Storm Rising

De: Ronie Kendig

Narrado por: Brian Hutchinson

Mentioned in the pages of the Septuagint but lost to history, the Book of the Wars has resurfaced, and its pages hold secrets - and dangers - never before seen on earth.

Tasked with capturing the ancient text, former Navy SEAL Leif Metcalfe is finally given command of his own team. But their best efforts are ruined when a notorious Bulgarian operative known as "Viorica" snatches the volume right out from under them.

Iskra "Viorica" Todorova is determined to use the book to secure the thing that matters most - freedom. But a series of strange storms erupts around the globe and the coming dangers foretold in the text threaten crops, lives - entire nations.

Though both are haunted by secrets of their past and neither trusts the other, Leif and Iskra must form an uneasy alliance to thwart impending disaster. However, the truth hidden in 2,000-year-old words could unleash the storm of their own destruction.

©2019 Ronie Kendig (P)2019 Recorded Books

Fast paced and action packed

I love it a non stop actions and the fact that the younger generations can actually listen to this without any foul language. great job.

Disappointed

Ronie Kendig is a master storyteller. I liked the other series by Ronie Kendig. But this book was not only more violent than I like, but I also found it to be very scary. When nonbelievers try to force Armageddon so they can prove the Bible is wrong, and rule the world—the premise was too scary for words.
I don’t want to include spoilers, so I’ll stop now.

it was believable.

I liked the cross cultural relationships. the description of the storm was very believable. the antagonist was pretty good.

So good!

I’ve had this title in my library for over a year, but kept selecting other titles because I wasn’t sure about this one. I finally chose to give it a try. Wow! I am so glad I did! The storyline grabbed me from the very beginning and didn’t stop! I couldn’t stop listening. I didn’t feel like the story lagged in any areas, but kept me thinking and processing. Excellently narrated, this first title from a new to me author was fantastic!

Storm Rising

Excellent start to a new series. The main characters are quite memorable and I’m looking forward to the continued story. Plenty of suspense and action. Outstanding narrator as well.

Great plot

Loved it. Unbelievable that this exciting story had no cursing. Would highly recommend this novel to others. I can hardly wait to read other books by this author.

Excellent start to a great series

This book starts off fast. Pay close attention in the beginning to avoid having to repeat chapters, as I had to. The action and twists in the story line are intense, and make it hard to put down. I highly recommend this book, and the series.

If you like military action books, buy the series. After the first you'll find yourself wanting more.

Very entertaining listen and a great series

I really enjoy this military / sci-fi series by Kendig. I have listened several times which is unusual for me except for a few favorite authors and books.

The military aspects have the ring of authenticity within the context of sci-fi fiction. Unlike strictly cold science fiction, Kendig places an emphasis on relationships, particularly romantic ones, but also includes observations about how people deal with psychological and physical trauma. This is fiction, but I found myself thinking that the characters acted in ways she had observed living human beings act. Destructive thinking and habits are named. Because of this, readers & listeners may find themselves identifying at least in a small way with the struggles the characters have internally, even though the story sometimes tends towards melodrama. Because of the way the characters talk through their trauma within a lighter fictional world, the story might be somewhat healing to some. It is a fun melodrama, too, very entertaining, but with a kick butt heroine and team of operatives who are a class to themselves.

Both Iskra and Lief need rescuing in this series but in different ways. It is interesting to see how Kendig works through those themes. Sometimes the details of the sci-fi were lost on me with the author working through some improbable scenarios in my opinion, especially why certain characters kept so many secrets from Lief, but mostly the characters and plots were understandable.

The narrator does a fantastic job, but I liked Cell’s voice better in the Tox Files series. I liked Lief’s voice better in this series, though. Lief seemed different in the Tox files where he was said to be from the West with a western / southern drawl, rather than from Virginia which is where I thought the Metcalfes lived. There was a lack of continuity between the books, probably made worse by the two different ways the two different narrators voiced him. This did not make much of a difference to the story, though, and it could be that I missed something that brings everything together in her other works. Overall, the narrator did a fantastic job and made the story very entertaining.

Lief and Iskra (I probably spelled that wrong) are my favorite Kendig couple with the exceptions of Dani and Canyon and Cole and Haven. It was fun to hear about Canyon again in this series. I only want to hear more about Cole and Haven now!

Narrator horrible

I would really like to finish this book but I cannot stand listening to the narrator.

Predictable

The story was OK. It was somewhat predictable and even though it didn’t say it was a romance novel it bordered on it. I’m not a big romance fan. I don’t care that people’s eyes are smoldering….blah, blah, blah. Just give me a good story with no language, which this had pretty much none which was a good point. I will not be listening to the rest of the series just because it’s not my type of book.