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Black Ocean: Mercy for Hire
- Complete Collection: Missions 1-16
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Series: Black Ocean: Mercy for Hire Series, Book 1-16
- Length: 92 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Black Ocean: Astral Prime Collection
- Missions 1-12
- Written by: J.S. Morin, M.A. Larkin
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 61 hrs and 47 mins
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Cedric the Brown is a wizard with a dark past. In an effort to make amends, he hides in plain sight among the residents of a space station he once nearly destroyed. Cut adrift by a bankrupt megacorp, the mobile mining station sets off to uncharted space in a desperate attempt to scrape by. What they stumbled onto would change the course of the galaxy. A planet. A lost alien race. A secret that will lead to all-out war. How will a station filled with scoundrels and crewed by former miners handle being the fulcrum of history?
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What am I listening to?
- By Joe on 2022-02-02
Written by: J.S. Morin, and others
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Mirth & Mayhem Mission Pack 2: Missions 5-8
- Black Ocean: Mirth & Mayhem
- Written by: J.S. Morin
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 24 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Chuck, Mort, and their sometimes-accomplice Brad seek to cheat the galaxy out of an honest living. No law goes unscoffed at. No truth gets uttered when a lie might make more money. And if the job involves murder... well, that's wizard's work.
Written by: J.S. Morin
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Galaxy Outlaws: The Complete Black Ocean Mobius Missions, 1-16.5
- Written by: J. S. Morin
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 85 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet the galaxy's unluckiest outlaws. Carl Ramsey is an ex-Earth Navy fighter pilot turned con man. His ship, the Mobius, is home to a ragtag crew of misfits and refugees looking to score a big payday but more often just scratching to pay for fuel. The crew consists of his ex-wife (and pilot), a drunkard, four-handed mechanic, a xeno-predator with the disposition of a 120kg housecat, and the galaxy's most-wanted wizard.
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83 hrs. completed in less than a month.
- By tyler on 2018-10-15
Written by: J. S. Morin
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Mirth & Mayhem Mission Pack 1: Missions 1-4
- Written by: J.S. Morin
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
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This bundle contains Mission 1: Know When to Run, Mission 2: Low Flyer, Mission 3: The Good Die Young, and Mission 4: Lyin' Guys....
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funny, gritty, imaginative, AAA
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Twinborn Chronicles: Awakening Collection
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Kyrus had lived a quiet life as a scribe until his dreams begin seeping into his waking life. Fanciful tales of magic and battle turn out to be real. In his sleep, he witnesses the adventures of his twin. Kyrus is swept up in the intrigues of those who already know of this connection between worlds. As his knowledge of the two worlds grows, so does his entanglement in the intrigues between them. Kyrus discovers friends, lovers, and adversaries among the twinborn. His knowledge of magic grows until he becomes a valuable pawn for masterminds of plots that threaten empires.
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excellent
- By Alexandra on 2019-04-24
Written by: J.S. Morin
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Space Assassins Box Set: The Complete Series, Books 1-5
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- Narrated by: Eric Bryan Moore
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It seemed the unthinkable had happened. Someone had actually targeted the Ghalian, an order of assassins known and feared across the systems. It was madness. Only a fool would go after the likes of them. But, it seemed, the galaxy had no shortage of fools. Retaliation most bloody was in order, and one man stood ready to spring into action. Hozark was his name, and he was no ordinary man. He was a Master Ghalian, an assassin skilled in the ways of death. Practical, mechanical, magical, to him it made no difference.
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Dull
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Black Ocean: Astral Prime Collection
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- Written by: J.S. Morin, M.A. Larkin
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
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Cedric the Brown is a wizard with a dark past. In an effort to make amends, he hides in plain sight among the residents of a space station he once nearly destroyed. Cut adrift by a bankrupt megacorp, the mobile mining station sets off to uncharted space in a desperate attempt to scrape by. What they stumbled onto would change the course of the galaxy. A planet. A lost alien race. A secret that will lead to all-out war. How will a station filled with scoundrels and crewed by former miners handle being the fulcrum of history?
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What am I listening to?
- By Joe on 2022-02-02
Written by: J.S. Morin, and others
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Mirth & Mayhem Mission Pack 2: Missions 5-8
- Black Ocean: Mirth & Mayhem
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- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
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Chuck, Mort, and their sometimes-accomplice Brad seek to cheat the galaxy out of an honest living. No law goes unscoffed at. No truth gets uttered when a lie might make more money. And if the job involves murder... well, that's wizard's work.
