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Tom Kratman
About this listen
Big Boys Don’t Cry is a novella by LTC Tom Kratman, US Army (Ret.), also known for the A Desert Called Peace and M Day series and the novel, Caliphate, as well as his several years of political and military columns on the former online magazine, Everyjoe.
The story covers the creation, training, combat life, and end of a Ratha, a sentient cybernetic supertank of the far future, a multithousand ton janissary, as it faithfully wages war for its human masters on dozens of alien worlds. What will happen, though, when battle damage reveals to the creature previously sealed memories, when it discovers that man, it’s creator-god, is an idol with feet of clay? Can its programmed conscience survive the knowledge of what has been done to it, how it has been manipulated and perverted? Will its gratitude to its creators be enough to maintain the loyalty of an intelligent war machine with enough firepower to flatten cities?
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- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 141
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Story4 out of 5 stars 130
Book #1 of the Stellar Conquest series... In 2115, EarthFleet sends its best warships and bravest Marines on a one-way trip to conquer an alien star system - to win or die trying.
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5 out of 5 stars
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STELLA Book!
- By Dennis on 02-15-14
By: David VanDyke
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Wholesale Slaughter
- By: Rick Partlow
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 458
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 420
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 417
Logan Conner is the son of a king, the heir to the largest of the five star-dominions, and the best mech pilot in the galaxy. His people are plagued by pirates and raiders, surrounded by enemies, and not even his father can fight them all. Logan gives up his position, his rank, even his name, and becomes Jonathan Slaughter, leader of a rough-and-ready band of mercenary mech-jocks bent on taking the battle to the enemy on their own terms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't Judge It By The Title
- By Gryffen on 07-26-19
By: Rick Partlow
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A Hymn Before Battle
- Legacy of the Aldenata
- By: John Ringo
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,772
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,270
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,269
With Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the Galactic Federation offers help to the backward humans - for a price. You can protect yourself from your enemies, but God save you from your allies!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another heads up!
- By Dr. Daniel Chapman on 06-12-14
By: John Ringo
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Savage Wars
- Galaxy's Edge: Savage Wars, Book 1
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: Stephen Lang
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,653
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,311
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,302
They were the Savages. Raiders from our distant past. Elites who left Earth to create tailor-made utopias aboard the massive lighthuggers that crawled through the darkness between the stars. But the people they left behind on a dying planet didn't perish in the dystopian nightmare the Savages had themselves created: they thrived, discovering faster-than-light technology and using it to colonize the galaxy ahead of the Savages, forming fantastic new civilizations that surpassed the wildest dreams of Old Earth.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Great Voice Actor can make or break a book/serie
- By bart on 03-01-20
By: Jason Anspach, and others
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Legion of the Damned
- Legion of the Damned, Book 1
- By: William C. Dietz
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 829
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 607
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Story4 out of 5 stars 611
In the future, the terminally ill can prolong life by surrendering their consciousness to a cybernetic life form that is then recruited into the notorious Legion of the Damned, an elite fighting unit charged with protecting humanity.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pretty poor
- By Taliesin on 05-09-10
By: William C. Dietz
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Tier 1000
- By: Jason Anspach, Doc Spears
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 381
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 340
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 340
Ragnar Beck only wanted one thing out of a life - the chance to soldier. In a war for the survival of the last continent untouched by the invader, Beck finally gets his shot to prove he’s a combat warrior. As the battle unfolds and the only choice is to fight to the bitter end, he performs like the soldier he was raised to be, leaving no enemy standing on the last battleground he’ll ever see. Or is it?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Full of action and fun
- By Amazon Customer on 10-05-21
By: Jason Anspach, and others
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Terran Armor Corps: Volume 1
- Terran Armor Corps, Book 1-3
- By: Richard Fox
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 21 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 896
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 821
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 815
Soldiers of the Terran Armor Corps wage war across the stars. Wired into mechanized battle suits, they fight the terrifying battles that must be won, no matter the cost. Their deeds are legend, their reputation feared by the enemies of Earth and her allies, but how the Corps forges young men and women into mighty warriors is shrouded by mystery. Roland Shaw lost his parents to war; he volunteers for the Armor Corps to honor their memory and discover just how far he can push himself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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interesting premise, poorly exectuted
