The Augmented: The Complete Series

The Augmented, Books 1-3

By: Ben Hale

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer, Reba Buhr, Jay Snyder

Length: 43 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

Contains all three books in The Augmented series: hours of aliens, war, and explosive space opera action!

Across thousands of planets in the Krey Empire, all humans have a single title...slave.

Born to oppression, Siena is an ordinary young woman, until an act of defiance leaves her scarred and marked as a rebel. She's sold to Ero, a fallen Krey with a desperate plan to redeem his once-powerful family. He intends to enhance slaves by altering their genetic code, increasing their value through an illegal experiment.

Reklin, a bone-armored soldier, hunts them both. His orders come from a mysterious source, but his loyalty to the Empire has no limits.

Noble, soldier, and slave, they are about to discover a dangerous truth–that humans can be augmented. But none can predict the abilities they'll unlock, or the rebellion they'll unleash.

©2022 Aethon Books (P)2022 Podium Audio

great listen

couldn't tell you how much fun I had with this story.. only issue I have is how open ended it left me.. there should have been another book I have looked and looked and can find other book series in this world but this story seemed to be lost.. kinda sad but was definitely worth the listen

absolutely phenomenal!

absolutely phenomenal! can't wait for the next book! starts off a little slow but you genuinely fall in love with the characters. 10 out of 10 recommend

Amazing find!

For one credit, you get an epic 30h long adventure in a brand new universe. It's not exactly a hard sifi, but there's nothing that would make you stop listening.

For a mon native speaker, you will probably need a few hours to get used to unusual names, but once you do, you're golden.

Highly recommend!

PS Unfortunately, the third book is really bad. I ended up fast forwarding half of it.

wow

Someone needs to make this entire book series into some tv series, I'm getting Mass Effect, and a little bit of every sci-fi movie that has touched on every single thing that is going on behind the scenes of today.

Predictable but fun enough.

A bit of a slow starter, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to finish this book but I powered through it and didn't feel as though my time was wasted. I had a few issues with the Slavery subject matter and the cliche I'm a slave owner, but I don't treat them like dirt so I'm a good person character, but this isn't a book for deep thought. if you're the kind of person who is capable of shutting your brain off and just having fun this is a decent story. A lot of the plot elements are cliche, but not deal-breaking.

Wonderful listen

Great story and character development. Just wish there was more! Ended too soon for me, so hoping there will be a continuation at some point. Still well worth the listen though.

great series!

I loved this series, and the narration was great too! With both male and female narrators, and a great story, it really brings the story to life. I would highly recommend it.

Interesting Story, Geared to a Younger Audience

I enjoyed the story, despite its somewhat juvenile orientation. Not hard science, but great premises and consistent throughout. Well worth the read, adventurous, and not predictable. If there is a continuation of the series, I will read.

Edge of my seat the whole time!!

I love these books! Ben’s best ones yet. I could hardly pay attention too my work while listening. Can’t wait for the augment war!!!

Heck of a Deal at 3 for 1

This was recommended on Good Reads (Velhala) as being similar to Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn and that was why I picked it up. I did not find the world as complete as Mistborn, but I enjoyed it. The references to humans as slaves and their attitudes bothered me because there didn't seem to be any depth, but the lead characters were well developed, the writing seemed to improve after the first (perhaps) third of the first novel. It is light and I liked that Mr. Hale left most of the love story out of it. The performance was very solid.