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Galaxy Outlaws: The Complete Black Ocean Mobius Missions, 1-16.5
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- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
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Meet the galaxy's unluckiest outlaws. Carl Ramsey is an ex-Earth Navy fighter pilot turned con man. His ship, the Mobius, is home to a ragtag crew of misfits and refugees looking to score a big payday but more often just scratching to pay for fuel. The crew consists of his ex-wife (and pilot), a drunkard, four-handed mechanic, a xeno-predator with the disposition of a 120kg housecat, and the galaxy's most-wanted wizard.
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83 hrs. completed in less than a month.
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This bundle contains Mission 1: Know When to Run, Mission 2: Low Flyer, Mission 3: The Good Die Young, and Mission 4: Lyin' Guys....
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funny, gritty, imaginative, AAA
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Kyrus had lived a quiet life as a scribe until his dreams begin seeping into his waking life. Fanciful tales of magic and battle turn out to be real. In his sleep, he witnesses the adventures of his twin. Kyrus is swept up in the intrigues of those who already know of this connection between worlds. As his knowledge of the two worlds grows, so does his entanglement in the intrigues between them. Kyrus discovers friends, lovers, and adversaries among the twinborn. His knowledge of magic grows until he becomes a valuable pawn for masterminds of plots that threaten empires.
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excellent
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It seemed the unthinkable had happened. Someone had actually targeted the Ghalian, an order of assassins known and feared across the systems. It was madness. Only a fool would go after the likes of them. But, it seemed, the galaxy had no shortage of fools. Retaliation most bloody was in order, and one man stood ready to spring into action. Hozark was his name, and he was no ordinary man. He was a Master Ghalian, an assassin skilled in the ways of death. Practical, mechanical, magical, to him it made no difference.
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Very enjoyable series!
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Very fun romp
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Earth...Population: 1 Her name is Eve14. She is the result of a 1000-year project by the robots of Earth to restore the planet after all life was wiped out in 2065. 27 robotic minds, copied from Earth's great scientists, carried on after the species died. They mixed and matched those minds in endless combinations, producing a whole race of machines with human personalities. Immortal, but with memories of sensations they can no longer experience, some renegade robots now have a daring agenda. They want human bodies.
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not J.S. Morin best work
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Cadmus Errol is the greatest inventor that Tellurak has ever known. His clockwork graces the spires of cities across the world. Yet in another, darker world, he lives the life of a slave. There, humanity is held underfoot, bound in service to the victors of a war fought untold generations ago. It will take all the wits and resources of the best that humanity can muster to break that hold. Can Cadmus Errol, the Mad Tinker, be the one to free them all? Or will his daughter take a shortcut through dangerous science to wipe out humanities oppressors? The Twinborn Chronicles: War of 3 Worlds is an epic fantasy series with multiple point of view characters. If you love steampunk gadgetry, heroes who get their hands dirty, and a DIY heroine, this series is for you!
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wrong people died is bad ending
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For years, the ancient alien AI known as Skippy (the Magnificent, don’t forget that part) has been able to do one impossible thing after another. What is his secret? It’s simple: 100 percent Grade-A extreme awesomeness. And also because he had never been faced with an opponent of equal power. Until now. This time, he might need a little help from a band of filthy monkeys.
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It's magnificent.
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It was just a random mutation - one of a billion that happen in viruses every day. But this one was different. It exploded out of Somalia and spread across the oceans before anybody thought to look up from their cell phones to see what was going on. The infected breathed the virus into the air around them, spreading it through the cities faster than anyone thought possible. Hospitals were overwhelmed. Police lines crumbled. Quarantine sites disintegrated. Cities started to collapse.
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Enjoyed it all !!
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No surprises
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Operating in the uninhabited, the unexplored, and the uncharted systems of the Milky Way is a permanent swap meet. An ever-changing fleet of nomads, traders, and criminals follows a central ship that acts as common ground, a place of commerce, and a hub of nomad life. Ventura Convoy. When Chuck gets bored of shopping for diapers, cereal, and used electronics and Brad stumbles into a mysterious stranger, they each come up with a plan to pull a heist and make the trip worthwhile.
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Gorgeous. Glorious. Epic.
