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  • Trading in Danger

  • Vatta's War, Book 1
  • By: Elizabeth Moon
  • Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway
  • Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (39 ratings)

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Trading in Danger

By: Elizabeth Moon
Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway
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Publisher's Summary

The first of the acclaimed Vatta's War books, the exciting military science fiction series that features a swashbuckling spaceship-captain heroine who mixes commerce with combat.
©2004 Elizabeth Moon (P)2008 Tantor

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Great

Like most Elizabeth Moon books, this one took a while to get into, but well worth it in the end.

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Slow sluggish performance

slow performance, several mispronunciations. and the narration is generally flat. the voices are also a bit "same teenage girl" ish. that being said. vatta's war. classic space adventure.

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Brilliantly detailed

A deeply detailed narrative. Strong mature characters combine with an evolving plot. This is perhaps not everyone’s cup of tea, but the details are so clever that they suck you into this very believable view of a future amongst the stars.
The narrator does a great job.

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Passable

This is the story of a young woman who gets kicked out of the military academy for being too kind to someone - so obviously she’s a hero - and then she goes on to save the galaxy (it takes a few books though). Slight exaggeration but that’s the basic plot. There’s nothing too startling but it’s competently done if you’re not in a critical mood.
The narrator concentrates on clearly enunciating each word. That’s the positive part. She doesn’t have a convincing range of accents or timbres to give the different characters, and most attempts were not consistently maintained. The clipped, carefully enunciated words didn’t always help with the flow of the story. But hey, it’s easy to criticise and she didn’t mumble once.
Overall the book/series was just ok

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story is quite good,.

this is my third time listening to this book and I do enjoy it, even with the narrator's lackluster reading.

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great story

loved the story and despite the narration I'm getting the next one.
it's a good book

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