Tim Pabon has narrated 27 audiobooks on Listento.it by 27 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.9★ across 8 ratings. The most-rated is Earth Abides.
Earth Abides
Summary
In a glorious new audiobook complete with an original introduction written by author Kim Stanley Robinson. First published in 1949 and a winner of the inaugural International Fantasy Award in 1951, Earth Abides went on to become one of the most influential science-fiction novels of the 20th century. It remains a fresh, provocative story of apocalyptic pandemic, societal collapse, and rebirth. The cabin had always been a special retreat for Isherwood Williams, a haven from the demands of society. But one day while hiking, Ish was bitten by a rattlesnake, and the solitude he had so desired took on dire new significance. He was sick for days - and often delirious - waking up to find two strangers peering in at him from the cabin door. Yet oddly, instead of offering help, the two ran off as if terrified. Not long after, the coughing began. Ish suffered chills and fever and a measles-like rash on his skin. He was one of the few people in the world to live through that peculiar malady, but he didn't know it then. Ish headed home when he finally felt himself again - and noticed the strangeness almost immediately. No cars passed him on the road; the gas station not far from his cabin looked abandoned; and he was shocked to see the body of a man on the roadside near a small town. Without a radio or phone, Ish had no idea of humanity’s abrupt demise. He had escaped death yet could not escape the catastrophe - and with an eerie detachment he found himself curious as to how long it would be before all traces of civilization faded from Earth.
©1946, 1976; 2020 George R. Stewart. Introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson (P)2020 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Dead Man's Debt
Summary
"We require a different battlefield." Nobody expected the war to last three hours, let alone three years. The star system of Archangel holds the line against invading corporate fleets, but a quarter of its territory is already lost. The navy can't hang on much longer. Faced with this grim truth, Archangel's leaders shift their strategy to diplomacy and espionage. For both arenas, they call upon a reluctant weapon: a frontline grunt named Tanner Malone. These days Tanner doesn't aspire to win the war. He merely wants to survive it. Now he'll be thrust into the center of events once again, pulled back and forth from covert missions to the media spotlight. Yet with every battle, he gets closer to the old enemy hidden in the shadows and the ugly truth about the war that could unravel everything Archangel might hope to win.
©2016 Elliott Kay (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
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No Man's Land [Dramatized Adaptation]
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There's little to remember about life before the Big Nuke, but there's plenty to scavenge in the tainted wreckage of the post-apocalyptic frontier. The barbaric code of survival of the fittest, meanest, or dirtiest makes for hard living and easy death. But Ryan Cawdor and his friends have stayed alive by holding on to their humanity-playing fair...and chilling only when they've got no choice. A civil war raging in the Des Moines River valley forces Ryan and his companions to take sides, or die. Because somewhere in the middle of the generations-old conflict is a lost redoubt. But Snake Eye, the deadliest gunslinger in Deathlands, stands between them and the way out. And the mutie contract chiller won't step aside until he has Ryan's head. In Deathlands, there's nothing but rock and a hard place.... Performed by Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Colleen Delany, Delores King Willams, Tim Pabon, Evan Casey, Steven Carpenter, Eric Messner, Ken Jackson, Jeff Allin, Patrick Bussink, Christopher Graybill, Joel David Santner, Mort Shelby, Thomas Keegan, Michael Glenn, Scott McCormick, Yasmin Tuazon, James Lewis, Richard Pelzman, Nanette Savard, James Konicek, Ren Casey, Danny Gavigan, Drew Kopas, Dylan Lynch, Gary Telles, David Coyne, Damyon Richardson, Johann Dettweiler.
