Countdown
Reality Benders Series, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Rudy Sanda
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Written by:
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Michael Atamanov
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Andrew Schmitt - translator
About this listen
At long last, an extraterrestrial civilization reached out and made the First Contact. However, no one on Earth took their communique for the genuine article.
In a similar vein, very few people appreciated just how little time our new suzerains had promised to keep our planet safe. Regardless, the end of their message showed humankind how to access a mysterious game. The objective of this game is unclear. No one can say where its servers are located, and its inner workings are beyond comprehension.
But the game slowly gained momentum, pulling in more and more players. Soon enough, it became impossible to ignore the fact that things that happened in the game had a direct impact on our reality. And not only ours....
But as people figure out this mysterious game, the countdown timer ticks away. And no one can say exactly what will happen when Earth's safety is no longer guaranteed.
©2018 Michael Atamanov; English translation copyright 2018 by Andrew Schmitt (P)2018 TantorWhat listeners say about Countdown
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Caleb
- 2024-01-29
Combination game lit. And first contact
I like the concept. VR game world and progression. With some first contact, humans being introduced into the galactic community. A new scenario I haven’t seen before. Story line decent too.
But it’s not going to be one I remember fondly. It’s got some very distracting quirks. Feels like the author was trying to pad the word count. EVERY character seems to use the phrase “By the way” in EVERY conversation. I almost want to buy a digital copy just to run a word search for the phrase. There’s several other unnecessary phrases like that which are just not used in a natural way.
Narator is “ok”. The voices are a little over done. But not the worst I’ve heard for overdone voices. Does a good job of putting energy into the characters, and working with the phrasing given to him.
I Feel like the narator quality fits the writing quality well. Meaning, not exceptional, but not going to stop me from listening to the unique story concept for the genre.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Joshua Paul
- 2023-05-31
Fun
Good story
Nice development
Looking for next book
Interesting twists
Fast pace
Good levelling
Recommended
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2024-10-22
The story is awesome
I love the book. There is a lot politics but it’s Russian book and in socialist countries you really have to bend to politics in everything especially in books and movies. But that is part of the charm of the story.
What does the book dissatisfaction is the narrator. He sounds like my history teacher from high school. When was repeating the same lecture 999999th time.
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