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Quietus
- The Pandemic Series, Book 4
- De: Bobby Akart
- Narrado por: John David Farrell, Kris Adams
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 375
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 374
There is no such thing as an ending, just a new beginning. Throughout the millennia, extinction has been the norm and survival, the exception. When faced with the hour of departure, will mankind fight to survive? Not only was there a patient zero, there was also a last patient.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's not over till it's over!
- De Natalie @ ABookLoversLife en 10-06-17
- Quietus
- The Pandemic Series, Book 4
- De: Bobby Akart
- Narrado por: John David Farrell, Kris Adams
Almost Perfect
Revisado: 05-01-18
The Pandemic series is one of my favorite ever! It has a wonderful range of action, political idiocy, and ominous danger, broken up with plenty of appropriate comedy to lighten the mood from time to time, and you don't spend too much time with anyone of those.
I normally wait to get my one credit each month for a new book without spending extra, but with this one I had to get each book in the series immediately after finishing the one before it, and I used almost all my spare time listening to it.
***SPOILER ALERT***
I really like the lack of cliffhangers. Most every time if there was a cliffhanger, the answer came immediately in the next chapter. Sadly though, the one thing I didn't like about this book, the last in the series, was that it feels somewhat like a cliffhanger to me, in that the series story line doesn't feel totally complete since it ends with the decision they are going to provide the cure to other people besides Americans somehow, but we don't get to see it happen. There was a climax where they attacked Snow's compound, but that felt more like a midpoint to me. I thought a more fitting final struggle and climax would be the struggle to get the cure to other parts of the world successfully, and to finish dealing with the ISIS who released the plague in the first place to a definite conclusion. Because of the difficulties that could arise along the way on their journey; the United States government wanting to keep the cure strictly for Americans for a year or two at least, the terrorists still roaming the country who'd want to secure the cure for their people only, seeking to let everyone else die off, the mistrust of isolated groups with no outside communication, other groups who'd want to take the cure vials they do have for themselves or force her to reproduce more strictly for their group so they can be independent from the United States government, and protected against the plague, the moral dilemma that could come up of having to kill more of the few humans left in the world in order be successful in getting the cure spread around the globe; there is just so much there for a very fulfilling story. I really hope there's one more book added to the series!!! It could be called something like, "Whose cure?" or "A Cure for Whom?" I know it would be a riveting story!
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The Swarm
- The Second Formic War (Volume 1)
- De: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki, Vikas Adam, Stephen Hoye, y otros
- Duración: 18 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,897
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,454
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,448
The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces and the Chinese army. China has been devastated by the Formic's initial efforts to eradicate Earth life forms and prepare the ground for their own settlement. The Scouring of China struck fear into the other nations of the planet; that fear blossomed into drastic action when scientists determined that the single ship that wreaked such damage was merely a scout ship. There is a mothership out beyond the solar system's Kuiper Belt, and it's heading into the system.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but feels unnecessarily drawn out
- De Eric A. Smalling en 09-02-16
- The Swarm
- The Second Formic War (Volume 1)
- De: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki, Vikas Adam, Stephen Hoye, Arthur Morey, Paul Boehmer
Fascinating
Revisado: 02-19-18
I love the narrators for all the books about the Formic Wars. It's easy listening. All in all, this book is one of my top books to recommend for people to read.
I found the Formic's approach to war fascinating. I won't go into detail because I don't like to give spoilers. The story twisted and turned in unexpected ways, and there were some characters who are worthy of horrible things happening to them. Such characters add variety to the emotional experience and make the read more fun, but they're aggravating all the same.
I'd say the parts with the character Lem Jukes are my favorite to listen to. What I like most about him is his dry, honest humor; it's hilarious!
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Earth Unaware
- De: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye, Arthur Morey, y otros
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,994
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,407
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,414
alaxy. Humanity was slowly making their way out from Earth to the planets and asteroids of the Solar System, exploring and mining and founding colonies. The mining ship El Cavador is far out from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. Other mining ships, and the families that live on them, are few and far between this far out. So when El Cavador's telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, it's hard to know what to make of it. It's massive and moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The beginning- or a plot filler
- De Don Gilbert en 08-22-14
A worthy addition to the Ender universe
Revisado: 11-15-17
This is a gripping book. I listened to it as quickly as I was able over a couple of days, even slipping in a minute here and there on the clock at work when my manager wasn't looking.
The narrators did a fine job. I would hear the characters as real people. They drew me more into the story.
What I like most about the book was its utter feel of realism. It doesn't have a cinematic feel to it, making it far more unpredictable. I recommend this book to anybody who will listen.
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