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4 out of 5 stars
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Empire of the Dead
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With Juice in heavy contact on the do-or-die shore mission, Ali in a blistering sniper duel over the South Atlantic, and Homer all alone and massively outnumbered deep beneath the keel of the JFK, the Alpha operators are in the fight of their lives - against tactically outstanding, pain-invulnerable, and utterly merciless Spetsnaz commandos - and with no guarantees about who will be left standing at the end....
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Cataclysm
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic #Audible1
- By Nick de Jongh on 2018-09-19
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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Better than the last one.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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With the tide of dead lapping at the walls of London, Major Jameson must decide whether to roll the dice and lead One Troop on a desperate mission into the fallen Russian Empire, to retrieve a designer pathogen so lethal it even kills the dead....
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3 out of 5 stars
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How can the same sh** happen to the same guy....
- By Nassar El Sonbatti on 2018-07-28
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Deathmatch
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Humanity's most fearsome enemy is no longer death. Alpha and Marsoc meet their match. Lurking in the bush is the dark shadow cast by the operators - a terrifying force every bit their equal in skill, ferocity, and sheer resolve...but utterly unconstrained by humanity, compassion, or brotherhood. Now, to complete their mission and save the world, the operators will have to pay with their lives, or their souls, or possibly both.
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Carnage
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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After recovering Patient Zero, Alpha must escape Africa to end the ZA once and for all. But they can feel the hot breath of a reinforced and vengeful Spetsnaz team on their necks - and there can be no escaping the reckoning of an ultimate sniper showdown between Ali and Vasily, and an incomparably brutal iron-cage Texas death match between Predator and Misha. For the first time, all the teams will come together and must fight as brothers for any chance of making it back to Britain. And only one thing is certain - not everyone is walking away from this one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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outstanding action series. great story.
- By Russell on 2018-12-03
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The Siege
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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In the north, the collapsed section of the Wall is defended only by the decimated remains of 2 PARA. Even reinforced by Jameson and the exhausted Royal Marines of One Troop, it's a doomed delaying action at best - and the last choke point in the entire ZA faces an incoming tide of dead stretching to the ends of the Earth. Meanwhile, hunkered down at CentCom, the unified ranks of our heroes, led by Ali and Fick, work furiously to fortify and reinforce what will be humanity's final fallback position - forever.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Decent progression story
- By John Collicott on 2019-05-27
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Endgame
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 40
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This is it. Alpha team goes once more into the breach. On what will be their final missions ever in the Zulu Alpha - and the fight of their lives — Homer & Ali, and Predator & Juice, launch out into the terminal post-Apocalypse, as London is overrun by the very last rush of death covering the entire planet. Neither mission can fail, but can all four teammates survive? Or will some go down safeguarding the lives of those they love more than life itself?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant!
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Hell Divers IV: Wolves
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The Sea Wolf sets out to search for the Metal Islands. Leading the expedition is legendary Hell Diver Xavier Rodriguez. After enduring a decade on the poisoned surface, his survival skills will be put to the test on the dangerous open seas. But storms, sea monsters, and the cannibalistic Cazadores aren't the only threat to X and his small crew. Their mission will uncover hard truths about the history of the war that left humankind stranded in the air for centuries. The fate of those still living on the airships might very well rest on this perilous journey to find a new home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better and better
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Odyssey
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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One Tier-1 Naval Special Warfare Operator, trained at the highest levels of any military, with 20-plus years of operational experience. One ex-cop civilian survivalist, who lived through two years of post-apocalyptic hell, unlike seven billion of her fellow humans. And an entire continent heaving with 400 million dead guys. To save the lives of his children, and rejoin Alpha team and the fight to save humanity, Homer must journey across a thousand miles of undead North America with Sarah Cameron, battling heavily armed bands of marauders who shoot first and ask questions never.
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Deathtrap
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The human soldiers stranded on the planet Paradise have been recruited into an alien legion to do the dirty jobs that the high-tech species won't do. Their first mission is to kick the enemy off a backwater planet no one cares about. It's a simple assignment, except everyone has a hidden agenda, and the planet could become a deathtrap.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply great.