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The Merry Band of Pirates offered the bad guys a ceasefire. We won’t mess with them, if they don’t mess with us. Easy, right? No. The aliens chose to do things the hard way. So, the Pirates are racing around the galaxy to clean up the threat to Earth. The infant UN Navy has their own mission with the Alien Legion: Get humanity some allies in the fight. And the Ethics & Compliance Office might have to do something...ethical. Unless they can find a way around it.
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as always amazing except for that preview.
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Viva, Las Vega IX
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- Written by: J.S. Morin
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
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Chuck's fortunes are shifting, and he lands a long-term gig performing at a casino on a core world. They're planetside long enough that Brad gets stuck attending a school. Meanwhile, Mort wanders off on his own errands. But nothing is quite what it seems. Brad's new school friends turn out to be rich kids and become suckers in his plot to make cash he can conceal from his parents. Chuck's casino gig was a setup. And Mort's errands are actually a series of contract killings. He's made a deal to keep the family safe, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to keep up his end.
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Queen of Demons
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Series finale! The universe is on the brink of disaster, and the fate of the galaxy rests on Queenie and her Rejects. Too bad they're stuck in enemy territory light years from home. Too bad their ride was stolen. Too bad Satan is the one who took it. Too bad for the bad guys, that is. All rise for the queen!
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Aaaaaee like it!!!
- By Mario Arango on 2021-08-10
Written by: M. R. Forbes
Publisher's Summary
The galaxy’s worst bounty hunter just might be its most relentless hero.
Esper Richelieu is a wizard with a mission: To make the galaxy a better place one lost soul at a time.
Donning the trappings of an interstellar bounty hunter, she delves into the galaxy’s underworld to search out those most in need of help. Whether it’s a teenage runaway or an actor kidnapped by cultists, the victim comes first.
Money is an afterthought. That confuses a lot of clients.
But sometimes the best way to get someone to accept the help they need is to convince them to pay for it. Other times, clients unwittingly fund their own reparations by hiring the last person who’d want to aid them in continuing their wicked ends.
But are pure intentions enough against the vilest forces in the galaxy?
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- C. Payette
- 2021-02-10
adolescent
The writing is simplistic and often almost immature. But, to paraphrase the best character in the book, at least there is lots! for one credit, it gave me many hours of distraction during dog walks even if it streched my suspension of disbelief to the breaking point.
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- gabe
- 2022-08-11
More please!
Wonderful as usual from JS Morin, Mikael Naramore and the black ocean universe. Only wish there was more
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- Felix B.
- 2022-05-05
Very nice magician stories.
I really like the Galaxy outlaw series. When I saw this book series of Esper venturing out into her own. I kinda got a little excited and had high hopes. However though, It's not the same Esper as in the previous series. The author gave the lead character a huge "goody two shoes" morality boost. Although majority of the book is Esper being a goody goody two-shoe, the author does explore other avenues about her potential character flaws. So in general the book has its ups and downs and some sections just drags on for like ever, but overall I did enjoy it. Wesley Wesley and Kubo are my favorite. Potty mouth Tiffany not so much.
Mikael Naramore does an excellent job of reading the book, and if it wasn't for him I would probably given the overall book score one less star.
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- Sam
- 2021-09-15
one of my favourite series
Love the concept, wizards in space are great fun.
Can't recommend this series and it's predecessor, the Mobius series enough.
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- Leslie
- 2021-08-23
Scooby Doo Mysteries for Adults
I listen to many different genres. Historical to post apocalyptic. To get away from the serious, these books do just that.
Fun, entertaining, full of action and humor. These made me laugh out loud, a lot.
Around the 3rd or 4th mission I was struck with the thought that these reminded me of Scooby Doo when I was a kid. These are not childish, don't get me wrong. The characters, the good guys prevail, the lack of seriousness is what matters. The language, sexual connotations and the "mysteries" are anything but child friendly.
I thought after 90 plus hours, I'd be happy to move along to something else. I was wrong. I love the lightheartedness of these books.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2021-08-05
the prologue is at the end
great addition to the Blalck Ocean series. skip to the final chapter, it's mission 0.5 the prologue
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- Trevor McKenzie
- 2021-06-19
This is the first book of his I've listened too
This is the first book of his I've listened too and I got hooked off yhe start I loved it !!!
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- Raymond Morgan
- 2021-05-11
So good!
I wasn't sure how this was going to go but was pleasantly surprised on the character arcs. There were plenty of unpredictable events that made it all that more enjoyable. Keep up the good work J.S. you got a fan.
