Black Sun Rising

Order of the Black Sun, Book 3

By: Preston W. Child

Narrated by: Kevin Clay

After Sam Cleave's perilous experience on the North Sea oil rig, Deep Sea One, he endevours to take life a little slower and keep to his mundane journalism job at the local newspaper. However, an unforeseen turn of events urges Sam to accept a freelance writing job offered by none other than Jefferson Daniels, the world renowned explorer with whom he shared their first terrifying expedition to Antarctica in search of Ice Station Wolfenstein a year or two before.

Soon Sam discovers that Dave Purdue and Nina Gould are also involved in this exclusive enterprise and, in the Arizona desert they are all about to discover just how deep FireStorm intends to take their initiates. When all connections to the outside world are severed and personal belongings become redundant, Sam and Nina begin to doubt the good intentions of FireStorm and its new anti-privacy software soon to be distributed worldwide. Before long their reluctance to conform becomes a gesture of threat and they soon find themselves in a desperate struggle for freedom where anyone, anywhere could be in league with FireStorm.

Will this be the Death of Privacy or will the worldwide domination of personal information be successfully thwarted?

Black Sun Rising leads the listener on a roller-coaster ride in search of a legend. Packed with breathtaking suspense and nerve-shredding action, Black Sun Rising is a thrilling listen for all fans of action, suspense, and intrigue.

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Hated the reader

Book 3 of the series continues the storyline well from the first 2 books. But I hated the reader for this book. Read too fast and didn't perform the characters as well as the reader from the first two books.

not as good as previous two, slow to get going.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Maybe

What did you like best about this story?

Left you hanging as to what next.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Talked too fast, hard to differentiate the characters.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

No.

Any additional comments?

No

Overall good story line

Narration lacked for me. The plot and overall story had promise
Given audio for my voluntary review and my honest opinion

I almost did not listen

the narration was painfully bad. but glad I suffered through the whole book. on to the next

Black Sun Rising

This is third book I have listed to that deals with Steve Cleve the reporter, Nina the historian, and Dave the money man. But this time they get themselves mixed up in occult in the South West of USA. Ancient Native American practices with modern technology, what could go wrong? Another adventure by P.W. Child

Unable to listen to for more that 10 minutes

Would you ever listen to anything by Preston Child again?

The first two books of the series that I read were ok. I was also hooked in thinking the book was written by Preston AND Childs, not one person. I had purchased this book before I listened to the others, but I would have if I had listened to them before.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Kevin Clay?

After about 5 minutes I was unable to listen to the narration any more. He sounded like he was jumping out of his skin with excitement when nothing exciting was happening yet. All of his sentences were run together. It was impossible to know where the narration ended and the character lines were being read.

Worst narrator ever!!!

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A different narrator.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Black Sun Rising?

Couldn't last 5 minutes.

How could the performance have been better?

Use the first narrator. The new guy was horrible.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Anger due to the narrator.

Any additional comments?

The first two books were great. I was hooked and like the story. Less than 5 minutes into the new book I wanted to bang my head against the wall. The narrator was absolutely the worst I'd ever heard. He sounded like he was trying to race through the book. I couldn't stand listening to it a second more.

This book is NOT by Douglas Preston& Lincoln Child

Don't be tricked into this stupid series thinking it is by Preston & Child because it is not, and if you've wasted time and money on it into book 3, you'll find it utterly ludicrous to believe the turn of events in book 2 and who the heroine is now bedding.

Narrator horrible!

While the old narrator was an idiot, this guy is unbearable. It’s like listening to a bad radio commercial announcer for 7 hours. I’m returning the book and done with the series due to the narrator

couldn't get past reader

What would have made Black Sun Rising better?

different narrator. as in the guy from the first 2 books.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Much too fast. Not-listenable.

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed the first 2 books in the series, but couldn't get past 10 min with the new narrator. I even tried to delete and redownload hoping it was a download error. Mr Clay is reading this book entirely too fast. (yes i tried slowing playback, but that was worse). I've had problems with other readers, voices not up to par with the novels, but this was just a case of 'slow-the-hell-down'. So bad that I never got past the first 10 min.

Maybe a great book, but i'll never know. Well, i can read, and guess i'll have to do so, since the first two novels were really quite good.