- By Bill on 2019-05-12
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Hell Divers III: Deliverance
- The Hell Divers series, Book 3
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- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
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Left for dead on the nightmarish surface of the planet, Commander Michael Everhart and his team of Hell Divers barely escape with their lives aboard a new airship called Deliverance. After learning that Xavier "X" Rodriguez may still be alive, they mount a rescue mission for the long-lost hero. In the skies, the Hive is falling apart, but Captain Jordan is more determined than ever to keep humanity in their outdated lifeboat. He will do whatever it takes to keep the ship in the air - even murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining series
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-07-25
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Commune: Book Four
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 25
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The philosopher asks: "Faced with the mutually exclusive choice between moral principle and the survival of your family, which is the correct path?" Philosophers love to pose such questions, and in the day-to-day struggle, such thinkers rarely attain to a level of relevance rivaling that of the simple hunger pang. Their careful considerations dissipate under the leveled gun. We do not feel their disapproving gaze when The Others draw near. When the world sends doom, the survivors do not hesitate. The survivors do what is necessary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Indescribably great!
- By Leslie on 2019-05-29
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Renegades
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 303
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The battle-scarred star carrier Flying Dutchman is finally on her way back to Earth, after an exceptionally successful series of missions that have once again saved the world. The ship needs a serious refit, and her exhausted crew just wants a break from constant clandestine warfare against a vicious and superior enemy. Wishes come true, right? Not for the Merry Band of Pirates.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just binged the whole series. MUST HAVE MORE *taps forearm*
- By Justin on 2019-04-21
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Genesis: Arisen, Book 0.5
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Tucked away in a high-tech Tactical Operations Center, inside an isolated safehouse in the Horn of Africa, sits Agency analyst Zack Altringham. He is Kenyan-born, Princeton-educated, badly burnt-out - and condemned by his language and cultural skills to a lifetime of fighting America's shadow counter-terror wars.
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In Canterbury, as the virus rages out of control, one troop of Royal Marine Commandos fights a 360-degree battle for survival while also racing to rescue the Channel Tunnel survivors from a relentless siege, all before Hellfire missile strikes and carpet bombing kill anyone left alive. Across the Atlantic the crew of the USS John F. Kennedy risks a catastrophic reactor meltdown to get out of the path of a 10-mile-wide tide of the dead while onshore, at the naval air base, Wesley's tiny team maintains a lonely vigil that turns horrifyingly dangerous as the edge of the storm hits, pushing desperate civilians ahead of it.
In the air above, Gunnery Sergeant Fick leads a handpicked fireteam of spec-ops marines halfway across North America to take and defend an airfield on a remote island but learns, to his cost, that it is a place with a terrible history and very dangerous secrets. Finally, out on Lake Michigan, Alpha team races toward extraction...but first must fight their most harrowing battle yet, this time against the living, who are both more treacherous and a hell of a lot better armed than the dead.
Who will be left standing at the end? Find out if your heart can take the strain in the biggest and most explosive Arisen book yet: Arisen, book four: Maximum Violence.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-03-14
Narrator is one of the best in the business. 100%
Great story, griping, and fantastic performance by RC Bray. If you enjoy post apoc settings this is a great story, fast paced, action packed.
If you need a narrator who is A+ all the time, then I recommend RC Bray, all the time.
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- Nassar El Sonbatti
- 2018-06-28
Still has my attention.
Some of the zombie war stories are extreme to the point to being eye rolling, but overall I am still highly interested in the outcome.
On to book 5.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- DLGloege
- 2016-04-29
I would like it more if Audible would combine
8 hour books are to short. The story is continuing. Why not combine the books for a better value?
56 of 58 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Michael Belmont
- 2015-09-13
Another short story!l
The story is good but disappointing at more than a few points. I don't like pawing so much for such a short book. I understand that this is done to increase profits however at some point I will get mad enough to stop buying them. But like the fool I am,I keep buying them.
26 of 27 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Kimmy A
- 2015-06-14
The Best Yet!
This fourth installment is the best yet! The first three books were good, but all three combined seem to set up the thrilling story and plot of Maximum Violence. I won't give anything away, but I'm quite excited to start the 5th book, which I am about to do right now! Though the series started a little slower than I would have liked, and it began somewhat disjointed and difficult to follow with all of the different plot lines and characters, I am very satisfied with how the authors have expertly woven the stories together and developed the characters. Maximum Violence was the first book where I began to feel attached to some of the characters. However, there could have been more character development along the way. Some deaths throughout the series thus far felt empty, as if I should have cared more than I did. But, there are just too many characters to dive into each person's backstory and personality. The authors have done a nice job with adding little tidbits here and there about one person or another such that it doesn't seem odd that they've just tossed in random things about a character. Overall, the series has been entertaining and fun. I literally have not been able to stop listening!
