Her former husband, Jamie, has returned from the dead, demanding to know why in his absence she married his best friend, Lord John Grey. Beginning in the broken aftermath of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles, which made German recovery almost impossible, Whittock tells not just the account of the men who rose to the fore in the dangerous days of the Weimar republic, circling around the cult of personality generated by Adolf Hitler, but also a convincing and personality-driven overview of how ordinary Germans became seduced by the dreams of a new world order, the Third Reich.
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Too bad he wants to keep a and-a-half-foot pole between them. The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. One December night in , a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. Dashing and suave, courageous and unpredictable, Chapman was by turns a traitor, a hero, a villain and a man of conscience.
But, as his spymasters and many lovers often wondered, who was the real Eddie Chapman? After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage. Now, as new technological discoveries begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.
But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit. I do find the author over uses "idiot" and "safety first" way too much, and not even appropriately. MC: Safety first. Does something risky as safely as possible. MC: "Idiot, that was dangerous. Safety first. MC: "Need to get stronger. This happens way too often. Dude, reminds everyone they are in the apocalypse, but forgets this himself. Of course battling monsters is unsafe even if you do it safely as possible.
The explanation for the apocalypse isn't bad, but there is a lot of hand waving for things. Energy sources that could create power or power machines don't work. Steam engine will apparently just blow up, but boiling of water for cooking still works just fine.
It just makes it so they live in a medieval fantasy in modern environment. Not sure what to say about this one honestly.
It is a great start to a series and I really look forward to seeing where it goes. The characters are relatable and developing nicely. A must read if you like the game apocalypse genre. I really enjoyed listening to this book. Will definitely be getting the next in the series. The incident happens and suddenly there's a battle and 12 chapters later you're still listening to that battle every little detail and statistic. I look forward to the next book. I hope it comes out soon too. Alpha RPG for the win.
A grate mc enjoyable side characters an interesting system, cool powers and skills. A wonderful world! The game mechanics are unique and seems to be well thought out.
I'm about 4 hours in and I'm absolutely bored. I tuned out much of it simply because it didn't hold my attention. The story is boring and the narrator is monotone and stiff with his narration. Nothing about this is exciting or intriguing in any way. I'll edit this review if my opinion changes at any point.
It's not sci fi, it's someone narrating a tedious role playing game. I can't actually believe how awful it is - was this written for ten year olds? Really looking forward to the next instalment. Loved the Australianism of the story. Especially appreciated the place names used. Add to Cart failed. Please try again later. Add to Wish List failed. Remove from wishlist failed. Adding to library failed. Please try again.
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What listeners say about Wagga Average Customer Ratings. Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews. Amazon Reviews. Sort by:. Most Helpful Most Recent. Filter by:. All stars 5 star only 4 star only 3 star only 2 star only 1 star only. At first the world building is pretty great and you are thrown into an actiony adventure. The author kept writing new side plots in that detracted from the story and each one initially draws the audience in until it is revealed to also be worthless.
Unfortunately the characters suck in almost every facet, they are idiots who keep pointless secrets as a plot device and treat each other without any respect or empathy. For example: halfway through the full series a character is escorting a woman whose life he's saved multiple times and she starts having her subordinates throw rocks and feces at him because he won't give her his most prized possession.
The only reason I kept going through these audio books was because I was driving multiple thousands of miles for personal reasons and needed something to engage my mind while doing hours runs on the road.
I wish I'd just listened to baby shark on repeat. These books are absolute bottom tier garbage. My kids and I love fantasy books and were excited about starting a long series that we had heard a lot about. I'm not really sure where everyone gets that Michael Kramer is a great narrator unless they have stuck it out and listened to more books in this series.
We almost stopped listening just because of him. The first part that Kate Reading read seriously saved this book for us and we kept listening. We are now almost finished with the 2nd book in the series and it is wonderful. Yes, this book has a slow start.
I'm rating it pretty high even though I never thought I would get through it. Give it a chance and you will have a great start on an epic series. I am overjoyed to find audible choose to carry this Unabridged series. It is pretty much the only place anywhere you can find this extraordinary Unabridged audio series.
The abridged version of this series is horrible; however this version is a true and rare audio gem. It has exquisite readers both Michael Kramer and Kate Reading are among the best audio readers I've ever heard. As anyone who has heard audio can probably relate to, the quality of the reader is vital to the experience of the book and these are simple two of the best in the business. They capture the characters perfectly and draw you in like few other readers can.
Another great and fairly unique thing this audio reading does is when the books comes from the perspective of a female character Kate gives you the female voice to match, where as if you are in the head of a male character Michael reads to give you that male feel. This makes a big difference in the whole experience, how much the reading brings the character to life and draws you into their world.
Speaking of which, Robert Jordan's WOT world is one of the most vivid, complex and original world I have experienced in fantasy.
