starta

Great Story, but....

This is a very well written story and it would have been quite enjoyable if not for the inept narration. It's a shame that authors aren't able to pick the narrator. I cannot count the number of mispronounced words I heard in this one. For example: the word automaton was pronounced as auto maiden. It was infuriating and made me groan audibly throughout her mediocre performance.

It's okay

It took a lot longer for me to get through this audio book than others. While the story itself was decent (minus the fact there were WAY to many characters) the narrator is what got me and made it difficult to listen to. She was almost robotic. Male characters were extremity robotic sounding and the females, though not as much, leaned that way some.

Good read

I enjoyed this second book in this series. Great story line and fun characters.

I was given a copy of this audiobook in return for my unbiased review

A great new story

I am a fan of Starta's work, and I did enjoy the first book of the Camden Investigations series. Book 2 is just a great. Starta has a way of spinning a tale, and it works for this type of story. I like the mix of investigatory with paranormal and aliens. The Camdens look for the unusual, and definitely find it in t his story. As always, Starta writes with his own flair and style of putting together the plot, forming a great page-turner, letting the reader hang on every word. This reader found it filled with unexpected and welcome unique twists. This book is recommended by Amy's Bookshelf Reviews.

Good Story So so narrator

I enjoyed the story of the Camden sisters and enjoyed the investigation parts. I think the narrator could be improved though. I had to put the book on 1.5 speed to make it tolerable enough to be able to finish it.

I received this book for free in exchange for my unbiased review.

narrator needs work. story ok

I struggled to finish this book also. this narrator although less dull than the narrator of the first book, still missed the mark. Some of the voices this narrator used were just ridiculous. One of the characters even had a lisp. I don't remember the list being part of the story line.

edit/update: after listening to the second book, and trying to get through the third book, i learned that the narration only gets worse. Three different narrators, each one worse than the last. I couldn't even finish the 3rd book. I regret wasting my time struggling through the first two books only to give up on the third. I might try to finish at a later date, but I just couldn't handle anymore. I feel bad for the author, unless he chose the narrators, i don't know who decides on narration. I think the story itself is good, but the narration takes away from it. I'm sorry if the narrators read this review. I'd say work on polishing up on acting skills. to the narrator of the third book. READ IT FIRST before recording. you stumbled over about 50% of the sentences. You obviously were cold reading. you even mispronounced many words. I've heard better narration from jr high english students. sorry so harsh, but people are spending money on these audio books.

Time Wanderer

This book was good,it got confusing to me,but with half alien sisters,levitating trucks and kidnappings,that will happen.Sarah Demeestere was a fine narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.' 

Interesting story, but.

The story is really interesting , but I couldn't really find myself truly invested in the characters, the narrator did a good job tho.