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Joshua Kring
- 2015-05-02
Maximum Awesomeness.
Any additional comments?
If you've never listened to any of the Arisen books you are seriously missing out on true greatness. They are well written with breathless action and nail biting suspense. Once you start listening you won't want to stop, you'll want to finish them in one sitting. They are that good!
The characters are extremely hard core soldiers. They are very compelling without seeming too over the top or coming off as corny (which happens in so many other books of this nature). The story is believable and intense without having elements of the supernatural. These books never get boring.
R. C. Bray is hands down the best audio book narrator in the business since the death of Frank Muller. He is on top of his game with all of the Arisen books. I thought about reading the other books in this series so I wouldn't have to wait on Audible to catch up, but it wouldn't be the same without Mr. Bray's voice. So, I guess I'll preorder part 5.
The Arisen books are the kind of books that make me jealous of people who've never listened to them because they get to hear them for the first time, whereas I can only ever relisten to them.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Brian Adler
- United States
- 2015-05-18
WOW...just WOW
nail biting excitement... found myself talking to the player.
even with several stories gong on at the same time.. found it easy to follow.
great Series, great narrator
Cant believe we don't find out what happens with the storm
Loved how " Chucky " was included in the story....
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- M. Bowles
- United States
- 2015-05-13
Another OUTSTANDING edition to a phenomenal series
What did you like best about Maximum Violence? What did you like least?
I will start with the only negative I have, started a little slow. I'm done, EVERYTHING else was as good as it gets. Narration is perfectly done, the characters were brought to life.
The story line continues where it left off, but again it started a little slow then IT TAKES OFF, exciting, new conditions, new characters, awesome piece of work.
Who was your favorite character and why?
ALL OF THEM!
What does R.C. Bray bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Not enough space to explain how accomplished he is and how perfectly he perfoms.
Did Maximum Violence inspire you to do anything?
Ya, get pisssed that I have to wait for the next edition.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- jajaslayer
- TUCSON, ARIZONA, US
- 2015-11-13
waste of a story
too much drama nothing and i mean nothing goes right,what waste of time it could be a good story ..
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Joseph
- Converse, TX, United States
- 2015-06-24
Blood Pressure Warning!
An interesting story ruined by idiot characters making idiot decisions that will leave u screaming WHY DID I WASTE MY CREDIT ON THIS?? I mean IF u get emotional like that...
The worst is Captain( DQ) Drama Queen. He's supposed to be a Navy Seal commander leading an elite group of hardened veterans, not a Beverly Hills troop of emotioanalgirl scouts
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Steve
- 2015-12-30
Maximum Boredom
Another Arisen book where the lead characters make stupid decisions unlike any military leader in history. "Let's stop for this boat in the middle of the lake and abandon all sanity regarding our mission to save humanity and while we're at it, let's send our medic down to the depths of said boat without any security and we'll just see how things shake out." There are plenty of ways to add plot depth to a story without causing characters to abandon all common sense.
And for gods sake, why is there still no character development? I don't know anything about these people and somehow we're supposed to be concerned for their well being? To say that these characters are shallow would be a massive understatement.
And for the record, I fast forward during chapters that involve Britain. I couldn't care less about these people that I don't know....there's even less character development here than other parts of the book which is a disaster.
Great narration, horrible story. I'm done buying these books. I don't care what happens to them at this point.
7 of 11 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- harry
- PLEASANTON, CA, United States
- 2015-05-17
Brilliant Bray...The Saga Continues!!
The fourth book in the series, Maximum Violence picks up seamlessly where book three in the Arisen series concludes.
For listeners not familiar with the complete Arisen back-story, the authors do a pretty good job providing a basic foundation of information for new listeners. And, as with the previous three volumes of the Arisen the action is non-stop.
I found only one or two instances where the credibility of the story line became strained. However, in the overall context of this brilliant ZA epic this is a minor criticism.
Driving the life or death action is R.C. Bray's inspired narration. If it is possible, I think Bray's work on Maximum Violence may be his best to date. Bray seems a bit more measured and his multi-voicing even better. The narration absolutely brings every sentence to life.
Maximum Violence also continues the Arisen tradition of adding character development as well as story complexity. It is this deft balance of character and story that is the basis of the success of the Arisen series.
Can't wait for book 5 !
2 of 3 people found this review helpful