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Narrated by:
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Luke Daniels
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By:
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Dietmar Wehr
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The Synchronicity War is over, and the insectoid beachheads in our spiral arm have been destroyed, but the aftermath of the war holds some nasty surprises for humanity and its loyal AI allies. Somebody is messing with the human time line. Is it the friendlies, the sogas, the insectoids, or a new race?
This stand-alone novel set in the Synchronicity War universe has new human and AI characters. Find out what happened to Valkyrie, Casanova, Iceman, Gunslinger, and the other Rim AIs. The Retro War spans time and space in a galactic chess game with humans and their AIs as the pawns.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Space Opera
- By Michael Jacobi on 07-19-15
By: P. P. Corcoran
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TFS Ingenuity
- The Terran Fleet Command Saga, Book 1
- By: Tori L. Harris
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,775
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,566
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,555
It's the year 2277. For 50 years, Earth has received mysterious data transmissions from random locations in deep space. The streams include advanced technology, allowing humans to achieve faster-than-light travel virtually overnight. As we prepare to take our first tentative steps into interstellar space, we know almost nothing about our alien benefactors, and their motivations remain unexplained.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good, but Short Buildup for a Continuing Series.
- By Striker on 04-01-16
By: Tori L. Harris
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The Terran Privateer
- The Duchy of Terra, Book 1
- By: Glynn Stewart
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,934
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,786
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,786
Earth is conquered. Sol is lost. One ship is tasked to free them. One Captain to save them all. When an alien armada destroys the United Earth Space Force and takes control of the human homeworld, newly reinstated Captain Annette Bond must take her experimental hyperspace cruiser Tornado into exile as Terra's only interstellar privateer. She has inferior technology, crude maps, and no concept of her enemy, but the seedy underbelly of galactic society welcomes her so long as she has prizes to sell and money to spend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Annoying and predictable and endlessly repetitive
- By Chris H on 08-21-17
By: Glynn Stewart
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Earth Strike
- Star Carrier, Book One
- By: Ian Douglas
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,657
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,492
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,502
There is a milestone in the evolution of every sentient race, a Tech Singularity Event, when the species achieves transcendence through its technological advances. Now the creatures known as humans are near this momentous turning point. But an armed threat is approaching from deepest space, determined to prevent humankind from crossing over that boundary - by total annihilation if necessary.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Forget the Characters, Just Bring on the Action!
- By Grace Ausley on 05-29-13
By: Ian Douglas
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New Frontiers
- The Expansion Wars Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Joshua Dalzelle
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,673
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,383
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,365
The Phage War had been a devastating conflict for the Terran Confederacy. Even with the destruction of their terrifying, implacable foe, humanity is still reeling. Political alliances are crumbling, and their mighty fleet is in tatters. There is nothing to celebrate, even after such a complete victory. They soon learn that there are other stellar neighbors - and they've been watching the conflict with great interest. One species comes with an offer of friendship and alliance, but humanity is weary and distrustful.
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3 out of 5 stars
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read black fleet first!
- By Audun Arly Lund on 09-09-17
By: Joshua Dalzelle
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Starship Eternal
- War Eternal, Book 1
- By: M. R. Forbes
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,025
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,797
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,789
Captain Mitchell "Ares" Williams is a space marine and the hero of the Battle for Liberty whose shot heard 'round the universe saved the planet from a nearly unstoppable war machine. He's handsome, charismatic, and the perfect poster boy to help the military drive enlistment. Pulled from the war and thrown into the spotlight, he's as efficient at charming the media and bedding beautiful celebrities as he was at shooting down enemy starfighters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Start for a New Series. Great Sci-fi.
- By Striker on 04-27-15
By: M. R. Forbes
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Into the Darkness
- Crimson Worlds Refugees, Book 1
- By: Jay Allan
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 813
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 744
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Story4 out of 5 stars 745
Terrence Compton is one of Earth's greatest admirals, a warrior almost without equal. Alongside his oldest friend and brilliant colleague, Augustus Garret, he and his forces saved Earth from invasion by the robotic legions of the First Imperium's insane computer Regent. There is just one problem. The First Imperium was held back by the disruption of the sole warp gate connecting the two domains...and Compton and 300 of his ships are trapped on the wrong side, surrounded by the Regent's vast fleets and cut off from Earth.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, but ...
- By A. Gordon on 02-21-16
By: Jay Allan
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Ascension Series: Volume I
- Books 1-3
- By: Ken Lozito
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 413
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 380
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 378
Contains books one, two and three of the action-packed space opera Ascension series. They’ve been watching us for hundreds of years. Now they need our help. Earth is not safe. Zack is good at finding things, but when he discovers a global conspiracy, life as he knows it is over. Kept secret for 60 years, the discovery of an alien signal forces an unlikely team to investigate a mysterious structure discovered in the furthest reaches of the solar system. Join the crew of the Athena, Earth’s most advanced spaceship on the ultimate journey beyond our wildest imagining.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Clearly written for the Jr. High School age group
- By Ed H. on 03-11-21
By: Ken Lozito
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Dreadnaught
- The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier
- By: Jack Campbell
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel, Jack Campbell - introduction
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,190
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,261
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,258
The first book of best-selling sci-fi author Jack Campbell’s new series Beyond the Frontier returns to find Captain John “Black Jack" Geary, the hero of the Lost Fleet series, awoken from cryogenic sleep to take command of the fleet. Geary’s legendary exploits have earned him the adoration of the people—and the enmity of politicians convinced that a living hero can be a very inconvenient thing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A welcome new series
- By Jean on 04-18-12
By: Jack Campbell
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Crusade
- Starfire, Book 1
- By: David Weber, Steve White
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,419
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,306
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,298
Spacers call the warp point Charon's Ferry. No star ship has ever entered it and returned since a vengeful Orion task force pursued a doomed Terran colonization fleet into it in 2206. Almost a century has passed. The fiery hatreds of a quarter-century of warfare between the Terran Federation and the Zheeerlikou'valkhannaieeee, the cat-like species humans called the "Orions", have eased at least a little.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mediocre story. Excellent performance.