The world's complexity continues to grow throughout the huge epic series. It makes you want to know what is going on in different lands almost as much as what is happening with different characters. In the first half of this series each book is better then the one before as the main characters, the world and the adventure expands. If you get a chance, please request that audible carry the rest of this Unabridged series.
I guess that's about it. Enjoy, I hope you have as much fun with it as I did. There is very little in the way of accolades that I could add to what has already been written about this book except to second the praise for it. When choosing a book, I do consider how many people have taken the time to rate and review a book, as well as what the reviews have to say.
Therefore, the value of this book to me requires that I say something to encourage others to take it as a selection. This was my first Robert Jordan book. It's about 30 hours long and I finished it in two and a half days. I could not put it down. It is a masterpiece in almost every aspect of the word and I do not know how the narration could possibly have been improved.
I was blown away. Love Americans and the accent, but fantasy novels so quickly become cringe-worthy when narrated in an American accent. At approximately hours this series of books are not for the faint hearted and there are a couple of things that I had an issue with. Firstly, Mr Jordan does like to describe what a character is thinking and in particular, what they are wearing. Heaven help you if there are 10 or more characters in any one scene as you will soon discover in turn what each person is wearing down the buttons and trim , what facial expression they have, the length of their hair, what they are thinking and everything in-between.
This becomes infuriating at times and on more than one occasion I found myself yelling at my phone "Just get on with it! Secondly, the vast majority of the female characters are quite unlikable.
In the most part I would use the word horrible to describe them. This is toned down a bit when Brandon Sanderson takes over at book Lastly, the 2 narrators were unnecessary in my opinion. Just a little thing but worth a mention. Now for the good. Oh my, its epic! Some of the pacing may be a little off in places but it is an excellent story.
The pay off is definitely in the last 3 books. You will not be disappointed. In conclusion, if you have the time and can cope with the issues above and you will know by the first couple of books its well worth the listen.
Epic fantasy at its best. Delighted there are so many books in the series as this will solve the commuting boredom problem for many weeks yet!
Reminds me of Sanderson's Stormlight book - a very similar feel. The narration is good - perhaps not the best I have ever heard, but it doesn't detract from the story at all. Occasionally I would like the female characters to be slightly different from each other - they all seem to be cut from the same cloth, and therefore are a little predictable and perhaps a little boring, but the storyline itself is compelling, and you can't help but download the next book in the series immediately the current one finishes I am about to download number 5 - still happily enjoying it all.
Knew within a couple of minutes that I was irritated by the narrator. By 30 minutes I was done. Have no idea if this is a good story. Remember, you're embarking on a hour journey. I'll review it in its entirety. I finished the audiobook series a while ago, but apparently I never wrote a review. As you might know, the author died before he could finish the series.
Brandon Sanderson used his notes to officially finish the series. For whatever reason, those last 3 books are the best in the series. It's a very good story, when looked at from the outside.
It's the only story I'll never recommend. Book 10 out of 14 is atrocious. I gave up on it and read the summary on Wikia. You should too when you realise that nothing is happening in that book. Your time is more valuable The last 3 books are excellent. The story is too long for what it's worth. The main characters are immature. The main characters get into a lot of trouble. The world-building is extensive. There is magic There are thoroughly depicted and unique cultures. There is a versatile, but not thoroughly prepared, magic system.
The author does not know how to exploit the potential of his own ideas, or he didn't care. Many ideas are diamonds in the rough and I weep for their wasted potential.
Yet there are quite a few unique ideas. Some of those ideas still cross my mind, one year later, after experiencing tons of other fantasy stories. The idea to length ratio is still not high. The story is too long. It's a plot-driven story. There are some very epic scenes. The plot warps the characters.
If something epic needs to happen and the characters aren't where they should be, they'll start acting out of character until the pawns are all where the plot can have the greatest effect.
There aren't THAT many epic scenes, in the grand scheme of things. The author filled the story with a lot of annoying characters. Most of the female characters look down on men. Most of the male characters look down on women. Most of the female characters are incompetent, especially the young ones.
Some of the main characters bicker constantly. Sometimes I felt that the author's best method of achieving realism was to describe it in real-time. Maybe that was the point? He is pretty old. The book follows a pretty standard formula, stretched to its breaking point. Only the final book offers any sense of closure. A shocking plot point towards the end of the story poisoned the ending. When the closure was offered, it didn't matter because of the aforementioned plot point.
None of the other books are worth reading on their own. Despite my determination to complete a story I'd invested so much effort in, I often found myself pausing the audiobooks to do nothing. Doing nothing was less boring than a lot of the scenes. I'm glad I finished the series though because like I said, not finishing it would have been a waste of the time I'd already spent listening to it.
It's called effort justification. Do not listen to it unless you have a good reason to believe you'll enjoy it. I can't with a good conscience recommend somethig so massive to anyone. While Jordan was American I am disappointed they used people with such heavy accents.
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