Jamie Ibson has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 5 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 6 ratings. The most-rated is Gunboat Diplomacy.
Gunboat Diplomacy
Summary
Before Hr'ent Golramm became a legendary Enforcer for the Peacemaker Guild, he was a mere candidate. Granted, he was a particularly unusual candidate - only six Oogar had ever successfully graduated from the Peacemaker Academy on Ocono, and Hr'ent would be the seventh. Every candidate must pass a commissioning mission in order to graduate, though, and Hr'ent's is unsolvable. The Pushtal of Vorrhurna were once one of the Mercenary Guild's 37 races. After a series of disastrous contracts, the tiger-like aliens lost their status as mercenaries, and the MinSha seized their home world for defaulting on their debt. Eighty years later, the seven Great Clans are but a shadow of their former selves and have resorted to piracy to survive. For his commissioning mission, Hr'ent and a small team of bounty hunters must find a way to put a stop to their predations. No one in the Union has figured out how to herd cats to this point, but Hr'ent is a particularly unusual Peacemaker candidate, who isn't afraid to resort to a bit of gunboat diplomacy to get the Pushtal to listen to what he says, once and for all.
©2020 Jason Cordova and Jamie Ibson (P)2020 Tantor
Luck Is Not a Factor
Summary
Nineteen outstanding authors. Nineteen extraordinary stories. One best-selling universe. It’s the 22nd century. The galaxy has opened up to humanity as a hyperactive beehive of stargates and new technologies, and we suddenly find ourselves in a vast playground of different races, environments, and cultures. There’s just one catch: We are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain. What do you do when the odds are stacked against you? Mercs plan, strategize, and sometimes even scheme, but there is one thing they all believe - luck is never a factor. Unless it is. Enter the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for money separates humans from the majority of the other races. Edited by best-selling authors and universe creators Chris Kennedy and Mark Wandrey, Luck Is Not a Factor includes all-new stories in the Four Horsemen universe by a variety of best-selling authors - and some you may not have heard of...yet. The 19 authors take on various aspects of the universe, giving you additional insight into a galaxy that isn’t at war, but definitely isn’t at peace. There’s only one thing for sure - anything’s possible for a fistful of credits! Full list of authors includes: JR Handley Kacey Ezell Jon Del Arroz Michael Ciaravella Philip Wohlrab T. Allen Diaz Terry Maggert Terry Mixon Chris Kennedy Mark Wandrey Jon R. Osborne Paul E. Cooley Joseph Capdepon Christopher Woods Thomas A. Mays Jamie Ibson Rob Howell Lee Dunning Brad R. Torgersen
©2018 Seventh Seal Press (P)2019 Podium Publishing
Set the Terms
Summary
Peacemakers. The Galactic Union’s most capable enforcers and resolute negotiators, their name alone elicits fear and awe among the Union’s citizenry. Being a Peacemaker isn’t easy. They’re charged with setting the terms and doing anything which needs to be done - even if it personally costs them everything. They must learn to honor the threat to all life, and, in the end, they must stand or fall, based on their own convictions. Welcome back to the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for money separates Humans from the majority of the other races. Edited by Mia R. Kleve and best-selling author Kevin Ikenberry, Set the Terms includes 14 all-new Peacemaker-themed stories in the Four Horsemen universe by a variety of best-selling authors - and some you may not have heard of...yet. From pigs flying to cats landing on their feet, Set the Terms shows Peacemakers at work from the origin of the guild to present day. Journey with a Lumar Peacemaker as he tries to complete his first mission and watch as a Phidae Peacemaker tries to complete his final one. They will have to use their wits as well as their weapons if they hope to remain standing at the end of the day. Are you ready to set the terms? If so, then step inside!
©2020 Respective authors of all stories within (P)2020 Podium Audio
Negotiation
Summary
Thirteen incredible authors. Thirteen stories about the Depik - what they were and where their society goes from here! It’s the 22nd century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we’ve found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races, environments, and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, our position is readily apparent - we’re at the bottom of the food chain. But we’ve found new allies. The Depik are feared across the galaxy as the ultimate assassins, but when an attack on their home world devastates their society, the survivors are scattered across the galaxy. As humanity helps bring their civilization back together, though, how do the remaining Depik adults put their society back together and teach the young kits and kitas about what was lost? Stories. Not only are stories told to educate, but they also to help the young Depik make sense of their place in a galaxy that is so much bigger than they are. Enter now the world of the assassin, as these peerless killers decide how to make their way forward, and 13 amazing authors imagine the paths these Hunters will take.
©2019 Chris Kennedy (P)2020 Podium Audio
We Dare
Summary
Fifteen outstanding authors. Fifteen stories of augmented humanity! All I need is an edge! As long as humans have competed with each other (for food, profit, and love), people have looked for ways to get an edge on the competition - how to be better, faster, and smarter than the opposition. With better science and technology, many things are now possible, and there will be many more in the future! Gene splicing will augment your abilities. Implants will make you smarter. Cybernetic systems will make you stronger. Edited by Jamie Ibson and Chris Kennedy, We Dare is a collection of 15 all-new stories that explores the use of augmented humanity in the near future. From getting a new personality loaded with the skills you need for a mission to nanobots that keep you from being killed to creating an indestructible tank, anything is possible! But just because we can augment humanity doesn’t necessarily mean we should, and there are cautionary tales inside, as well. Along with the “good” that might be possible, there is also the potential for augmentation to be used for more...nefarious...ends. Will augmentation make better criminals? What happens when someone with implants has their mind taken over? One thing is certain, though. People will dare to augment themselves to get an edge. Our authors dared to write these stories of augmented humanity. Will you now dare to listen to them? Inside, you’ll find: Preface by Chris Kennedy "Kade" by Christopher Woods "Taming the Beast" by Kevin Steverson "Tank" by J.F. Holmes "Cradle and All" by Quincy J. Allen "Do or Die" by Jamie Ibson "Yellow in the Night" by Philip Wohlrab "The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms" by Rob Howell "Forty Acres and a Mule" by Luke R. J. Maynard "Imperfect Mind" by Jason Cordova "Bag Man" by Jack Clemons "Come Up Screaming" by Kevin Ikenberry "Angel" by Robert E. Hampson "To Dust" by Marisa Wolf "Now You See Me" by Kacey Ezell "Now You Don’t" by Josh Hayes The full list of authors include: Chris Kennedy, Jamie Ibson, Christopher Woods, Kevin Steverson, J.F. Holmes, Quincy J. Allen, Philip Wohlrab, Rob Howell, Luke R. J. Maynard, Jason Cordova, Jack Clemons, Kevin Ikenberry, Robert E. Hampson, Marisa Wolf, Kacey Ezell, and Josh Hayes.
©2019 Chris Kennedy (P)2020 Chris Kennedy