• The End of Liberty

  • War Eternal, Book 2
  • By: M. R. Forbes
  • Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
  • Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2,116 ratings)

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The End of Liberty

By: M. R. Forbes
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
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An ancient starship discovered... An eternal enemy revealed... An impossible mission to save humankind.

The Goliath has been discovered, the first of its secrets revealed. Now the race is on for Captain Mitchell Williams and his crew to return to Liberty and recover Origin's lost memories before the enemy can complete their violent conquest. It's a mission with a near-zero chance of success. A mission that only the Riggers would be crazy enough to accept - and skilled enough to survive. A mission that will test the limits of Mitchell's mind, body, and soul and force him to make an impossible choice that could cost the lives of millions. This is war, and if he can't win a battle for a single planet, how can he possibly change the outcome of a conflict that has raged beyond eternity?

©2015 M. R. Forbes (P)2016 Podium Publishing

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Reliving a million past future FAILS

I never liked the appellation, "Rig gers!" and now cringe every time I hear it. I would have preferred the author stick with Marine's "Ooh Rah!". The same with Admiral/Captain "Millie", I see her more of an Admiral Paine than a Millie, much like the Final Fantasy X-2 character. Oh, well.

Captain "Mitch" Williams continues to waft male pheromones like freshly baked bread with every new female he encounters seemingly wanting to bed him. Jealous much? Well, Yeah! While this genre is classified as SciFi, that part of the story is clearly touching lightly on the Fantasy genre.

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I was please to find that most of the Riggers survived the final battle in Book 1 but was dismayed when they were mostly turned into cannon fodder in Book 2. Also, most of Christine's role, between fighting to stay alive, was struggling with internal conflict about who she was and flipping between needing to save Mitch or kill him. It jumped the shark when Mitch was severely stabbed multiple times in the gut yet was able to recover by an unhealthy amount of meds and some tight stomach bandages.

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much better than the way it started!

This story /series has a lot of concepts and tech we are familiar with from so many other places like Star Trek, Star Force, Undying Mercenaries, Terminator, Empire's Corps; in fact I thought there was a connection to Nuttal's Empire's Corps at first since I thought I heard "Avalon." But no.

The back- (and front-) stabbing crew thrown together in the first book has worked itself out well before this installment, so some of the complaints I had there are no longer viable. There is good character development, and the original overabundant shake-my-head carnal scenes are absent in this book. This is about plot.

There's a lot that's familiar here. It's well-written and has its own differences from the others in the genre. There is mystery in wondering who is cloned/remade and who is really dead. There is excitement and danger. The time travel aspect ("past futures") is the most fascinating and unique to this series. If you like this genre, you should like this series too. It's a good one.

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Super disapointing

I loved the first book. It was one of those books you cant stop listening to and find excuses to do tasks that allow you to listen like cleaning and such.

This book is no where close to that. My main issue is this book does nothing for the plot of the series. I haven't listened to the next book yet and I might not. The main character pretty much does nothing in this book.

Beyond this point there is the most mildest of spoilers ever written down. I will type as generally as possible without giving away any plot points or twists i just wants to warn people reading this in case they are super sensitive to any sort of discussion of the direction of a book.

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I mean sure hes a soldier and there are a lot of horrific battles and lots of loss and he fights in the battles and they always loose these battles and its very depressing book. In the end it really all means nothing, the book basically ends where it starts off with not much changed. Maybe the characters have slightly more knowledge than they did before but that's it. I have a strong suspicion that you could completely skip this book and loose nothing from the overall series.

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Excellent listen, EXCEPT!

I know you have to suspend logic and reality a little bit in the genre but having your wrist broken, being thrown across the room to slam into a wall, getting stabbed multiple times in the stomach and just putting a “Tourniquet“ on it before running several blocks back to save your squad and then running up 70 floors in a building to save The new important person and then running several more blocks back to get into your Mech suit ! Yeeeah, rrriiiight!!💩 other than this one little unbelievable stretch, the rest of the book was a fantastic! Looking forward to the next book in the series

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lackluster sequel

an overall weeks equal to a promising first book.

the author appears to have a weak grasp of modern technology and periodically regurgitate buzz words like "singularity" showing no real understanding these ideas.

everyone loves the main character for no apparent reason. We are constantly told how great or noble is but never shown.

all names female characters with one exception all desperately want to have sex with the bland and perpetually brooding main character.

overall this book epitomizes pretty much everything that's wrong with modern science fiction.

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when is volume 3 coming out?

These are great! Audible needs to get volumes 3 and 4! I can't wait! I'm on the edge of my seat!

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Very good story!

I really liked the story line and would recommend this book series to my sci-fi friends!!!

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Assuming Laying Base for Later Stories

Writing well done, just drags a bit in the middle. Lot of character development. Could skip the first 20 chapters and probably be ok.

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fist bumping 400 years from now...

first book was OK. this one just didn't keep me engaged. I've tried listening to it 3 times. I find myself 4+ hours into it and realize my mind has been wandering for the last 3 hours. I understand their explanation of time travel. I do not understand how someone does it...the mechanics aren't explained at all.

Add the lack of details on this universe's version of time travel (a central plot point) to the weird use of current colloquialisms and behaviors and I just gave up. Another credit gone. (really? fist bumping 400 years from now? just...no)

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I'm Hooked

I admit that I'm totally hooked on this series. A great story, memorable characters, unique plot, space travel ... what's not to love? Now I'm waiting for Book 3!

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