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Governor

Ascent to Empire, Book 1

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Governor

By: Richard Fox, David Weber
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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For more than fifty years, the Terran Republic and the Terran League have been killing one another.

The death toll has climbed ever higher, year after year, with no end in sight. But the members of the Five Hundred, the social elite of the Republic's Heart Worlds, don't care.

Rear Admiral Terrence Murphy is a Heart Worlder. His family is part of the Five Hundred. His wife is the daughter of one of the Five Hundred's wealthiest, most powerful industrialists. His sons and his daughter can easily avoid military service, and political power is his for the taking. There is no end to how high he can rise in the Republic's power structure.

All he has to do is successfully complete a risk-free military "governorship" in the backwater Fringe System of New Dublin without rocking the boat. But the people sending him to New Dublin have miscalculated because Terrence Murphy is a man who believes in honor. He believes in duty—in common decency and responsibility. He believes there are dark and dangerous secrets behind the façade of what "everyone knows."

Terrence Murphy intends to meet those responsibilities, to unearth those secrets, and he doesn't much care what the Five Hundred want. He intends to put a stop to the killing.

Terrence Murphy is coming for whoever has orchestrated fifty-six years of bloodshed and slaughter, and Hell itself is coming with him.

©2021 Words of Weber, Inc. and Richard Fox (P)2024 Podium Audio
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Another great series

Typical Weber series, grab you from the beginning and just keep ramping up the story line until you can’t put it down. I completed this first book in-less than two days. Absolutely love it.

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excellent story

the characters & the plot were well developed. Great story line. Looking forward to the next book.

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Slow start but fun

A nice military sci-fi that starts a little slow (introducing so many characters a bit too fast) but then evens out and has a fun story. Looking forward to the next one!

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Good Story

I always seem to like Richard Fox’s stories. Well worth listening to it even if it was hard to follow at times

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Weber and fox. awesome!

Great character, world, and story building. Very much looking forward to the rest of the series.

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A great new series that is well built and done

A really great new military sci-fi book that does a great job at world building and launching a story. I really look forward to the next!

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Top Notch

Starts slow. Audible book is confusing at first trying to figure out when scenes are being jumbled together without clear indication of changes. Almost gave up. Then it settled into an outstanding book. Definitely looking forward to the next book.

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Should be a good series

Reminds me of the honor Harrington, series, but starting a different place. Looking forward to this being a great series.

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character building

really good has some long dialogue that could be worded better but as a whole great read!

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Like any of Webers books and you will like this one.

David Weber has a certain formula and style to his writing.
As his fans would expect this book has great character development, lots of operatic space battles and political intrigue to keep us entertained.
Looking forward to the next one in the series.

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