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Bearing Gifts

The Stardock Trilogy, Book 1

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Bearing Gifts

By: Sean Fenian
Narrated by: Michael Karl Orenstein
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Summary

When the over-driven hyperdrive on their mobile shipyard burned out, the Chhrt'ktk't abandoned it in an inhabited system along their path, hoping it would work as a decoy to buy them more time to escape the Khreetan fleet pursuing them.

They didn't anticipate how far the pre-spacefaring species they turned over their broken-down maintenance facility to would subvert their plan.

Alex Holder, a retired engineer, just happened to be in the right place, at the right time, with the right mindset, to find himself chosen by the Chhrt'ktk't to hand over control of their shipyard to, simply because he was the first person they found able to interface with it. The Chhrt'ktk't could not possibly anticipate what he would do with it. And neither would anyone else.

©2024 Sean Fenian and Fenian House Publishing (P)2024 Podium Audio Adventure Military Science Fiction Space Opera
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It is in the same style as "The Martin" very slow moving but lots of technical detail. Some of the geopolitics is rather simplistic but ok for the story, which is setting itself up as a series. The AI is a good character, but there seems more to this character than is shown. Oh, please please do not do attempt Australian accents unless you can actually do it. The narrator is good, but I had to cringe each time he tried to speak with an Austrian accent.

If you liked "The Martin" this is similiar

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Not sure which was written first, but the story line was pretty much the same as the Delphi Nation series. This story however being only 3 books was much easier to listen to.

Good little frolic.

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I like the concept, enjoy the “shiny new science toy” feel that keeps going through the story but the characters/politics feels somewhat unrealistic, almost like they’ve got a yes man mentality. Not sure if it’s the voice actor or just the overuse of it but the word “Okay” sounds like a really irritating ‘umm’ word when other words could be used for variation instead..

Okay…

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It's Mary Sue fixes world politics became difficult to listen to with the level of smug.
Science and math are okay, just drowned out

Science was good

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Really enjoyed Bearing Gifts. The story pulled me in from the beginning, with great characters, plenty of action and a really interesting sci-fi setting. The pacing kept me hooked throughout, and the narration was excellent and brought the whole story to life. I’m definitely looking forward to continuing the series. Highly recommended! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Really great story.

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