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Live Free or Die
- Troy Rising, Book One
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Series: Troy Rising, Book 1
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Beginning a New Series by a New York Times Best-Selling Author.Will the People of Earth Bow Down toAlien Overlords—or Will They Live Free or Die?
First Contact Was Friendly
When aliens trundled a gate to other worlds into the solar system, the world reacted with awe, hope and fear. But the first aliens to come through, the Glatun, were peaceful traders and the world breathed a sigh of relief.
Who Controls the Orbitals, Controls the WorldWhen the Horvath came through, they announced their ownership by dropping rocks on three cities and gutting them. Since then, they've held Terra as their own personal fiefdom. With their control of the orbitals, there's no way to win and earth's governments have accepted the status quo.
Live Free or Die
To free the world from the grip of the Horvath is going to take an unlikely hero. A hero unwilling to back down to alien or human governments, unwilling to live in slavery and with enough hubris, if not stature, to think he can win. Fortunately, there's Tyler Vernon. And he has bigger plans than just getting rid of the Horvath.
Troy Rising is a book in three parts—Live Free or Die being the first part—detailing the freeing of earth from alien conquerors, the first steps into space using off-world technologies and the creation of Troy, a thousand trillion ton battlestation designed to secure the solar system.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-09-18
Painful
Feels like it's trying to be an intelligent Sci Fi but misses the mark, the premise is interesting but the characters all seem to share 2 brain cells between them except our protagonist making him seem like the smartest average guy in the Galaxy.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Douglas granter
- 2020-08-20
Not action driven military SF
You you may assume from the title that this is hardcore shoot em up military SF. It’s not. There are hours of discussions about the physics and economics of expanding industry into space in order to build space defence systems but The battles are summarized in a few minuets. For example, the Horvath destroyed 3 cities. Or, the array quickly destroyed the Horvath ship. Then back to hours of economics, metallurgy, and physics. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed the book and plan to continue the series but it is NOT intense space military SF. If your looking for that get into Hell Divers or Expeditionary Force.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- James S.
- 2022-03-14
Great
John Ringo has a knack for strategy and survival.
if you like his Black Tide Rising zombie series, you will love this space war series.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- shawn ellis
- 2020-09-28
Not compelling enough to read the next in the series
This is a strange book. It starts off quirky. You start to believe it’s a sci-fi comedy. Then it oddly turns serious. Then it tries to become a sci-fi military story.
. In addition to the author’s inability to find an even tone there are unusual racial and social elements thrown in. Government is completely inept and bad. Racial diversity is bad. Wiping out a good portion of civilization, especially ipeople of colour is good. These elements jump out because they seem to be more the author’s viewpoint thrust into the story instead of a believable element arising within the story.
In the end the story was too quirky, uneven with overtones of racism, population control and anti government sentiment for me to desire to read the next book in the series.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Pieter
- 2011-03-29
A touch of hitchhiker guide to the galaxy
Don't think twice in getting this. It has a original beginning and i am 60% through it and it feels complete. The writer takes the innocences of the human race and ads the confusion of an alien world and how one man outwits them. The narrator has a great way of reading this that makes it almost comical and special at the same time. For me to make effort to write a comment here takes real effort and guts and this book has both. It almost reminds me of the innocense and sense of norm 'Hitchhiker to the galaxy' brought to something that would make us paranoid and confused in real life. This is a good listen if you like sci-fi and space stories.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-03-15
John Ringo is in my top 5
Very well told story. My favorite aspect of John Ringo's style is his witty dialogue, not only is the story meaningfully progressed but nearly every conversation is intriguing, except for the technical explanations. I appreciated the explanations but I got lost in some of them.
If you like John Scalzi, you will definitely like John Ringo.
The narrator is phenomenal as well. You can tell within about ten seconds if a narrator is good and this guy is well above par.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- john vaughn
- 2015-07-15
Nice Technical SF
First off the performer does a really good job and the book is solid as well, especially if you enjoy technical SF. First Ringo book and i will check out more of his work.
