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  • Rules of Redemption

  • Firebird Chronicles Series, Book 1
  • Written by: T. A. White
  • Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
  • Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (34 ratings)

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Rules of Redemption

Written by: T. A. White
Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
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Publisher's Summary

The war everyone thought was over is just beginning.

Kira Forrest is a survivor. She's risen above the pain of her beginnings to become a war hero only to leave it all behind in the pursuit of a simple life. Now a salvager, she makes a living sifting through the wreckage of dead alien ships from a war that nearly brought humanity to its knees.

After her ship takes damage, she's forced to re-route to a space station where her past and present collide with dangerous consequences.

Kira's existence holds the key to a faltering peace treaty with the Tuann - a technologically advanced alien race who dislikes and distrusts all humans. Winning her freedom should be easy, but a powerful and relentless Tuann warrior stands in her way. Deceiving him seems impossible, especially when he strays dangerously close to secrets she struggles to hide.

Can Kira reconcile the pain of her past with the possibilities of her future? The fate of two races depends on her success.

©2019 T. A. White (P)2019 Tantor

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Looking forward to the next book

Loved the story, but not so much the way it was performed. IMO, the narrator sounded bored most of the time and I found the voices/accents she gave the characters were odd and sometimes grating.

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I really enjoyed the story, and overall the narration was engaging, however the way she did main male characters voice drove me insane. It sounded like he had been hit in the balls, or was an 80 year old smoker, none of which are preferable.

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Fantastic Book

Great book! I loved the characters, the humor and the view inside this futuristic universe. I like the author's style and I will definitely keep reading this series of books and will no doubt enjoy many more.


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My age might be the problem

Really enjoyed the first chapter of a space explorer daring the unknown derelict alien vessel. Then she got stuck in a tug of war between an earth military who resents her but wants to use her and an alien race that doesn't like her, but wants to use her. And the last 13 chapters have been all grumblely resentful blabbering towards our heroine who isn't exploring space. She is powerless, doesn't stick up for herself and battles with shame for her past. Maybe it gets better, but I don't have the patience to wade through any more of this garbage.

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Love this story & narrator

Is it wrong that I want all the books now and yet never want the series to end at the same time??

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  • Goldie
  • 2019-09-23

Great story, disappointing narration

I am a big fan of T A White's books, and love the audiobook versions of her Broken Lands series. I was looking forward to enjoying the same experience when listening to Rules of Redemption, but am very disappointed by the narration. While Ms Soudek has a pleasant enough tone through the general reading, her characterizations lack emotional expression in my opinion. The "voice" she used for Greydon made him sound like a villain rather than the male romantic lead to me and I couldn't warm to him at all. In fact, I haven't been able to listen to the whole book because of the voicing of the characters. Sadly, while I normally enjoy revisiting my favourite reads through audio books, I won't be purchasing further audio versions of this series without a change in narrator...

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  • IreneMBBT
  • 2019-11-01

Good book, really wrong narrator

Groan! This is one of the few books that is sadly lessened by a poorly narrated or produced audio. Done right, it could have definitely moved a good book up a level.
Soudek has a pleasant voice, but sounds like a 38-50 year old suburban housewife who is half asleep and IN NO WAY fits the dynamic Kira. On top of that FUBAR, Soudek just doesn’t have the range of character voices. I can’t tell if she was going for Zombie Apocalypse or Witches Coven for the Luathan dialect !?!? Then so much of the narrative was read in a kind of monotone that blurred multiple sentences. I had to keep backtracking sections to see if I could figure out if the audio was keeping to the book. And did I mention the mispronunciations?

Do yourself a favor and READ IT IN KINDLE. I liked it a lot, and have read it through twice, some sections more.
Recommend ebook, NOT the audio.

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  • M. Knight
  • 2019-09-23

Enjoyable!!

Great Listen. I enjoyed the story, the characters, the sarcasm, the action and the last but certainly not least, the narration.

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  • Jane Hardin
  • 2019-09-19

Great Story - Terrible Narrator

I have read and enjoyed all the stories by this author and was looking forward to listening to this book. However the narrator is just terrible. It sounds like she is reading a book in front of a group of 8 year olds at the library. I would love to hear the rest of this author's books in audible, but not using this narrator.

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  • Andrew
  • 2020-08-02

Doormat MC and Absurd Power Dynamics

It takes an a special type of book to earn a one star review from me. A book has to be good enough that I listen to it and hope it will get better. Yet it has to also fail so spectacularly that I not only want to return it but feel an obligation to warn off others. This book did it.

How do you ruin a cool premise, interesting world, and classic motif? By creating unbearable characters and having a plot that makes no sense.

The biggest problem with this story is that the main character is an absolute doormat while at the same time being an unkillable elite supersoldier. It is bearable at first because the supporting cast isn't all bad but it keeps gets worse and worse as the book goes on until I finally broke in the first 30 minutes of book 2. It ruins all the interactions which have the main character assuming the child role in the lost child motif.

There are a bunch of smaller issues, soapiness, little logical inconsistencies, naivety of all the characters, that might be bearable. Don't be fooled.

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  • Annie Armstrong
  • 2019-09-20

Exciting story, Brilliant Narration

I absolutely loved it! The story is exciting and the characters wonderful.... and the narrator was brilliant. I got totally lost in her voices and didn’t want the book to end! Best science fiction narration I’ve ever heard, and best science fiction book starring a powerful female character, too! Should be a movie! Thanks, T.A. And Natasha for an exhilarating ride!

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  • D. Cap
  • 2019-12-26

Wow just wow

This is one of the best books I have listened to this year and I have listened to many many books. I am a huge fan of Ilona Andrews, Faith Hunter, Patricia Briggs, etc. and this is on par with them. I am looking forward to the next book.

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  • MoonflowerMama
  • 2019-11-18

Write quickly!! Need 2nd book ASAP!

Loved the world you’re building super interesting only thing is descriptions of ppl/aliens. I still don’t have a clear picture in my head if anyone except horn guys...I read/listen to 100s of books and am very excited to continue this series. Also pathfinders series was great too!

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  • Caro
  • 2020-12-05

Amazing book, terrible narrator

Since I found the first Pathfinder book I've made my way through all of T.A. White's series and I think the firebird chronicles might be my favourite.

White is especially good at slowly unravelling the mystery of the heroine's past.

However, I highly recommend getting this book in paperback or ebook form. The narrator is easily the worst I've ever heard. She can't do male voices and she often sounds like she has a dry mouth. And there are small things like peoplewho speak Japanese and working for Himoto pronouncing his name as Himodo.

But there are two things that completely ruin the narration for me. First, she regularly puts the emphasis on the wrong word in the sentence.

And second, she treats full stops like commas. Because of thos, most senrences kind of trail off like she was expecting more to come.

I don't think you'll enjoy the book as much if you listen to it, which is a pity, because the story is wonderful.

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  • Readaddict
  • 2020-09-22

wonderful story and Horrible narration

I understand when authors are just starting they don't have the same ability to pay for the quality narration. I tried so hard to keep that in mind as this author is truly talented and I love this book. After hearing the same voice for three different male characters I was no longer able to sink into the story. The female narrator did an extremely poor imitation of a male voice in a constant growly tone.

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