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- Josh
- 2021-03-07
excellent story!
Great story and engaging to listen too! The voices were very well done. I will be finding more to listen to.
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- Quinn
- 2020-12-21
esper sucks
love the world of the black ocean but compared to the previous two casts of characters Esper, Tany, and Tiffany are the worst written and most Mary Sue esc group to date. At least we got Wesley Wesley and the og mobius crew for some of it.
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- M.P.I.
- 2020-10-28
best bang for your sci-fi buck...period
edited! finally just finished this 92+ epic black Ocean romp! it held up pretty well as I re-listened to the first 8 books when I got this 16.5+ mission sweeping adventure of Espyr the "do gooder"! wanted to wrap with 2 final thoughts...
1) it ended kind of weirdly imho...almost a little anticlimactic...which was a mild disappointment. it wasn't a full leave you hanging but it was just sort of...over all of a sudden. but it did have 3 short missions afterwards which sort of helped "finish" the adventures...somewhat. kind of. I guess?
2) to this end, the very last short story was actually mission 0.5...it should have been at the very beginning! not at the very end. various short missions interspersed in between major missions. but there were only 2 or 3 thru the entire 16 missions...which made 3 of them at the end kind of surprising. but really should have only been 2 (maybe even just 1 but could live with 2...no spoilers from me tho!). mission 0.5 should have been before mission 1 however. it would have immediately given those of us who had purchased individual missions or even the 4packs something brand new on this epic 16.5 mega mission jaunt! start off with a little back story of mission 0.5! it definitely linked the adventures of Espyr on the Mobius from the original series to her new adventures in this series!
so. if you're reading this and want a suggestion...go to the very last mission of this entire 92 hour menagerie and start with mission 0.5! then go back to mission 1 and listen sequentially :) you're welcome!
original review (written before finishing the set!):
if you're reading this and are curious, stop right now and go get JS Morin's Galaxy Outlaws Black Ocean 16.5 books for 1 measley little credit! that is, if you haven't listened to that yet! that sets the stage for this spin-off of Morin's original epic magic-scifi masterpiece! if you love sci-fi and especially if you love magic, honestly intertwined in a way I never thought of before hearing this series, you will likely agree its the best credit you'll ever spend! over 80 hours for 1 credit?! over 16 epic books (kind of like long chapters as part of the overall storyline)...Morin's imagination is one of the best I've ever heard.
1 caveat...there is quite a bit of language (not kid friendly...though he has an earlier series thats more so magic mixed with a little sci-fi vs. this series thats mostly sci-fi but a healthy dose of magic). to me I had to dock 1 star for this...as his earlier series before the Black Ocean had barely any language and the story didn't suffer in any way from the lack of cursing.
and ho-boy...despite this spinoff being centered around the do-gooder and former "one church" princess Espyr...wow does this series pour on the language more than even the original Black Ocean Galaxy Outlaws. it detracts for me enough to have to point it out...it may not for you. but the storyline is still stellar and always edge of your seat as to what twist it will take next!
oh. and this series is over 90 hours! for 1 credit! if you dig Morin's stories at all you owe it to yourself to go get his all-in-one packages like this or the Galaxy Outlaws (and there is a 2nd spinoff called Astral Prime, kind of like his version of deepspace 9 that centers around another character from the Galaxy Outlaws books, Cedric the Brown). that one had more potential than this series imho, however I didn't like the turn it took towards the end of that series...i still rank the original as the best of the 3 but the spinoffs are very good too! there is a little crossover between this series and the other spinoff but not much (mainly the character Espyr...otherwise they're fairly separate...i dont like too much crossover like the Flash and Green Arrow do...I feel like i have to sink myself into too much investment in both...so thats the good side of not having too much crossover between the 2 spinoffs).
hopefully I've not spoiled anything bc I hate spoilers! but given a good idea of my drawback for this series and yet still highly recommend it (just not for the kiddos).
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- s.hurley
- 2020-09-20
extremely enjoyable. pleasantly suprised
I was very pleasantly surprised with him much I enjoyed this series. extremely fun. the characters were unique and the world building was interesting. especially liked the dynamic between magic and technology.
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- KvolkSD
- 2020-12-27
Some of its legitimately funny, but
Mary Sue Richilieu is basically omnipotent for 90% of the story so what's the point? The whole Black Ocean Universe exists around and solely for Esper.
