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The Zero Enigma, Book 12
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For centuries, the Great Houses of Shallot have ruled the city through a complex network of power and influence, dividing and destroying factions that threatened their rule. But the latest crisis may be beyond their power to subvert and defeat.
The commoners have finally found a leader, while the aristocrats are deeply divided amongst themselves; their magic is no longer trustworthy, and their right to rule is threatened as never before. As protest marches explode onto the streets and the guild leaderships are openly challenged, it seems only a matter of time before the entire city catches fire.
In the mansions of North Shallot, Akin Rubén—new to his position as family patriarch—finds himself battling extremists who want to crush the protestors by any means necessary and hampered by his ties to the rebel leader. In the streets of South Shallot and the slums of Water Shallot, Rebecca Travis finds herself dragged into the revolutionary movement and experimenting with potions and spells that will either tip the balance against the aristos once and for all or lead to all-out war on the streets that will burn the city to the ground…
And, hidden in the shadows, the real threat is slowly inching into the light.
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In a universe where a being’s very existence is a game and its players tussle for power, Earth is the latest battleground, but for Titus and his friends, the stakes are very real. Earth’s future hangs in the balance and power beyond imagining waits to be seized. When the System came, it ravaged Earth, destroying everything Humankind had built and killing billions in a matter of days. For those few that survived, like Titus, it was like living in a hellscape.
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A fun listen, especially if you are a d&d fan!
- By Mrs. Ellen Potter on 03-06-25
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Mage of Waycross
- A Slice of Life Fantasy Adventure
- By: Jack Bryce
- Narrated by: Giancarlo Herrera, Hannah Schooner
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A cozy home in a small town, a lake for fishing, and a few friendly neighbors — that's all Sean needs. And that’s exactly what he’s hoping to find in the quiet town of Waycross. But when he discovers a mysterious book in the attic of his new home, strange things start to happen. Strange and magical things.
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Meh, expecting ghost pepper, delivered a Bell..
- By AQUARIST40 on 02-15-25
By: Jack Bryce
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Messenger Corps
- Messenger Corps, Book 1
- By: J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert, Glenn Seguin
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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For years, pilots who merely looked like soldiers were adequate. They filled the mechs. They filled roles. They supported Spann and his genetic offshoot of pure-blooded warriors known as the Superba. Spann's dream of absolute power ends with a single, crushing blow as a new enemy strikes at the Realm, leaving no survivors—followed by a mad dash to find fighters who can stand up in the old ways, using the mechs gifted to humanity by their oldest allies. Even in the midst of war, there is hope.
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Pretty good but…
- By J. Ridpath on 11-18-24
By: J.N. Chaney, and others
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Thunder & Lightning
- By: Leo Champion, Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
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In the early 22nd century, humanity has spread through the solar system - and their electromagnetic signals have traveled hundreds of light years. An alien race called the Oghaldzon has decided that mankind is dangerously insane...and must be forcibly taken under control. The invasion fleet's technology is decades ahead of Earth's best. They have more ships than the human fleets combined, and a seemingly-inexhaustible number of ground troops. And they're not afraid to kill billions of people.
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Great Read
- By Dan Cathcart on 10-18-20
By: Leo Champion, and others
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A Learning Experience, Book 1
- By: Christopher G. Nuttall
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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When a bunch of interstellar scavengers approach Earth intending to abduct a few dozen humans and sell them into slavery in the darkest, they make the mistake of picking on Steve Stuart and his friends, ex-military veterans all. Unprepared for humans who can actually fight, unaware of the true capabilities of their stolen starships, the scavengers rapidly lose control of the ship - and their lives.
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Great concept / Hated the prosletyzing
- By Alton J Henley on 08-12-16
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Mayor of Stonebridge
- A 4x RTS Fantasy
- By: Matt Pivots
- Narrated by: Exo Lio
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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When Alex Carter gets whisked away into an interdimensional strategy game, he quickly realizes this isn’t just a simulation—it’s survival. Plopped into Stonebridge, a rundown, rat-infested city, he’s given one goal: lead his city to victory against the three other mayors, their savage rival species, and impossible odds. There are no second chances here; the last city standing wins, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. With each battle, Alex edges closer to an ultimate prize selection that could change his life forever.
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Outstanding
- By E. F. Christo on 03-21-25
By: Matt Pivots
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The Fusionist
- A Fantasy LitRPG Academy Adventure (Magical Fusion, Book 1)
- By: Jonathan Brooks
- Narrated by: Miles Meili
- Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
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Larek Holsten is different from most people living in the Kingdom of Androthe, where his seven-foot-tall frame is looked at with suspicion and anger from its shorter residents; but as long as it helps him become the best Logger he can be, he doesn’t let it bother him all that much. He and his best friend, an axe with a powerful Fusion that causes it to become sharper and stronger than a normal tool, are feared by the trees in the magical forest north of his home, as he can fell the quickly growing monoliths faster than anyone else in the community.
