T. H. Collins
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Semper Fi
- The Corps, Book 1
- By: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,858
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,556
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,552
From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America’s first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This is the story of the men of the Marine Corps, their loves and loyalties, an elite fraternity united by courage and honor, as they steel themselves for battle, prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Cannot Believe I Passed Up Griffin For Years!
- By Chip Atkinson on 04-02-12
- Semper Fi
- The Corps, Book 1
- By: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
Why can no one write like this anymore?
Reviewed: 09-29-23
Wish I could find more writers like the original Griffin! Truly on another level. Listening to the series for the 3 rd time in many years.
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Nimitz Class
- By: Patrick Robinson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,367
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,241
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,227
It's as big as the Empire State Building, a massive floating fortress at the throbbing heart of a US Navy carrier battle group. Its supersonic aircraft can level entire cities at a stroke. Its surveillance gear can track every target within thousands of square miles - in the air, on the surface, and under the sea. Its crew of 6,000 works night and day to keep this awesome military machine at peak performance. It's a Nimitz-class nuclear carrier, the most powerful weapons system on the planet. Nothing can touch it.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too much political lecturing
- By Greg on 01-09-18
- Nimitz Class
- By: Patrick Robinson
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Mostly just tedious
Reviewed: 06-01-22
Plot holes, technical inaccuracies, flawed reasoning by the characters, and dated material. Not to mention the tedium between very brief and infrequent action sequences made this a chore to listen to for me.
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A Little Rebellion
- Crimson Worlds
- By: Jay Allan
- Narrated by: Jeff Bower
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 324
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 303
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 300
The Third Frontier War is over, and the Western Alliance is triumphant. All across human-occupied space, colony worlds celebrate the coming of peace. But peace is an elusive dream, and more trouble is brewing. The war was expensive, and the economies of the Superpowers, always fragile, are on the verge of total collapse. The Directorate, the shadowy intelligence organization that has become the true power behind the Alliance government, plans to strip the colonies bare to pay the costs of war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, awfull narrator.
- By Björn Natan Bjarnason on 07-27-17
- A Little Rebellion
- Crimson Worlds
- By: Jay Allan
- Narrated by: Jeff Bower
Needs New Narrator
Reviewed: 02-10-16
The storyline is predictable but entertaining.
The narration is frankly deplorable. While the narrator's normal voice is pleasant enough, his character voices are ridiculous and cartoony.
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Hazardous Duty
- Presidential Agent Series, Book 8
- By: W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 1,151
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,066
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 1,060
Mexican drug cartels are shooting up the streets of Laredo and El Paso. Somali pirates are holding three U.S. tankers for ransom. The President of the United States is fed up and, as Commander in Chief, has what he thinks is a pretty bright idea — to get hold of Colonel Charley Castillo and his merry band and get them on the case. Unfortunately, that will be difficult. Everybody knows that the President hates Castillo’s guts, and has just had him forcibly retired from the military, and now Castillo’s men are scattered far and wide, many of them in hiding.
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1 out of 5 stars
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TRIPE!!! Utter Tripe with horrible editing.
- By Michael on 01-01-14
- Hazardous Duty
- Presidential Agent Series, Book 8
- By: W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
Awful! Just absolutely awful!
Reviewed: 02-20-14
I am actually having trouble believing that the mind that created the Men at War, The Corps, and the Badge of Honor series had ANYTHING to do with this complete piece of [REDACTED].
I strongly suspect that I have a streak of masochism in me after I realized I had somehow made it through this "book".
Mr. Griffin.... What happened? Seriously!
Also, I love narrator Dick Hill in the Jack Reacher series but he should have walked away from this one. Not his best work by a long shot.
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Midst Toil and Tribulation
- Safehold Series, Book 6
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 28 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,056
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 1,886
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,882
Once the Church of God Awaiting dominated all the kingdoms of Safehold. Then, after centuries of stasis, the island kingdom of Charis began to defy the edicts of Mother Church—egged on, some say, by the mysterious warrior-monk Merlin Athrawes, who enjoys the Charisian royal family's absolute trust. What vanishingly few people know is that Merlin is the cybernetic avatar of a young woman a thousand years dead, felled in the war in which aliens destroyed Earth...and that since awakening, his task has been to restart the history of the long-hidden human race.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I'm losing hope.
- By ShySusan on 09-24-12
- Midst Toil and Tribulation
- Safehold Series, Book 6
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
Unforgivably Poor Narrator Preparation!!!
Reviewed: 09-25-12
After 3 chapters I am giving up. The narrator and the Audible editor have either never listened to the pronunciations from all the previous books in the series... Or were just pathetically lazy!
Almost every name and place is mispronounced. In an audio book series this is a mortal sin.
I will read the book instead.
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Halo: Primordium
- The Forerunner Saga, Book 2
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: Timothy Dadabo
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,412
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,310
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,309
In the wake of apparent self-destruction of the Forerunner empire, two humans - Chakas and Riser - are like flotsam washed up on very strange shores indeed. Captured by the Master Builder, misplaced during a furious battle in space, they now find themselves on an inverted world where horizons rise into the sky, and where humans of all kinds are trapped in a perilous cycle of horror and neglect. For they have become both research animals and strategic pawns in a cosmic game whose madness knows no end....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Once upon a time on a Halo far far away...
- By Ms. Rocki on 10-28-12
- Halo: Primordium
- The Forerunner Saga, Book 2
- By: Greg Bear
- Narrated by: Timothy Dadabo
Walking and Talking. Not much more
Reviewed: 02-27-12
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Hard core fans only.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Halo: Fall of Reach
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
Narration was fine
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment
Any additional comments?
Needed more combat and less walking and talking. Anticlimactic ending.
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War of Honor
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4 out of 5 stars 86
No one wanted another war. Thomas Theisman didn't. After risking his life and a fresh round of civil war to overthrow the Committee of Public Safety's reign of terror and restore the Republic of Haven's ancient Constitution, an interstellar war was the last thing he wanted. Baron High Ridge didn't. The Prime Minister of Manticore was perfectly happy with the war he had. No one was shooting anyone else at the moment, and as long as he could spin out negotiations on the formal treaty of peace, his government could continue to milk all those "hostilities only" tax measures for their own partisan projects.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Extensively Abridged
- By Maurice on 09-29-09
- War of Honor
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
All Meetings/No Action!
Reviewed: 06-13-10
I highly recommend this book if you are suffering from insomnia. Author must be paid by the word.
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Storm from the Shadows
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 31 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 972
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 732
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 737
Rear Admiral Michelle Henke was commanding one of the ships in a force led by Honor Harrington in an all-out space battle. The odds were against the Star Kingdom forces, and they had to run. But Michelle's ship was crippled, and had to be destroyed to prevent superior Manticoran technology from falling into Havenite hands, and she and her surviving crew were taken prisoner.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important for the Honorverse Story!
- By Daniel on 04-20-09
- Storm from the Shadows
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
What happened to Weber's writing? Or his editor?
Reviewed: 03-20-10
First off, The narrator has the most ridiculous cast of female voices I have ever heard (Think Monty Python).
Secondly, Over the years I have really enjoyed the Honorverse series (with a couple of notable exceptions). However, this book reminded me of the incredibly boring War of Honor installment in this saga. Heavy on politics and political meetings, and very light on character development or even much action for that matter. Combine that with half the book being a re-hash of events previously presented in other books and you have a really long dull book.
The author needs an aggressive editor... Or he needs to be paid by the book and not by the word.
Did I mention the huge cliffhanger ending....
Avoid this. I don't think you are missing anything significant in the series.
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