©2012 Worldwide Library (P)2013 Graphic Audio, LLC
Hurricane Season
Summary
The English-language debut of one of the most thrilling and accomplished young Mexican writers Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Winner of the Internationaler Literaturpreis The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse - by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals - propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions spread. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering on new details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Melchor extracts some tiny shred of humanity from these characters that most would write off as utterly irredeemable, forming a lasting portrait of a damned Mexican village. Like Roberto Bolano’s 2666 or Faulkner’s greatest novels, Hurricane Season takes place in a world filled with mythology and violence - real violence, the kind that seeps into the soil, poisoning everything around: it’s a world that becomes more terrifying and more terrifyingly real the deeper you explore it.
©2016 Fernanda Melchor; English translation copyright 2020 Sophie Hughes (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
Leaving Yuma
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It’s the early days of the Mexican revolution. J. T. Latham is about to be killed by a Yuma Prison gang when an old nemesis, Deputy Del Buchman, intervenes. Latham will get a pardon if he uses his knowledge of the area and his experience with the Yaqui to guide Buchman’s posse deep into the Sonoran desert to rescue rich man’s kidnapped wife and children. The guerrilla general responsible wants machine guns for their safe return, but there is more to the ransom than guns. The trail is bounded with danger, treachery and the question of mercy as Latham tries to outmaneuver the next chess move of his adversaries. Getting out of prison was easy, now Latham has to get out of the desert alive. Performed by Michael John Casey, Bradley Smith, Terence Aselford, Colleen Delany, Dylan Lynch, Eric Messner, Tim Pabon, David Coyne, Nick DePinto, Mort Shelby, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Tara Giordano, Michael Glenn, Patrick Bussink, Kimberly Gilbert, Scott McCormick, Jonathon Church, Tim Getman, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Ken Jackson.
©2013 Michael Zimmer (P)2015 Graphic Audio, LLC
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Hive Invasion [Dramatized Adaptation]
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Seeking refuge in a post-Armageddon America, Ryan Cawdor and his crew of misfits travel together for survival and sanity. Known as Deathlands, this lawless hellscape is defined by destruction, death, and despair. Only those who persevere with the belief in a better future stand a chance in this world where each day brings a new, and potentially lethal, struggle. Desperate to find water and shelter on the barren plains of former Oklahoma, Ryan and his team come upon a community that appears, at first, to be peaceful. Then the ville is attacked by a group of its own inhabitants — people infected with a parasite that has turned them into slave warriors for an unknown overlord. The companions try to help fend off the enemy and protect the remaining population, but when Ryan is captured during a second ambush, all hope seems lost. Especially when he launches an assault against his own crew. Performed by Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Delores King Williams, Colleen Delany, Tim Pabon, Jacob Yeh, Jonathan Watkins, Ken Jackson, James Konicek, Rebecca Sheir, Scott McCormick, Kimberly Gilbert, Christopher Graybill, Dylan Lynch, Tim Getman, Nanette Savard, Casie Platt, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Dawn Ursula, Tara Giordano.
©2015 Worldwide Library (P)2015 Graphic Audio, LLC
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Massacre Mountain [Dramatized Adaptation]
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Cotton Pickens is feeling about as low as a man can get. Held up, robbed, and fired from his job as sheriff, things get even worse when someone murders Cotton's horse Critter. And it's all happening just as a flashy, fleshy stage company comes to town. Some folks demand the show be shut down for immorality. Some folks - Cotton included - sure enjoy the proceedings. But when a man gets stabbed to death, a bank safe gets blown up, and another county's sheriff starts imposing his will, Cotton realizes that a dastardly plot is taking over Doubtful. Badge or no badge, Cotton is going to war. To catch a killer. To stand up to some self-righteous fatheads. And for the right to see a little bare-naked leg - or die trying.... Performed by Ken Jackson, David Coyne, Steven Carpenter, Faith Potts, Richard Rohan, Jeff Allin, Bradley Smith, Mort Shelby, Christopher Graybill, Tim Pabon, Karen Carbone, Gregory Gorton, David Harris, James Konicek, Dylan Lynch, Terence Aselford, Nanette Savard, Tim Carlin, Patrick Bussink, Nick DePinto, Michael John Casey, Gary Telles, Colleen Delany, Johann Dettweiler.