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- David T.
- 2021-03-17
With this much story...
Not for the feint of heart, this story is long and should definitely be attempted only after "Galaxy Outlaws" has been thoroughly enjoyed. If you didn't enjoy that one, just give up now. Here's my biggest gripe with "Mercy for Higher", I believe we are best at writing what we know. J.S. Morin is a straight dude. I really don't think he has any business writing about a lesbian woman as his main character. I mean, case in point, every woman Espyr is attracted to. In fact nearly every woman who is sexually available in this book is a big breasted, femme with beautiful features and perfect skin and always wearing something skin tight and eating chocolates and sipping champagne and silk is usually involved and on and on and on ad nauseum. Why couldn't Espyr find some masc. butch with a shaved head and tattoos that walks around in an unflattering A-shirt who only wants to protect her and intimidates the shit out of everyone on the ship?? He writes about women in a way only a straight man could. Its honestly exhausting after her first triste and gets into weird fetishization of lesbianism by about halfway through the book. If Espyr is (nearly) exclusively attracted to women, why is it she's only attracted to women who are stereotypically attractive to straight men? And sure, I get that there are plenty of femmes that are attracted to other femmes out there but seriously every, single, woman? My second issue is how he portrays "good" men and "bad" men. "Good" men are always the picture of honorable, would never abuse someone or betray someone's trust. They always have best intentions and are by and large, painfully static. Wesley Wesley, who I must say has some of the funniest dialog in the book, is a bad attempt at flipping the script on the macho meat-head. He had so many opportunities for his character to develop and yet somehow couldn't seem to break out of his mold. "Bad" men are always attracted to underage girls, they are the quintessential "goon", all muscle no brain or as in Don Rucker's case, all brain and all of it used for devious and conniving ends. There are no gay men in this story, good or bad and idea of being attracted to a man is relegated to a teenagers bumbling attempts or a wife's adoration for her husband (though nothing sexual, of course because the only sexual attraction in the book features the attraction to women and specifically to extremely feminine women). The problem with these characters is I don't believe in them. At least with Tiffany or even Melody (don't get me started on her daughter being named Harmony) I can believe in their stories or at least suspend my disbelief long enough to empathize with them. I feel very little for Don Rucker, his very young pregnant wife or the countless number of innocent bystanders and syndicate lackeys that are crushed between him and Espyr. My last critique of this novel is "Dark Espyr". Really the "do-gooder" and "dark Espyr"??? Did anyone edit or even re-read this book?! Surely, for a man who claims his aspiration in life is "to be clever and right at the same time" he really, really missed the mark there. I've gotta say there are so many other examples of lazy or sloppy writing and slipshod story arcs, I can't get into all of them but these felt especially egregious. If your still reading this review it means your attention span is adequate for this book and you should probably just buy it and listen. 93 hours is a lot of entertainment, even with the numerous disappointing aspects, there's plenty of intriguing content and a whole Black Ocean to sail into. Also it should definitely be noted that Mikael Naramore absolutely kills it! Such a great narrator!!
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- Nate
- 2020-10-04
stop ruining these. first one was brilliant
made it so esper has no magic just a few chapters in. so im done reading...which is the opposite of your main goal...good job dummy.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-10-25
Love this galaxy (no spoilers)
This is a great continuation of The Black Ocean galaxy. I l enjoyed each new character introduced and relished the bits and pieces we see in the future of characters that were featured in the Black Ocean series. There were so many parts where I was completely thrown by the twists and developments of many of the missions. If you enjoyed the original Black Ocean stories, you will definitely enjoy this spin off of one of its main characters.
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- M
- 2020-10-03
Great series
Wonderful addition to Black Ocean. Gotta hope Morin will continue the story with some of the characters in another series. Loved the ending. Very Black Ocean. Always enjoy the extra stories too.
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- Nick
- 2021-02-26
Boring
I knew what Esper was like from the Galaxy Outlaw series, but I was hoping she would get better. However, she just isn't the character for me. Just doesn't hold a candle to the original series
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- Sean
- 2020-11-12
Slow and ridiculous
I can't finish this. It moves slow and a large part of the character development and plot points hinge on the idea that the characters can just argue with the universe for things to happen. Ridiculous.
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- Donna
- 2020-10-18
Black Ocean fun!
Loved it. I hope there will be more stories in the future! I've listened to Carl's and Esper's stories and am looking forward to more!
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