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Sentinel

Deadmen's War, Book 1

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Sentinel

By: Anthony J. Melchiorri
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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From the ashes of the ancients, a cataclysmic new threat rises.

Born on a forsaken desert planet, Cole Shaw has two options - perish from starvation and disease, or enlist in the New World Republic’s armed forces. He chooses the military. For the first time, he thinks he has a shot at a better life. But survival is not guaranteed.

Leading an elite team of mech operators, he is deployed to a frozen planet called Ferrous where dangerous relics of a past war lurk beneath the ice and savage creatures prowl the barren wastelands. Scientists on Ferrous are chasing rumors of godlike technologies buried in the ruins of a long-extinct civilization. When Shaw and his team are assigned to protect the researchers, they face an unexpected, merciless new enemy desperate to stop them.

An ancient secret has been awakened on Ferrous. The deadly race to claim this terrifying power has only just begun.

Performed by Audie, Earphones, and SOVAS Award-winning R.C. Bray (Expeditionary Force, Galaxy's Edge, Hell Divers), Sentinel is a must-listen for all military sci-fi fans in search of their next great series.

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I love it when the heroes have to really work for their small nearly victories.

Mindless fun.

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Evangelion meets military SciFi, cast are all unique enough to be memorable and stakes and premise keep make it a page turner

Battles are a bit odd, some foes which are blazed through in job lots during a last stand one minute, will be an epic challange 1v1 in a subsequent chapter. Protagonist will rack one or two described kills during some battles between paragraphs of sneeking or getting wrecked, then knock back beers talking about how they turned the battle the next.

Hard to feel like you were actually following the battle if it doesn't all add up.

Good story, fun battles, doesn't quite add up

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This book was so engaging that real life was getting in the way. You need some self control to be able to turn it off. It’s a great listen.

Hard to turn off.

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As always, R C Bray works wonders with the source material. Sadly, the source material is very average. Often these sort of books sacrifice character development for action, and that's the problem here. The story has been done before, the characters are wafer thin and there's way too much chest thumping testosterone talk. If you like your military sci-fi as one long action scene you should check this out. However, if you want something more meaningful that doesn't sacrifice the grunt, then check out Weston Ochse.

Stock Military Sci-fi

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R.C. Bray is awesome as always. but the story came across as a bit flat, it was a like a YA novel and I found I just didn't care if anyone died or survived.

it's fine I suppose...

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Great narration of a great story, RC Bray once again (literary) breathers life to the carracter's and the story

awesome

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It felt like it was just constant bad news and impossible situations with no hope that somehow work out but still feels like more bad news . Take us on a roller coaster here, not just on a decent down down down.

Like I said, the concept is cool, but a little hope and a plan here and there might make it work better (for me).

RC Bray is amazing as always!

Interesting concept but…

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Struggle to finish, only kept going as I had invested so much time already.

predictable

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Poor story, trying so hard for adrenaline it has plot holes and inconsistencies you could drive an Asher through. Would rather close my fingers in a car door than listen to the other books in the series

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