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Flipside

By: Leumas Llewtnac
Narrated by: Leumas Llewtnac
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In a world ravaged by the devastating arrival of the squid, status and age no longer mattered. Everyone fought, and the war was still lost.

Burke, a combat veteran, is a man past his prime and now faces battles of a new frontier—against his own age and the slow, but inevitable, betrayal of his body. All he wants to do is get through the remainder of his days without any trouble, but the world is unforgiving and peace is a distant memory.

Arvin, Burke's neighbor and friend, is losing time. The present, slipping away like water through cupped fingers. Arvin's fragmented memory could lead to deadly consequences as the power within threatens to consume him and everyone he cares about.

Charlie, a young girl born into this world, has known nothing but loss. Despite Burke's efforts to shield her from a harsh reality, she embraces her thirst for vengeance.

In the shadows, poised to shatter their fragile existence, lurks a new threat. As darkness falls, they must confront an adversary that surpasses any challenge they've faced before.

This electrifying post-apocalyptic journey immerses you in a world where hope flickers in the encroaching shadows like a dying flame of a broken lantern and where the boundaries of loyalty and the pursuit of justice are tested against the backdrop of a relentless enemy.

©2022 Leumas Llewtnac (P)2022 Leumas Llewtnac

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Excellent from start to explosive finish!

If you don't have time to read this adventure, make time to listen. Vocals are as captivating as the storyline. From rugged humour with laughs to actual tears off loss, you will feel apart of this world every step of the way.
If I could listen to this for the first time again I would.
Absolute must have.

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Narration was great.

Story was interesting enough and narration was great. Glad to have listened to it.

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💯% Best Si Fi Fantasy read ever

By far the best Si Fi fantasy novel I've ever read, the story line and characters are amazing, absolutely love the book, BUT, the audio was next level, Leumas's narration of his characters brought them all to life, amongst the twists and turns, the hights and lows, the funny and sad, all the emotions are going in this second to none read. The novel Flipside is what block buster are made of. Highly recommend this read 👍👌👏👏👏

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Great addition to the audible library

Compelling story telling. Thought provoking. Very well read and a pleasure to listen to. Particularly enjoyed the development of the characters throughout.

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Wow

This is a wild yet subdued ride. Yes im contradicting myself but hear me out.

I'm still going through the emotions so bare with me.

Flipside starts of almost cozy. Old friends taking the mickey out of each other whilst checking in and showing each other, in their own way, that they care.

We are soon reminded that nothing is cozy cause it's a dystopian world and alien squid like beings are trying to kill and possess everyone.

What I'm trying to say is that Llwetnac dumps us 'into the thick of it' and allows us to work it out from there, through some well crafted scenes and world building.

It's multi pov, including a pov from one of the squids, who you hate (cause they're a squid) but also, I found myself empathising with. Having both sides of the conflict pov was really gave this tale an added layer of depth I was completely submerged in this world.

The story itself is medium paced which I think was wholey intentional. Reading along with the audiobook forced me to slow down to the pace of 3 of the main characters. It's night when reading about older characters, the pace of the actual words matches them. Very well done!

The characters!!! For me this was very character based though that isn't to say there is no plot or action. There are twists and revelations that had me gasping. But the dialogue and characters kept me invested and saying "just one more chapter".

The humour is natural and seemingly effortless as is the fear and grief.

I highly recommend this read and can't wait to see where this goes cause Llewtnac can't leave us hanging like this!!!

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"JAW DROPPING"

Lemmas Llewtnac...Who are you?
If not the greatest articulated story teller in the world!
Thankyou for hours of entertainment. Your captivating voice and character voices lured me into flipside, hours passed and nothing else mattered.
I found tears running down my cheeks as the characters came and went!
I didn't want the story to end.
It was brillant.
Can't wait for the sequel.

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This was a great book,

The end made me cry at work. I’m very upset. Well done
10/10 recommend. The gnarly old hero’s lit up my heart, Charlie was well written. Hurry up with the next book. 😊

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fantastic

loved the book, the voices the characters and the roller coaster that is flipside. well done Leu.

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I couldn't stop listening

This is a story of loss and fighting to survive. It is amazingly written and narrated. I became attached to the characters and now want to hear that Charlie has finally found happiness after losing so much. I wish a few things were different but I won't say what because I don't want to spoil the story. This story had me laughing and crying. My only issue with the story is it is full of despair and sorrow. It is hard to grasp any hope. While this is an issue the story is also more realistic because of this. The sorrow and dwindling hope felt by the characters comes through strongly.

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great narrator, gripping story

short and sweet story paired with an amazing performance by the narrator. An interesting take on the genre that takes the reader into a new and interesting world, hoping to see more from this world in the future.

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