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  • A Rock and a Hard Place

  • Frontiers Saga, Part 2: Rogue Castes Series, Book 11
  • By: Ryk Brown
  • Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
  • Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (500 ratings)

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A Rock and a Hard Place

By: Ryk Brown
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
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Publisher's summary

Two worlds preparing their defenses....

A ship struggling to get back in the fight....

An enemy continuing its relentless attack....

A former enemy that could hold the answer....

With the fate of billions in his hands, Captain Scott is offered a way to save them all and end the bloodshed, but if it backfires, he could lose everything.

Sometimes, there is no good choice.

©2019 Ryk Brown (P)2019 Tantor
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The great storytelling continues

Each book in the series is good as we continue through the ongoing saga. Into the next book.

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Keep it up!

Favorite Sci-fi book series! Ryk Brown's stories are engaging and the Jeffrey Kafer's narrations are some of the best I have heard.

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It is picking up...

Heavy cruisers, battleships and dreadnaughts... This is an episode that focuses on grand space battles. It felt like the author pretty much just skipped hardship that followed the last episode, and focused on ensuing battles. I quite liked it, despite the inhuman effort the crew had to put in to repair the Aurora.

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good episode in the Saga

Great read; non-stop combat. It features continuous battle sequence(s); it highlights what makes Frontiers Saga series so unique in sci-fi/ space opera genre.

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The storyline is extremely interesting.

I grew up with start trek and star wars movies. This one series is fantastic science fiction story line. I have listened to these books more than once on audible. I would not be surprised if there is a movie or few to come out and be just as good as the books.. Start from the beginning of this series and you'd likely be hooked like I am...

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Gripping

This is book eleven in the series. The Aurora and crew are fighting the Dusahn. Nathan is leading his crew and allies into war and has been suffering many losses. Now they have their back to the wall.

The book is well written. They is lots of action and great space battles. The suspense builds throughout the story. There are some new characters and more tragedy for a longtime character that we have not interacted with for a while. I cannot wait for the next edition. I noticed that Brown now has a big-time publisher. It is great to watch an author go from self-publishing to having a well- known publishing company publish the series.

The book is nine hours and four minutes. Jeffrey Kafer does a great job narrating the series. Kafer is a voice- over actor and now works full time as an audiobook narrator. Kafer has won many Earphone Awards.

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What a setup!!

I have a sneaking suspicion this is not only a setup for the next book but a setup for part 3. It was pretty riveting, so much so I was shocked when it ended as I didn't realize that much time hard passed.

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I’m loving this series

Love this series so far. It’s nice to read or consume something without being beaten over the head with identity politics.

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A great entry with the series heating up

I have been with this series since the beginning through ups and downs, the last few books seem to have put the series into a great pace. There are so many variables and possibilities that I truly look forward to what is coming next!

As always this is only one of two series that I preorder so I don't forget to download it.

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Another great book in the series.

As with all the books in the series great character depth and lots of action. Mr. Kafer narration is superb.

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