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Swarm

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Swarm

By: B. V. Larson
Narrated by: Mark Boyett
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Earth arms marines with alien technology and builds its first battle fleet! Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there.

A novel of military science fiction by best-selling author B. V. Larson, Swarm is the story of Earth's annexation by an alien empire. Long considered a primitive people on a backwater planet, humanity finds itself in the middle of a war - and faced with extinction.

©2010 B.V. Larson (P)2011 Audible, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense
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good story flows nicely and has a proper ending with a good hook to read the next book. the performance was good nice accents. you don't often get Australian characters in these stories nice touch.

good story flows nicely and has a proper ending.

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Well thought out story, plenty of action. Earth becomes involved in war with two different Alien forces.

Great Story

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Larson writes an action story that controls you to keep going. The only problem is that one you start on this book you will have a long wish list as it is not a short trilogy but an active series.

Larson provides compelling tales

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It's a good start to a sci fi series I am only new to looking forward to the rest of the series

A good start

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This was a geeat Sci- Fi yarn, it was a typically intersting presentation and a goos story leading you to the next in the series

A good yarn

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Down to earth scifi book that keeps you guessing what will happen next - I look forward to the other stories!

An enjoyable story that at times keep u thinking

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Where does Swarm rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

In the top 20/100

Would you recommend Swarm to your friends? Why or why not?

Yes. It is just honest fun.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Was a while back but probably where he got abducted.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh.

Any additional comments?

If you like military Sci Fi, it is hard to go past this New Yorker author. Thanks BV.

Good old fashion B grade action

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What did you like most about Swarm?

Okay look, this series is great. It's not ever going to be classic literature or even classic sci-fi, but it's entertaining military sci-fi. It would actually make a great film or mini-series though.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Swarm?

I'm not going to spoil it, but so far I've listened to 5 books in this series, and I liked them all.

Have you listened to any of Mark Boyett’s other performances? How does this one compare?

The reader's calm confident voice captures the story well.

Any additional comments?

Some of the characters aside from the main character aren't really fleshed out. You could argue that this is because the main character just doesn't think about them all that much. I'd be interested to see a re-telling of this story from a female perspective though...

Good popcorn

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This book is not up to the author’s usual standard. The narration is excellent but no one needs a polished turd.

Don’t bother

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What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Not a whole lot to be honest. The main character isn't smart, resourceful, or particularly charismatic. He just wants to be in charge and makes rookie decisions that for the sake of the story work out and make him look like a tactical genius.

What will your next listen be?

Don't know

Did Mark Boyett do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?

I like him for the sci-fi story narrations, but the book just lacks a lot.

What character would you cut from Swarm?

The main character.

Any additional comments?

Not really, i managed to finish it but more because i didn't have anything to do.

elevate the mediocre because of happenstance

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