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  • Dire: Born

  • The Dire Saga, Book 1
  • By: Andrew Seiple
  • Narrated by: Amy McFadden
  • Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (58 ratings)
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Summary

No memory, no resources, no secret lair, and no time to find her feet: this is the story of a self-made villain, and her fall into strife. Fleeing from unknown enemies and an early death, she emerges into a city gone dark in the aftermath of a complete systems failure. Hounded by heroes, menaced by gangs, and helped by the most unlikely of allies, she claws her way up from weakness to strength and works to build a better future for those who deserve it.

To survive, she'll need strength to stand toe-to-toe against secretly supernatural foes, compassion to work with the dregs and outcasts of a broken society, and cunning to outwit intelligence beyond human kind.

The challenge is great…but she is Dire.

And Icon City will never be the same again.

©2015 Andrew Seiple (P)2018 Podium Publishing

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'Despicable Me' but 'Watchmen'

Seiple keeps writing stories that are original but therefore hard to peg.

We follow a main character as she slowly becomes both a reluctant hero and villain.

Seiple's story asks moral and ethical questions in a present day Sci-fi, while keeping things grounded with very real and human characters, also while being suspenseful. I think this is a brilliant start to the Dire Saga.

Only pet peeve that, the narrator tends to a fall back into a certain California (?) American accent, which does not help sell a young super genius vibe. Seems to be less in following books.

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confusing start but then a binge worthy read

struggled to get into it. but then couldn't put it down. brilliant & different

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its was good

i likt it fun and dark some times going to recommend it 5 stars just filler for review

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Thrilling

I couldn't put it down.
The concept is brilliant and I must get the next book
the narrator fueled the tension well. Great listen.

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