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The Weight of Command
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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- Warwick
- 31-07-2022
What do you do when someone lets off a nuke and all your bosses are gone?
This is not a standard shoot ‘em up with space blasters type story. There is some Zap! POW! and blood and gore. However, it is a more nuanced attempt to explore how to deal with an unexpected crisis in a tri-partite situation where not everyone on each side is pulling in the same direction. Definitely worth the listen!
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- Justin S
- 22-08-2022
Not your average Military Sci-Fi
Whilst there is some of what you would expect from a Military SciFi, whilst there is certainly some of this within the book, this is a much more nuanced look into the behind-the-scenes action with, espionage, politics and intrigue as well as the usual butting of heads one would see, and the "your an idiot" to the antagonists to the stories.
I have been following Michael Mammay since his first Audiobook on here (Planetside) and was concerned when that series concluded for the time being as to whether he could pull it off, but both this and The Misfit Soldier have been great books on par and above many other authors out there in the genre to seem to simply wash, rinse and repeat with their characters and series.
I will admit that I had some reservations about the narrator at the start but I soon learned to enjoy it but it did take a little getting used to, hence why only four stars there but my concerns were unwarranted in the end.
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