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- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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Now humankind faces a nightmare invasion scenario made real, as more colossal machines touch down across the globe. But Rose and her team at the Earth Defense Corps refuse to surrender. They can turn the tide if they can unlock the last secrets of an advanced alien technology. The greatest weapon humanity wields is knowledge in a do-or-die battle to inherit the Earth...and maybe even the stars.
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Andy Secombe - Interviewer
Eric Meyers - Headings
Roy McMillan - Jacob Lawson
Laurel Lefkow - Rose Franklin
Adna Sablylich - Marina Antoniou a.k.a. Alyssa Papantoniou
Charlie Anson - Vincent Couture; Jamie
Christopher Ragland - Ryan Mitchell; Lieutenant General Alan A Simms
William Hope - Mr Burns; Eugene Govender
Madeleine Rose - Kara Resnik
Karina Fernandez - Eva Reyes
Olivia Dowd - Sarah Kent
Sarah Wells - Deborah Horsburgh
What the critics say
“Kick-ass, one-on-one robot action combines with mind-bending scientific and philosophical speculation. Series science-fiction fans will enjoy this follow-up filled with unexpected revelations and a surprise finale.” (Booklist)
“Pure, unadulterated literary escapism featuring giant killer robots and the looming end of mankind. In a word: unputdownable.” (Kirkus Reviews [starred review])
“Sheer escapist fun.” (Shelf Awareness)
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- Dave Miedema
- 2024-03-16
great performance, great story
action packed, great ideas, good world building. very entertaining! could see this as a movie at dinner point
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- A Mckay
- 2022-12-31
not bad.
the story and performance were okay for the most part. I really didn't like the Eva performance. it might be enough for me not to finish the trilogy.
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- Jamie @ Books and Ladders
- 2022-10-02
A Great Sequel!
Content Warning: death, cloning, cohersion, forced birth
I really enjoyed this one and liked that it started with a time skip. I also literally laughed out loud that the one character is named after an neon genesis evangelion character. I still loved this as an audiobook and think this is made to be listened to. The full cast is amazing.
I loved the way this built upon the original story and gave us more worldbuilding, especially outside of the characters. I'm so glad that even when the world is supposed to "come together," there is still a lot of power plays with the government agencies. I think this is a pretty super realistic approach to what would happen.
I'm excited to see what happens in book three!
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- Nicola P.
- 2022-05-26
Voice acting is pretty bad.
I think, on the whole, this is a fantastic book read some really good VA’s. The problem may lie in the story itself with the dialogue very rigid. The way it’s read however is, unfortunate to say the least. Action scenes are really bad. I’m supposed to believe these people are moving around and doing things, but their voices hardly change to reflect it and I get the impression that it’s an a bad movie.
The one positive I found was the Parliament scene with background noise and shouting and immersion of the scene. Do that more but for everything (talking to future directors)
Also, picking a 30 year old to VA a 10 year old was a mistake.
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- Philippe Parent
- 2022-04-27
hard to stop
so good I listened to it in one day, the way the story is told is just perfect ... it's now 4 am got to go to sleep but its hard to put down can't wait for tomorrow morning to start the last book!!
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- Talin
- 2021-01-30
good but bad
Good science fiction premise but not executed very well. I did listened to the whole story. Characters were created well but their behaviors were hard to believe some time.
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- Olivia
- 2020-06-28
Full cast reading of a great story!
loved every minute from start to finish. great cast, well performed, and a great story.
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- Samantha Eck
- 2020-02-27
This is how an audiobook SHOULD be.
THIS audiobook is PURE listening GOLD. Seriously worth it! I own a physical copy as well but I find myself just drawn to the audio version.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-12-08
Eva's voice
Couldn't stand Eva. She was super annoying. She ruined the book. Whining all the time.
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- barry rotschild
- 2019-07-04
Pretty good
Full cast of voices is great! Story is pretty interesting, the format also (all dialogue). A bit too much "cheese" for my taste though!
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