©2011 William W. Johnstone (P)2012 Graphic Audio, LLC
Mexico City Noir
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Latin American noir at its finest. “[A] diverse collection of stories which reflect the harshness and also the brittle brilliance of life in Mexico City.” (MostlyFiction Book Reviews) Akashic Books’ acclaimed series of original noir anthologies has set a high standard for portraying cities and their neighborhoods in all their dark and violent splendor. Now, Mexico City Noir surpasses that standard with phantasmagorical tales of double-dealing, corruption, violence and self-delusion.... This collection is such a varied literary feast. Fans of Jorge Luis Borges will find surprises galore in the story "Violeta Isn’t Here Anymore". The noir-ish maze that Myriam Laurini constructs with her flair for the shifting realities of "magical realism" is dazzling enough, and then up pops Borges.... “Peel back one layer and find something totally unexpected, these tales tell us again and again. As Eduardo Monteverde writes, ‘the heart of Mexico City is made of mud and green rocks, and the God of Rain continues to cry over the whole country.’ And standing on that ground, the 12 writers here find inspiration to die for.” (Shelf Awareness) This anthology includes brand-new stories by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Eugenio Aguirre, Eduardo Antonio Parra, Bernardo Fernández Bef, Óscar de la Borbolla, Rolo Díez, Victor Luiz González, F.G. Haghenbeck, Juan Hernández Luna, Myriam Laurini, Eduardo Monteverde, and Julia Rodríguez.
©2010 Akashic Books (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
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Texas Sunrise [Dramatized Adaptation]
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In Massacre at Goliad, tensions mount between Mexican authorities and American newcomers. Revolution is in the air, something Thomas Buckalew welcomes but his brother Joshua fears, since Joshua is in love with a Mexican girl. The story touches on the immortal battle of the Alamo but centers on the infamous Goliad massacre, and ultimately the decisive battle of San Jacinto, which made Texas an independent republic. After the Bugles begins where Massacre at Goliad ends - on the battlefield at San Jacinto, Joshua Buckalew tries to put the pieces back together but finds that starting over in the aftermath of war can be as challenging as the war itself. The racial differences that helped foment the conflict have not gone away. And Texas finds that being an independent republic can be more difficult than being a colonial extension of Mexico. Performed by Terence Aselford, Eric Messner, Danny Gavigan, Thomas Keegan, Tim Pabon, Yasmin Tuazon, Michael Glenn, Elizabeth Jernigan, Scott McCormick, James Konicek, David Coyne, Michael John Casey, Drew Kopas, Alyssa Wilmoth, Christopher Graybill, Catherine Aselford, Nick DePinto, David Harris, Bradley Smith, Richard Rohan, Patrick Bussink, Bobby Aselford, Gary Telles, Tim Carlin, Nanette Savard, Ren Kasey, Mort Shelby.
©2008 Elmer Kelton (P)2012 Graphic Audio, LLC
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Polestar Omega [Dramatized Adaptation]
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Banded together to survive, Ryan Cawdor and his companions travel the barren wastelands of a post-nuclear world. There are no laws in Deathlands — only fear, destruction, and annihilation. As each day brings a new struggle, this group journeys toward the shaky promise of sanctuary. Ryan and his friends become the subjects in a deadly experiment when they're taken captive inside a redoubt at the South Pole. A team of scientists is convinced the Earth must be purified of mutants, and now they have the perfect lab rats to test their powerful bioweapon. Within Antarctica's harsh and unstable conditions, the companions must fight the odds and take down the whitecoats before millions are killed. But in this uncompromising landscape, defeating the enemy may be just another step toward a different kind of death.... Performed by Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Delores King Williams, Colleen Delany, Tim Pabon, James Konicek, Matthew Bassett, Kimberly Gilbert, Chris Davenport, Jonathon Church, Katy Carkuff, Scott McCormick, Dawn Ursula, Tara Giordano, Christopher Graybill, Jacob Yeh, Michael John Casey.