- By Derek M. Jones on 04-06-21
By: Richard Fox
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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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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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Sten
- Sten Series, Book 1
- By: Chris Bunch, Allan Cole
- Narrated by: Jerry Sciarrio
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 286
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 217
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Story4 out of 5 stars 221
The first book in an action–packed new SF adventure series. Vulcan is a factory planet, centuries old, Company run, ugly as sin, and unfeeling as death. Vulcan breeds just two types of native: complacent or tough. Sten is tough. When his family is killed in a mysterious accident, Sten rebels, harassing the Company from the metal world’s endless maze-like warrens. He could end up just another burnt–out Delinquent. But people like Sten never give up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THE MASTERPIECE BY JERRY SCIARRIO
- By Professor on 10-31-12
By: Chris Bunch, and others
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Terra Nova Chronicles: Publisher's Pack
- Terra Nova Chronicles, Book 1-2
- By: Richard Fox, Josh Hayes
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,429
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,192
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,177
Chief Katherine “Kit” Carson, of the elite Pathfinder Corps, joins the mission as a last-minute replacement, hoping to put a spotty past behind her and build a new life on a brave new world. The expedition arrives on Terra Nova, expecting to join the first wave of colonists, instead they find abandoned cities and are soon faced with a new, terrifying enemy humanity has never encountered before. This publisher pack includes Terra Nova and Bloodlines.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ugh. Characters lack some originality.
- By Nathanael on 09-08-19
By: Richard Fox, and others
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On Silver Wings
- By: Evan Currie
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,045
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 959
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Story4 out of 5 stars 962
When the Colony on Hayden's world went black, a team was sent to investigate. It was supposed to be a training mission: skip in, find out the Casimir Transmitter had gone dead, report back and wait for resupply from the Fleet. By the time the only surviving member of the team made landfall, it was spectacularly clear that this wasn't a training mission.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not the best, but better than many on audible
- By Desmond on 10-27-15
By: Evan Currie
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The Cruel Stars
- By: John Birmingham
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 176
The galaxy was once terrorized by the Sturm, a group of “species purists” intent on destroying any human with genetic or cybernetic enhancements. Fashioning themselves as the one true “Human Republic,” the Sturm cut a bloody swath across the stars, killing billions before finally being defeated and driven into the far reaches of Dark Space. Centuries of peace bred complacency. Everyone believed the Sturm had died out in the Dark. They were wrong.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A barrage of action & comedy 💥🤣
- By Joey De La Torre on 11-01-22
By: John Birmingham
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Semper Mars
- Book One of the Heritage Trilogy
- By: Ian Douglas
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 461
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 416
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 419
The Year is 2040. The Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves. Scientists have discovered something astonishing in the subterranean ruins of a sprawling Martian city: startling evidence of an alternative history that threatens to split humanity into opposing factions and plunge the Earth into chaos and war.
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1 out of 5 stars
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GOT SH@T UP HIS CHAMBER
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 09-15-17
By: Ian Douglas
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Orion
- Orion Series, Book 1
- By: Ben Bova
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 705
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 453
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Story4 out of 5 stars 458
John O'Ryan is not a god...not exactly. He is an eternal warrior destined to combat the Dark Lord through all time for dominion of the Earth. Follow him, servant of a great race, as he battles his enemy down the halls of time, from the caves of our ancestors to the final confrontation under the hammer of nuclear annihilation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cornucopia of Genre's
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 06-10-12
By: Ben Bova
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- Crawtrapman
- 01-02-23
interesting
the story is great. the performance is good but the col. is not a professional narrator. but it is very interesting to hear an author reading their work.
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- Raymond O'Connor
- 02-25-22
Love Kratman but this is horrible in every way.
Kratman is generally great but this is terrible in all ways; plot, writing, development, narration, and.....for god's sake....special effects.
Set aside this is an extremely poor ripoff of Laumer and his Bolo series, Kratman delivers a horribly sub par written work by even the worst standards. Combine this with the ridiculous narration that is literally heavily edited poorly and then some moron actually layered special sound effects on top at this.....you have this masterpiece of complete garbage.
PLEASE DON'T DO THIS AGAIN!!!!
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