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Tough call
- By Chaz R. on 09-07-23
By: Jonathan Brooks
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The Last Hunter
- By: J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Two centuries after the Confederation staved off an invasion by the robotic Locusts, Captain Jack Romanoff faces mandatory retirement from an ever-shrinking navy. Actions speak louder than words. The Confederation doesn’t think the Locusts are coming back. But what if the politicians are wrong?
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Quality stuff
- By Eric on 02-28-22
By: J.N. Chaney, and others
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Hospital Station
- Sector General
- By: James White
- Narrated by: Peter Wicks
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Sector General: a massive deep-space hospital station on the Galactic Rim, where human and alien medicine meet. It's 384 levels and thousands of staff members are supposedly able to meet the needs of any conceivable alien patient–though that capacity is always being strained as more (and stranger) alien races turn up to join the galactic community. Sentient viruses, interspecies romances, undreamed-of institutional catering problems–it all lands on Sector General's doorstep.
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Episodic short stories, classic sf done right!
- By AppleADay on 04-18-25
By: James White
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Isekai General
- A LitRPG Fantasy
- By: Alex Tanway, Marcus Sloss
- Narrated by: Mandy McCullough, Matt Hicks
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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After some rough tours during the Drone Wars, Reggie finds himself visiting a best friend's mausoleum. As he's paying his respects, a visitor from a land of myth and magic offers him a chance to bring Gary back—but there's a catch. He'll become a named character who's capable of magic, destined to lead a small army, and tasked with the unimaginable feat of winning a losing war one fight at a time. The battles will be just as savage as the realm is, but if he commands his troops as a cunning and capable general, he'll unlock the unimaginable.
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Solid isekai general/military story
- By William on 02-23-25
By: Alex Tanway, and others
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First Command
- By: Michael Simon
- Narrated by: Ryan Kennard Burke
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
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Fresh out of the Academy, Ensign Cole Jackson’s first posting to Freedom couldn’t have come at a worse time. All over the Alliance, planets and colonies are suddenly under attack by the vicious Coven Empire. Freedom and her sister ship, Hood, are ambushed by alien warships, leaving Hood drifting dead in the void. Cole is ordered to salvage parts from the powerless Hood, but when he arrives on the unpowered hulk, Freedom is called away, marooning him and a group of malcontent techs in deep space.
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author's complete lack of understanding of the military.
- By Wayne Whitfield on 04-23-25
By: Michael Simon
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- RB
- 03-22-25
Still not done?
All the book series is good enough that I read 12, or rather listen to, it just needs to be finished because I’m tired of redundant phrases like how swearing is forbidden in redundant ways. Time to wrap it up. It’s getting tired.
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- Ken Lammers
- 03-05-25
The Failure and the SuperChemist
The first three books of this series had an interesting idea in a better than average world setting. After that, the stories have been hit or miss. This, I think, is the biggest miss so far.
Plot Summary: The two main characters are Akin and Rebecca. Akin is worthless as the new leader of his very powerful family. He cannot exercise any kind of influence on the other aristocratic families, which we have been led to believe are far less powerful, even though they are clearly making things worse. In fact, he does nothing of worth until he surrenders to the terrorists who attacked his wedding and slaughtered everyone they could - and then, in a totally realistic reaction, went off and locked himself in a room with his wife ignoring the slaughter and damage so they could spend a couple days consummating.
Rebecca, an alchemist, turns into Super-Alchemist when the labor dispute between workers and aristocrats becomes a full blown communist rebellion after the assassination of the powerful, skilled wizard leading the workers (we're told she would have been top of her graduating class if she were not a commoner) by some student aristocrats in a rather unconvincing scene. Rebecca perfects every possible potion that far more experienced alchemists couldn't making the workers magic ability grow exponentially and blowing up aristocratic seats of power - killing them by the score. In the end, after massacring the aristocrats at a wedding, and even realizing they'd all been manipulated into the fight, she forces a humiliating surrender out of the worthless aristocratic kid who couldn't lead anyone.
Assuming anyone of worth from the other aristocratic families survived (some surely did), they would repudiate the deal agreed forced under duress. Lord knows Akin couldn't possibly make them live up to it. But, of course, the book ends in a crisis meant to foreclose that inevitability.
I could go on, but I'll stop here. If you've read/listened to the first 12 you'll probably want to read this one at least as a setup for future books. I know I'll get book 13 when it comes out trusting that it will rise above this one.
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- Kathy Metters
- 04-13-25
The last few chapters were awesome
Entirely too much talking and too little action. This should have been the ending to a magnificent series but it looks like there is going to be at least one more book.
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