Now for the part that everyone keeps harping on, yes the main character that has right leaning views and it is brought up in the book. So What, it's part of the process of getting to know a character.
The only complaint i have about the books is at the end of it i really don't know anything about the other characters. I mean i know a little bit about others but I don't feel as if i know them. The exception might be the AI's, he did a good job with them.
19 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Dr. Matt Navarre
- 2011-07-12
Captivating
This is such an awesome story! I thought I'd give it a try, since I was not familiar with the author. Half way through listening to book 1, I bought books 2 and 3, and I don't want to go to work - I just want to finish listening!
I'll certainly be checking out John's other books. He has a great way of blending action, characters, and plot. Also, I love the references to BSG and Star Wars - Frakkin cool.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- J.B.
- 2016-03-18
All of the action you would ever want!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This version of the hostile alien contact genre is more enjoyable for me than most others.
The bad aliens are really bad. The allied aliens are as complex as humans. The heroes are heroic. Even those who don't start out as heroic rise to the occasion. I love this series and wish John Ringo would write some more sequels.
What other book might you compare Live Free or Die to and why?
The Posleen war series is comparable in action and drama, but more from the ground-pounder point of view, rather than the space jockey as this series is.
Unlike David Weber, who takes a lot of time to build the political and religious infrastructure to support his action heroes, Ringo just gets on with the mission.
What does Mark Boyett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Mark Boyett's narration is first rate. He really brings the action alive and his characterizations work to keep the people straight in your mind's eye.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
This book and the others in the series kept me from sleeping or doing any useful work.
Any additional comments?
Mr. Ringo, please follow up with another episode or twelve.
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- Jason
- 2013-05-08
Classic Sci-Fi, Heinlein style
This book reads like it's from the golden age of sci, aliens vs humans with cold war style politics. It's very much in the style of Robert Heinlein, a very technical writing style with a lot of explaination of the physics of what's going on. It seems like it should be tedious with so much technical writing, but in Ringo's skilled hands, the story just flows.
The main charactrer, Tyler Vernon, reminded me of Heinlein's Lazarus Long. The same cranky angry attitude and drive to suceeed completely. The narrator captured the feel of the book perfectly.
Other reviewers talk about latent racism/sexism, but it's far tamer in that regard than the sci-fi classics that clearly inspired this book.
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- sanwizard
- 2018-03-23
One of the best sci-fi books of a generation
Excellent narration, and one of the most compelling sci fi stories I have ever read. This is Heinlein level sci fi, and my third listen to this series. John's other series are more fun if you want a good laugh, but this series brings to life a world you can imagine being real. One series that goes in my top ten list!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- michael d kruzan
- 2017-11-13
one of my favorite audiobooks
this is one of my favorite audiobooks and the beginning of one of my favorite series. john ringo is pretty good at this ;) “AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY”
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- Teitur
- 2016-12-30
A very fun daydream.
Would you listen to Live Free or Die again? Why?
Perhaps, to get the science parts better and all those very many abbreviations.
What did you like best about this story?
The concept, the idea of the solution on how to "fix" the "problem" at hand.
Which scene was your favorite?
no favorate, I like many of the ideas and concepts.I dont like the gene/medical attack ideas and scenes.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No, not that kind of a book in my opinion.
Any additional comments?
The writer is either from the south or loves the south.He is a die hard right wing republican.If you, the reader are one the left side of politics or PC, "this read might hurt your feelings"...I am how ever on the right, I love it! :) I don't like some of those gene/medical ideas, they are just silly and show the writers preference rather than something an attacking alien force would do.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Cody
- 2012-06-28
Good Fun story
If you could sum up Live Free or Die in three words, what would they be?
imaginable space wars
What did you like best about this story?
Its possibilities
Which scene was your favorite?
Maple Syrup War
Any additional comments?
Wished the author would allow the flow of the speakers to move a littler better. Hearing the reader every 5 seconds saying " he/she said " gets pretty distracting and grating but the story does a good job to keep you going.
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