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Weapons of Choice

Axis of Time, Book 1

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Weapons of Choice

By: John Birmingham
Narrated by: Jay Snyder
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The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. In 2021, a quantum military experiment goes horrifically wrong. A multinational taskforce of ultramodern warships is suddenly transported back in time to 1942...right into the path of the US naval battle group bound for Midway Atoll.

History is rewritten in an instant as the future smashes into the past, and high-tech hardware goes head to head with World War Two technology. In the chaos that ensues, thousands are killed, but the maelstrom has only just begun. The veterans of Pearl Harbor have never seen a helicopter or a cruise missile - let alone nanotechnology, ceramic bullets, and F22 Raptor stealth jetfighters.

Allied and Axis forces are then caught in a desperate struggle to gain the upper hand - each hoping to tip the balance with a fist full of 21st-century firepower. What happens next is anybody's guess - and everybody's nightmare.

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Most of the time, the narrator is pretty good, but some of his accents are awful. I know the Australian accent can be tough for some people, with an Australian author you are going to have a lot of Australian listeners and I found it painful to listen to. I eventually almost got used to it, but it detracted from what is a great story.

Some awful accents detract from the story

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The start of a fantastic series, highly recommended.

Absolutely first rate riveting story. I couldn't put it down. I really like the central premise of the time traveling fleet. The action sequences were tense and suspenseful even and the writing is tight.

While the narration was good he did have trouble pronouncing Tobruk, Alamein, Changi, Sevastopol and feral - I wish someone had corrected him.

Excellent story

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This was the first book I bought on audible and I loved it then, and I love it now. It does have a bit of a slow start to the world at large with everything being chaotic and confused for the first half of this book. That being said it sets up a world and characters that become far more interesting as the main storyline develops throughout the following books.

The original book was published in 2004 yet everything is surprisingly accurate to todays world.
A TV series is also being made on this series and I cant wait for it to come out.

Great series with a slow start. Well worth it.

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Excellent story by Birmingham. Really thought provoking and a rollicking good story. The only downside is the accents. For some reason, the narrator is unable to do an Aussie accent. Otherwise great

Great story, great performance. Accents are awful

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Story is not too bad if you ignore the science, but the accents and pronunciations are appalling.

For Australian listeners

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Feels like John Birmingham has made this book unnecessarily longer than it should be at over 22 hours. Not much happens in this first of a 3 book trilogy. Feels like a set up for the second/third books

Too long.

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A pretty good story, but the narrator drove me nuts with his accents. For a book with so many Australian characters in it , the producers stuffed up with their pick of narrator.

Good story, poor narration

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This is a great story, a great concept. A lot of real world war history mixed with current world defence forces strategy to create a sci fi situation. You need to concentrate to keep up with the range of characters, units, ships and so on. Also, bless the narrator for trying to get the Aussie accent, but it really is a tough one to get right so I won’t punish the narrator for trying. If you can get past that, this is a great listen. Looking forward to the next one!

Great concept

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Very interesting story written shortly after 9/11... has actually aged quite well. Good storyline, enjoyed the characters and well narrated. I've now listened to several John Birmingham books and I can say I am fan.

Highly engaging

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A great book lots of action to keep the interest. i want more! NOW please.

Fabulous

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