Descent
The Palladium Wars, Book 4
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Narrated by:
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Seth Podowitz
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Written by:
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Marko Kloos
About this listen
A nationalist uprising triggers an interstellar wrest for control in an epic novel of embattled worlds by the author of Citadel and the Frontlines series.
POW Aden Jansen has lost a decade of his life to both the war and internment when he’s recruited by the Alliance. He’s to return to Gretia as an undercover Blackguard operative and destroy Odin’s Wolves—an insurgency that’s setting his home world afire. The mission comes with a full pardon and a chance to reclaim his identity. It also means rejoining his friends and family in space. That’s motive enough. If he can succeed—and survive.
Dunstan Park is on piracy patrol to track down the spaceborne arm of the uprising. Meanwhile, the rebels’ insidious terrorist cells are targets for battle-hardened insurgent hunter Idina Chaudhary and her Palladian commandos. As for Aden’s sister, Solveig, she’s put herself in the line of fire before, but discovering who’s bankrolling Odin’s Wolves is as dangerous as it is personal.
As Aden works his way back into the confidence of his comrades, the stealth campaign to sow discontent descends into chaos. At risk: Aden’s legacy, and the very stability of a galaxy struggling for peace against all odds.
©2024 Marko Kloos (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.What the critics say
“Descent is an action packed science fiction adventure that is a 'must' for the growing legions of Marko Kloos fans. A fun read from cover to cover…” —Midwest Book Review
I am annoyed at listening to books that sound like they were recorded by narrators with breathing problems. Seth Podowitz couldn't get through half a sentence without an audible sniff to continue the sentence. At the end of sentences, where there was a pause, it sounded like a steam engine releasing pressure before the words came out again.
When I compare this narrator to Luke Daniels, Ray Porter, and Jeffery Kaffer I am appalled and the quality that was allowed to be released to the world. I'm on the fence about demanding my money back from Audible for this abysmal technical performance.
The only reason I stuck it out and listened to this book was I wanted to hear the next part of the story by Marko Kloos whose work I love.
With you, Audible, I share some potential suggestions which could have prevented, and could fix, these issues
1) Use higher-quality narrators
2) Have the narrators being used trained on how to read a book into a microphone. Offer audiobook narrating classes create a standard to be upheld.
3) Have studio engineers spend more time mixing and mastering the track to remove the background and extraneous noises.
Excellent book - Poor narrator performance
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