The Line Must Hold
Crimson Worlds V
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Jay Allan
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Directed by the maniacal Regent, the enemy pressed forward with one goal - the destruction of mankind.
The Superpowers of Earth, enemies for over a century, have banded together to face the threat from outside, and their combined forces have fought, delaying actions to buy time. But now the Rim has fallen, and the heart of human space lies before the invaders.
On three worlds, mankind will make its stand, and all the power Earth and its colonies can muster has been gathered there. Three worlds - Sandoval, Garrison, and Samvar. The Line.
Erik Cain grimly leads his Marines and their new allies to Sandoval, to fight and to hold that world against anything the enemy throws at it. But Cain plans more than just a defense; he intends to annihilate the enemy forces...and he'll sacrifice anything to win the ultimate victory. Even himself.
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Starship Liberator
- Galactic Liberation, Book 1
- By: David VanDyke, B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,816
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,541
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,525
The Hundred Worlds have withstood invasion by the relentless Hok for decades. The human worlds are strong, but the Hok have the resources of a thousand planets behind them, and their fleets attack in endless waves. The long war has transformed the Hundred Worlds into heavily fortified star systems. Their economies are geared for military output, and they raise specialized soldiers to save our species. Assault Captain Derek Straker is one such man among many.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Super author team fails
- By Jesper on 05-03-17
By: David VanDyke, and others
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The Empire's Corps
- By: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,401
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,209
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,201
The Galactic Empire is dying and chaos and anarchy are breaking out everywhere. After a disastrous mission against terrorists on Earth itself, Captain Edward Stalker of the Terran Marine Corps makes the mistake of speaking truth to power, telling one of the most powerful men in the Empire a few home truths. As a result, Captain Stalker and his men are unceremoniously exiled to Avalon, a world right on the Rim of the Empire. It should have been an easy posting...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Ark Royal
- By AGreviewer on 12-23-15
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New Frontiers
- The Expansion Wars Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Joshua Dalzelle
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,673
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,383
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,365
The Phage War had been a devastating conflict for the Terran Confederacy. Even with the destruction of their terrifying, implacable foe, humanity is still reeling. Political alliances are crumbling, and their mighty fleet is in tatters. There is nothing to celebrate, even after such a complete victory. They soon learn that there are other stellar neighbors - and they've been watching the conflict with great interest. One species comes with an offer of friendship and alliance, but humanity is weary and distrustful.
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3 out of 5 stars
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read black fleet first!
- By Audun Arly Lund on 09-09-17
By: Joshua Dalzelle
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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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Man of War
- Rebellion, Book 1
- By: M. R. Forbes
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,086
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 996
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 997
In the year 2280, an alien fleet attacked the Earth. Their weapons were unstoppable, their defenses unbreakable. Our technology was inferior, our militaries overwhelmed. Only one starship escaped before civilization fell. Earth was lost. It was never forgotten. Fifty-two years have passed. A message from home has been received. The time to fight for what is ours has come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hope from Ashes
- By Victor @ theAudiobookBlog dot com on 07-23-16
By: M. R. Forbes
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Ark Royal
- By: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,744
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,390
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,382
Seventy years ago, the interstellar supercarrier Ark Royal was the pride of the Royal Navy. But now, her weapons are outdated and her solid-state armour nothing more than a burden on her colossal hull. She floats in permanent orbit near Earth, a dumping ground for the officers and crew the Royal Navy wishes to keep out of the public eye. But when a deadly alien threat appears, the modern starships built by humanity are no match for the powerful alien weapons.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good solid effort at a Space Opera
- By Jim In Texas! on 08-05-14
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The Terran Privateer
- The Duchy of Terra, Book 1
- By: Glynn Stewart
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,933
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,785
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,785
Earth is conquered. Sol is lost. One ship is tasked to free them. One Captain to save them all. When an alien armada destroys the United Earth Space Force and takes control of the human homeworld, newly reinstated Captain Annette Bond must take her experimental hyperspace cruiser Tornado into exile as Terra's only interstellar privateer. She has inferior technology, crude maps, and no concept of her enemy, but the seedy underbelly of galactic society welcomes her so long as she has prizes to sell and money to spend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Annoying and predictable and endlessly repetitive