- By Tom on 04-16-17
By: David Weber, and others
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Swarm
- Star Force, Book 1
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7,734
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,031
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7,047
Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally some ORIGINAL scifi action.
- By Amazon Customer on 10-25-11
By: B. V. Larson
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A Fiery Sunset
- The Omega War, Book 1
- By: Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 193
The plot by the Galactic Union’s Mercenary Guild against the Four Horsemen has culminated in an invasion of Earth. Faced with an overwhelming force, the human mercs had no choice. They’ve fled, leaving Sansar Enkh to go to the Mercenary Guild headquarters on Capital Planet to stand trial for humanity. On the run, Jim Cartwright and Nigel Shirazi have travelled to the Winged Hussars’ secret base of New Warsaw, in an effort to convince Alexis Cromwell to join the fight, while the other mercenaries who escaped the fall of Earth have gone to the perceived safe haven of Karma.
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1 out of 5 stars
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had a hard time finishing
- By Connie Uriarte on 05-17-20
By: Chris Kennedy, and others
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First of My Kind, 2nd Edition
- By: Marc Stevens
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 800
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 734
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 735
First of My Kind is the story of Nathan Myers, a Missouri farm boy who, through a chain of events that happens halfway across the galaxy, finds his way from the seat of his Grandfather's tractor to the command of a starship from a lost super race. Nathan will tell you in his own words about the life and death struggles he encounters on his journey. He will tell you about the humor, peril, and pain of his galactic education.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Main character has 6th grade personality
- By Ron A. Parsons on 08-18-18
By: Marc Stevens
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Barbarians at the Gates
- The Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire, Book 1
- By: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 758
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 708
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Story4 out of 5 stars 708
The Federation has endured for hundreds of years, but now it is dying, killed by the corruption and decadence of the Senate and the rising power of military warlords. The shipping lanes are coming apart, the colonists are revolting, and outside forces are pressing against undefended borders. Now, as one warlord makes a bid for supreme power, the entire edifice is on the verge of falling apart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable
- By Jean on 10-14-15
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Ark Royal
- By: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,745
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,391
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,383
Seventy years ago, the interstellar supercarrier Ark Royal was the pride of the Royal Navy. But now, her weapons are outdated and her solid-state armour nothing more than a burden on her colossal hull. She floats in permanent orbit near Earth, a dumping ground for the officers and crew the Royal Navy wishes to keep out of the public eye. But when a deadly alien threat appears, the modern starships built by humanity are no match for the powerful alien weapons.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good solid effort at a Space Opera
- By Jim In Texas! on 08-05-14
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- Michal
- 02-17-17
Great story
I really enjoy the synchronicity war series and this one is no different. It does tie up the lose ends.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-01-16
Amazing!
A great way time end the series, lots of great twists and turns. very typical of the author and the book series.
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- Steve
- 12-15-16
Another great story
I really enjoyed this book and the Synchronicity War series. Luke Daniels does another awesome job of bringing the characters to life.
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- Marcus11b
- 01-23-24
Where’s the next one
When’s the next book hitting audible? Dietmar wehr has a bunch of books on kindle?
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Morten Duckert Rasted
- 10-17-16
First class military sci-fi
What did you love best about The Retro War?
I't hard to tell, I love just about all of it
Which character – as performed by Luke Daniels – was your favorite?
Victor Shiloh and Iceman
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The AI's made me laugh
Any additional comments?
This book is supposed to stand alone, but I don't agree with that. Please do yourself a favour and read (or listen to) "The Synchronicity War" series first. And I hope the author will write a successor.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Vincent
- 07-19-19
Ugh
love the story but calling the CAG the C A G really got to me.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- john
- 09-16-16
Great stand alone
I really enjoyed this take off of the series. If you liked the original trilogy, you'll like this one. It does have some answers.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Gregor
- 10-28-16
Entertaining an thought provoking.
A very action 0acked and enjoyable read. You'll never see time the same way again
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Rachel
- 09-14-16
Love this addition to the series
A great continuation to the series. I hope he writes another. And please keep using the same narrator because he is the best.
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- EM
- 01-28-20
Time travel gets tiring
When time travel is limited, it's an interesting twist on a story. The first few books in this series explored that well. But when time travel gains power or becomes nearly unlimited, it becomes a weak, tired trope that destroys a story and makes it unbelievable unless you expend effort to "suspend disbelief". Only the most cursory of thinking about a scenario allows you to realize that you can can plant a nearly infinite number of traps for an opponent or his ancestors, given the ability to constantly flit back in time without limits.
That said, this series does have a lot of compelling story elements and good characters and narrative.
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