©2015 Worldwide Library (P)2015 Graphic Audio, LLC
The Anatomy of a Moment
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In February 1981, just as Spain was finally leaving Franco's dictatorship and during the first democratic vote in parliament for a new prime minister - Colonel Tejero and a band of right-wing soldiers burst into the Spanish parliament and began firing shots. Only three members of Congress defied the incursion and did not dive for cover: Adolfo Suarez, the then-outgoing prime minister, who had steered the country away from the Franco era; Guttierez Mellado, a conservative general who had loyally served democracy; and Santiago Carillo, the head of the Communist Party, which had just been legalized. In The Anatomy of a Moment, Cercas examines a key moment in Spanish history, just as he did so successfully in his Spanish Civil War novel, Soldiers of Salamis. This is the only coup ever to have been caught on film as it was happening, which, as Cercas says, "guaranteed both its reality and its unreality". Every February a few seconds of the video are shown again and Spaniards congratulate themselves for standing up for democracy, but Cercas says that things were very quiet that afternoon and evening while all over Spain people stayed inside waiting for the coup to be defeated ...or to triumph.
©2009 Javier Cercas, English translation copyright 2011 by Anne McLean (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?
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What is the reality of policing in the United States? Do the police keep anyone safe and secure other than the very wealthy? How do recent police killings of young Black people in the United States fit into the historical and global context of anti-blackness? This collection of reports and essays (the first collaboration between Truthout and Haymarket Books) explores police violence against Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other marginalized communities, miscarriages of justice, and failures of token accountability and reform measures. It also makes a compelling and provocative argument against calling the police. Contributions cover a broad range of issues including the killing by police of Black men and women, police violence against Latino and Indigenous communities, law enforcement's treatment of pregnant people and those with mental illness, and the impact of racist police violence on parenting, as well as specific stories such as a Detroit police conspiracy to slap murder convictions on young Black men using police informants and the failure of Chicago's much-touted Independent Police Review Authority, the body supposedly responsible for investigating police misconduct. The title Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? is no mere provocation: The book also explores alternatives for keeping communities safe. Contributors include William C. Anderson, Candice Bernd, Aaron Cantú, Thandi Chimurenga, Ejeris Dixon, Adam Hudson, Victoria Law, Mike Ludwig, Sarah Macaraeg, and Roberto Rodriguez.
©2016 Maya Schenwar, Joe Macaré, and Alana Yu-lan Price (P)2021 Audible, Inc.
Radical Abundance
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K. Eric Drexler is the founding father of nanotechnology - the science of engineering on a molecular level. In Radical Abundance, he shows how rapid scientific progress is about to change our world. Thanks to atomically precise manufacturing, we will soon have the power to produce radically more of what people want, and at a lower cost. The result will shake the very foundations of our economy and environment. Already, scientists have constructed prototypes for circuit boards built of millions of precisely arranged atoms. The advent of this kind of atomic precision promises to change the way we make things - cleanly, inexpensively, and on a global scale. It allows us to imagine a world where solar arrays cost no more than cardboard and aluminum foil, and laptops cost about the same. A provocative tour of cutting edge science and its implications by the field’s founder and master, Radical Abundance offers a mind-expanding vision of a world hurtling toward an unexpected future.
©2013 K. Eric Drexler (P)2013 Gildan Media LLC
The Fires of Coventry
Summary
Coventry: One of the founding worlds of the Second Commonwealth. It lies just eight light years away from the Commonwealth’s capitol world, Buckingham, but it’s mostly been ignored during the Federation War. No longer. The Federation has its sights set on taking Coventry by any means necessary. Their first wave of attacking troops have set Coventry aflame in an effort to force out the population and keep local resistance at bay as they establish a base for attacking the heart of the Commonwealth. Coventry is Reggie Bailey’s home. Reggie isn’t a Royal Marine. He’s a family man, a father of three. But he has to put it all aside and join his brethren to fight the fires that threaten his world. It’s up to the home guard to keep the Federation at bay long enough for reinforcements to arrive. To Sergeant David Spencer of the Commonwealth’s Royal Marines, the scorched earth assault on Coventry is a challenge. But he’s trained, skilled, armed, ready. When the unexpected orders to go to Coventry arrive, there’s no question that David and his men are up to the task, but there’s every question if they can arrive in time and fight their way through the fires of Coventry before it’s too late for Reggie and his family. War hits home as Rick Shelley’s Federation War trilogy continues.
