Have read this book a few time even better when read to you

This is a great series that I am very happy to recommend to anyone who likes science fiction

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Audiobook
I thought it improved as it went on and I am interested enough to want to continue with the series. Narration was ok, but its hard to compare as the book I listened to before this one was DCC. I would give narration 3.5 stars.

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SciFi at its Best, Fantastic Story/Narration

The Frontier Saga is a fantastic Space Opera, with everything you want in a Sci-Fi series, great characters with some humour as well as the gut wrenching moments, the incredible battle scenes as well as all the in between of what is happening on the ship. As well as that you get the political intrigue of multiple star systems, some cool tech and lots of other really great story lines.
The battle scenes are masterfully written, great detail, but not overly drawn out, the same with the combat scenes in the air and on the ground.
The dialogue is well thought out, clever, witty and dramatic when needed, the Author has thought through what needs to be said, not just dropped words on the page that sound impressive.
And although the plot may be something that we have seen before, ship thrown across the galaxy, trying to get home, its what the Author does with the characters, the nature of the characters, and the story in between that is important, and Ryk Brown has down a brilliant job of tying this all together to give us a superb story that is a lot of fun, something that you just want to escape into and enjoy.
This is pure fun Sci-Fi and escapism at its best - what a good Space Opera should be!!!
To top it off, Jeffrey Kafer has done a fantastic job of the Narration, bringing Brown's characters to life with great ease, giving you distinction between each of the characters, including the females. He tells the story skillfully, allowing us to sit back and enjoy.

Part 1 follows Nathan, freshly graduated from the Academy and about to set out with the rest of the inexperienced Crew of the Aurora as they test a new drive unit which malfunctions, sending them a 1000 light years across the galaxy. There they find themselves thrust into a fight for their lives, on a ship that is damaged, and not knowing who to trust.
Will the woman with the strange green eyes another enemy, or the friend they need to get home?

This should not be missed by anyone who loves a good Sci-Fi Space Opera

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Kazablanka

This story started off with a wallop, and I thought for a while that this was going to be exceptional. However, it moved too fast to be credible. In particular, no first working-up trial of a ship works like that. In addition, I get annoyed at the presumption in virtually all sci-fi that all the key functions of a ship can be fully controlled by a tiny handful of individuals on the bridge. And the other 100-300 crew are just there for damage control. Where's the realism? Well-performed, and a story with real potential. But in the end, dissappointing. If you aren't bothered by the lack of realism you will probably enjoy it.

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Entertaining

A well constructed, straightforward narrative. Not really complex characters, but still engaging. Certainly fast paced and entertaining.: This is certainly not as sophisticated or powerful as Joel Shepherds really deep science fiction writing, but still an entertaining listen / read. This particular narrator does a great job as always.

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sucked in to the story

ok I'm totally sucked in to the story. and can't wait to see what happens next. very well written characters and the perfect amount of detail to create a amazing story

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it's a series

the story doesn't really go anywhere and each book just sets up the next, characters undeveloped and stereotypical, lazy writing.

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Too short and mediocre.

This book is 7 hours, the next one is 5 hours.

Pretty soon it will have to be called a pamphlet series not a book series.

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