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Animus, Book 1

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By: Joshua Anderle, Michael T Anderle
Narrated by: Scott Aiello
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It was just one fight, but it changed Kaiden Jericho's life forever.

He was in a gang but was trying to change his future, when a board member of the elite advanced academy NEXUS made a snap decision and offered him a chance.

Then fate, or an unbalanced genius, offered him another.

The Nexus Academy is for the elite trainees from Earth, and now trials from our alien allies, as they teach the future generation how to fight, lead, hack, spy, and many other talents and tactics.

Hired by companies, governments, and NGOs, these graduates work to pay off the massive debt their training at the academy accumulates.

You don't become the best of the best by staying alive. With the Animus, you are closer to perfection with each death you suffer.

Kaiden Jericho would rather skip the death part, thank you very much.

Includes special note from co-author Michael Anderle.

©2019 Joshua Anderle (P)2019 Podium Audio Adventure Fiction Military Science Fiction Space Opera Military Fiction
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The story is great, however, only 2 things let it down and yes they are minor but for me, annoying. Scott's pronunciation of Corpsman (military medic) as Corpse-man (a zombie?) stood out like a sore thumb & his Australian accent was abysmal (as is 99.9% of anyone who's not Australians is). Did it ruin the novel? Absolutely not, was it cringeworthy Yup.

It's pronounced Cores-man NOT Corpse-man

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Great story! Very entertaining! Definitely downloading the 2nd book. Loved the dynamics between Kaiden and Chief.

The Narrator (Scott?) sucks at accents, particularly on the Australian accent. As an Australian, I cringed so hard at hearing him talk like that. He sounded like he couldn’t decide if he wanted to sound bogan or as a Scottish person. And his narration between Sasha or Laury was too confusing. They sounded so similar at one stage then different in another. No consistency in their accent.

Narrator sucks at accents

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Wasn't sure at first, but it was an enjoyable read/listen.

Hard to see where there's room to grow though. Kaden is already a superstar in the first couple of weeks - defeating a top-secret war machine. At this rate he'll be god-king by book three.

I like the character though. Lots of fun.

Hard to imagine 11+ more books from here...

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This book was great! Highly recommend it. I feel sorry for any narrator that has to do an Aussie accent. It’s so bad! Haha. But didn’t affect my enjoyment of the story.

Great book!

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The narrator does a fantastic job, loved the snarky banter between main character and everyone, well written and enjoyable to listen to would recommend. There is swearing but no sexualities explicit content in this book.

entertaining book to listen to

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