©1996 Rick Shelley (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
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Dead Man Walking [Dramatized Adaptation]
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Ignatius O’Reilly is famous for his beautifully crafted counterfeit money. John Henry Sixkiller is famous for hunting criminals into the most violent and dangerous worlds most lawman dare not go. Now, the Deputy U.S. Marshal is zeroing on O’Reilly in San Francisco, when the case blows up in his face. Instead of O’Reilly, Sixkiller finds a beautiful woman and a meddling Federal agent from the Secret Service. O’Reilly gets away and the hunt leads Sixkiller after the woman, the counterfeiter, and the Fed into the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains. There, a mining town is surrounded by armed men, people inside are dying of disease, and, as outlaws converge, the line between right and wrong disappears...Until Sixkiller takes out a gun and lays down the law - one bullet at a time. Performed by Ken Jackson, Evan Casey, Sherry Berg, Christopher Graybill, Yasmin Tuazon, Joe Brack, Richard Rohan, Tim Getman, Andy Clemence, Tim Pabon, Terence Aselford, Elizabeth Jernigan, James Konicek, Scott McCormick, Nick DePinto, Jonathon Church, Todd Scofield, Michael John Casey, Gary Telles, James Lewis, Doug Brown, Nanette Savard, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Christopher Scheeren, Steven Carpenter, Rebecca Sheir, Scott Graham, Colleen Delany.
©2013 J. A. Johnstone (P)2015 Graphic Audio, LLC
Return to Camerein
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Prince George, Earl of New Britain, was supposed to hold a position of great importance on Buckingham, capitol world of the Second Commonwealth. However, Prince George wasn’t on Buckingham. He hadn’t been for seven years, in fact. The Federation War had stranded him on the resort world of Camerein, His Royal Highness little more than a footnote to the long, bitter war. Newly made Captain David Spencer has proven his worth time and again on the fields of battle. But his latest promotion comes with some strings attached. He’ll have to lead a top secret mission to Camerein, to determine once and for all the fate of Prince George. Camerein is now in play. With a nearby shuttle crash putting Prince George and the other stranded resort guests on the move, Lieutenant Spencer beginning his search, and the Federation looking for one last bargaining chip for the war’s endgame, the resort world of Camerein is about to host a deadly game of cat and mouse. The future of the Second Commonwealth could rest on who catches whom. Rick Shelley concludes the Federation War trilogy with another great novel that puts the high tech toys and skilled tactics of David Spencer’s Royal Marines team to use on the home front, bringing every sensation of war home to the listener.
©1998 Rick Shelley (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Luke's Gold
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Cade Hunter never had a place to call home - until veteran ranch hand Luke Tucker saw something worth trusting in him. Which is why Luke shares a secret with Cade. A secret of hidden gold. But when they try find the fortune, a cur from Luke’s past murders him and leaves Cade for dead. Now Cade has something to live for - revenge. Performed by Mort Shelby, Evan Casey, Elizabeth Jernigan, Michael Glenn, Christopher Graybill, David Coyne, Richard Rohan, Colleen Delany, Tim Pabon, Tim Carlin, James Konicek, Steven Carpenter, Joe Brack, Johann Dettweiler, Eric Messner, Ren Casey, Terence Aselford, Thomas Keegan, Nanette Savard, Ken Jackson, James Lewis, Jeff Allin, Christopher Scheeren, Danny Gavigan, Gary Telles.