- By Chris H on 08-21-17
By: Glynn Stewart
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Dreadnaught
- The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier
- By: Jack Campbell
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel, Jack Campbell - introduction
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,190
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,261
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,258
The first book of best-selling sci-fi author Jack Campbell’s new series Beyond the Frontier returns to find Captain John “Black Jack" Geary, the hero of the Lost Fleet series, awoken from cryogenic sleep to take command of the fleet. Geary’s legendary exploits have earned him the adoration of the people—and the enmity of politicians convinced that a living hero can be a very inconvenient thing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A welcome new series
- By Jean on 04-18-12
By: Jack Campbell
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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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Starship Eternal
- War Eternal, Book 1
- By: M. R. Forbes
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,025
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,797
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,789
Captain Mitchell "Ares" Williams is a space marine and the hero of the Battle for Liberty whose shot heard 'round the universe saved the planet from a nearly unstoppable war machine. He's handsome, charismatic, and the perfect poster boy to help the military drive enlistment. Pulled from the war and thrown into the spotlight, he's as efficient at charming the media and bedding beautiful celebrities as he was at shooting down enemy starfighters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Start for a New Series. Great Sci-fi.
- By Striker on 04-27-15
By: M. R. Forbes
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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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The Complete Thunder Series
- By: Dietmar Wehr
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,064
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 997
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Story4 out of 5 stars 996
The Tyrell are a race that love to fight. The more difficult the fight, the better they like it. Every race they find is given the same level of technology and a specific amount of time to exploit it before the Tyrell come back looking for a fight. Humanity is warned by another alien species that the Tyrell are coming, and the race is on to build an Alliance of races strong enough to stand up against an empire whose expansion has been relentless.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I bought because of Luke Daniels...it's an ok book
- By KAG on 04-21-18
By: Dietmar Wehr
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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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Stark's War
- By: Jack Campbell
- Narrated by: Eric Summerer
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,531
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,211
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,216
To seize the moon from foreign powers--and keep his men alive - Sergeant Ethan Stark must choose which orders to obey - and which to ignore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent listen
- By BillyB on 09-20-09
By: Jack Campbell
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Constitution
- By: Nick Webb
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,113
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,908
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,908
The year is 2650. Seventy-five years ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth. Without warning. Without mercy. We were not prepared. Hundreds of millions perished. Dozens of cities burned. We nearly lost everything. Then the aliens abruptly left. We rebuilt. We armed ourselves. We swore: never again. But the aliens never came back. Until now. With overwhelming force the aliens have returned, striking deep into our territory, sending Earth into a panic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I'm not sure what to think about this one..
- By Chris on 09-22-15
By: Nick Webb
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Swarm
- Star Force, Book 1
- By: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7,734
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,031
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7,047
Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally some ORIGINAL scifi action.
- By Amazon Customer on 10-25-11
By: B. V. Larson
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- Mike
- 05-18-20
best in the series so far. well done
I love the storyteller. the book brought me in like I was actually at the Battlefield. storyteller did a great job of making us feel the characters.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-07-13
J Bower needs to learn third grade pronunciation
Would you consider the audio edition of The Line Must Hold to be better than the print version?
No. Jeff Bower makes the audio version obnoxious. I only keep buying the series because it's good enough to offset Jeff.
What didn’t you like about Jeff Bower’s performance?
His voices, inability to pronounce normal words, random swapping of words that rhyme with the word Jay Allen actually wrote. Females all sound like three year olds, the asian voices are downright racist.
Any additional comments?
Dear Jeff Bower,The rank of Ensign is pronounced En-Sin. It is not pronounced Enzen. Also, stop trying to do voices, you are only able to do offensive stereotypes. 1940s cartoons handled asian voices with less racism.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Robert
- 06-21-15
Still good after all these books
The exploits of the marines and navy continue to stay fresh even after this many books. While each book is no longer a complete story I like the over arching theme and story of those portion of the story arc.
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