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  • Hell Divers Series, Book 1
  • Written by: Nicholas Sansbury Smith
  • Narrated by: R.C. Bray
  • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (640 ratings)

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Hell Divers

Written by: Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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Publisher's Summary

2016 Editor's Pick

2016 Audible's Best in Science Fiction

The New York Times and USA Today best-selling series

More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and outdated, most of the ships plummeted back to Earth long ago. The only thing keeping the two surviving lifeboats in the sky are Hell Divers - men and women who risk their lives by skydiving to the surface to scavenge for parts the ships desperately need.

When one of the remaining airships is damaged in an electrical storm, a Hell Diver team is deployed to a hostile zone called Hades. But there's something down there far worse than the mutated creatures discovered on dives in the past - something that threatens the fragile future of humanity. 

©2016 Nicholas Sansbury Smith (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Better than i expected!!

I put this book off for far too long.
I had an extra credit and thought I’d give it a shot. And oh boy am I happy I did!!

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Great first book and you have me hooked!

It was R.C. Bray that got me started on this series. Having said that, N.S.S. has written a fantastic book and I look forward to the rest of the series and than will look up others from him. Cheers to both of you and very well done!

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Emotionally Charged and Captivating

I found this title after playing the game Hell Divers 2 and was so surprised at how immersive the story is. It is not the same as the games and has its own characters and charm. Would highly recommend even to non-players, I could not put it down! The performance was great but my only critic is the narrator's performance of female voices. Personally I would of preferred the female characters voices just be read normally.

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Cool premise, great action and it's not steampunk

For some reason when I read the description (very casually) and saw that humans lived in airships my mind immediately thought steampunk and that's not a genre I'm into so I left the book on my wishlist for a while. I recently looked at it again and I realized my mistake, the story takes place in our future so I took a chance on it and loved it.

I love the idea of floating over the apocalypse, where survival depends on elite teams diving down to scavenge and keep humanity floating. The story has a nice pace to it, there's a good amount of action, interesting world building and lots of room to expand this universe.

Will definitely get the next book in the series and recommend this one.

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Original and Unpredictable

An unpredictable and satisfying work, the author does a fantastic job at juggling multiple storylines with likable characters. I felt genuine emotion at the plight of each character, and the lack of plot armor kept me engaged in a way I haven't felt since reading Game of Thrones. R.C. Bray is the master as always, and I look forward to continuing the series with his voice and the writing style of Nicholas Smith.

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surprised I got so into it

RC Bray is a giant of storytelling. he makes ho hum stories awesome. great job.

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Pretty solid

Doomed to forever find power cells and pressure valves. Someone please tell the author other things can also be needed sometimes.

Otherwise not a bad audiobook.

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Soooooo good!

Never been this captivated by a book before. I really hope this turns into a show or movie series someday.

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Great Original story

Truly enjoyed this story. It was exciting to hear the adventure these divers went through.

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great

this series is great. if you like real world fiction with monsters, survival, battles, fights, guns, love, death. then this is a book for you

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