©2008 Charles G. West (P)2012 Graphic Audio, LLC
Border Patrol Nation
Summary
"In his scathing and deeply reported examination of the US Border Patrol, Todd Miller argues that the agency has gone rogue since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, trampling on the dignity and rights of the undocumented with military-style tactics....Miller's book arrives at a moment when it appears that part of the Homeland Security apparatus is backpedaling by promising to tone down its tactics, maybe prodded by investigative journalism, maybe by the revelations of NSA leaker Edward Snowden.... Border Patrol is quite possibly the right book at the right time...." (Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times) "At the start of his unsettling and important new book, Border Patrol Nation, Miller observes that these days 'it is common to see the Border Patrol in places - such as Erie, Pennsylvania; Rochester, New York; or Forks, Washington - where only 15 years ago it would have seemed far-fetched, if not unfathomable.” (Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor) "Miller’s approach in Border Patrol Nation is to offer a glimpse into the secretive operations of the Border Patrol, reporting with a journalist’s objectivity and nose for a good story. Miller’s book is full of facts, and it’s clear he’s outraged, but he gives voices to people on every side of the issue … Miller’s book is a fascinating read...and bring the work of Susan Orlean to mind." (Amanda Eyre Ward, Kirkus Reviews) Armed authorities watch from a military-grade surveillance tower as lines of people stream toward the security checkpoint, tickets in hand, anxious and excited to get through the gate. Few seem to notice or care that the US Border Patrol is monitoring the Super Bowl, as they have for years, one of the many ways that forces created to police the borders are now being used, in an increasingly militarized fashion, to survey and monitor the whole of American society. In fast-paced prose, Todd Miller sounds an alarm as he chronicles the changing landscape. Traveling the country - and beyond - to speak with the people most involved with and impacted by the Border Patrol, he combines these first-hand encounters with careful research to expose a vast and booming industry for high-end technology, weapons, surveillance, and prisons. While politicians and corporations reap substantial profits, the experiences of millions of men, women, and children point to staggering humanitarian consequences. Border Patrol Nation shows us in stark relief how the entire country has become a militarized border zone, with consequences that affect us all.
©2014 by Todd Miller (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
Storming the Wall
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As global warming accelerates, droughts last longer, floods rise higher, and super-storms become more frequent. With increasing numbers of people on the move as a result, the business of containing them - border fortification - is booming. In Storming the Wall, Todd Miller travels around the world to connect the dots between climate-ravaged communities, the corporations cashing in on border militarization, and emerging movements for environmental justice and sustainability. Reporting from the flashpoints of climate clashes, and from likely sites of futures battles, Miller chronicles a growing system of militarized divisions between the rich and the poor, the environmentally secure and the environmentally exposed. Stories of crisis, greed, and violence are juxtaposed with powerful examples of solidarity and hope in this urgent and timely message from the frontlines of the post-Paris Agreement era.
©2017 Todd Miller (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
The Buchanan Campaign
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Rick Shelley’s Federation War trilogy begins with a novel that takes you through the barracks corridors and the trenches of war, bringing the war of the future home with a combination of battlefield action and home-town heroics. For Doug Weintraub of the Buchanan Planetary Commission, it begins with a fuzzy call, quickly cut off. Federation troops have invaded his world. The battle they’ve long feared and tried to avoid is coming. Now it’s time to seek help, to launch a rocket into Q Space, and hope for Second Commonwealth troops to arrive - and soon. Aboard the Starship Victoria, it begins differently. It’s a short, unexpected message on the screen for Sergeant David Spencer of the Royal Marines. New orders - surprising ones - that will send him and his men to an independent frontier world that’s become a new front in the war between the Commonwealth and Federation. Doug Weintraub and David Spencer soon find themselves in unexpected roles - a skilled warrior in the Royal Marines side-by-side with a back-world farmer. They’ll need each other to keep the Federation at bay.
©1995 Rick Shelley (P)2012 Audible, Inc.