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Firefly: Carnival

By: Una McCormack
Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
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Summary

A heist by the Serenity crew goes badly wrong in a captivating original Firefly tie-in novel from the award-winning series by Titan Books.

City of sin

Neapolis: a desert city on planet Bethel where all manner of entertainment is found: High-stakes gambling, luxurious hotels, exclusive clubs, and any form of diversion imaginable may be had for a price. It’s the eve of the annual carnival: three days of decadent revelry, and Serenity arrives to take a security job, guarding a costly shipment.

An unattainable ransom

Tragedy strikes: The shipment is stolen, and the wealthy owner kidnaps Zoë and Book, holding them to ransom for the lost shipment’s value. If Mal can’t find the enormous sum of 500 platinum by the next evening, both of them will be killed.

A race against time

As the carnival begins, the crew must attempt the impossible, calling on contacts, calling in favors, and revealing hidden talents to save their crewmates’ lives. Meanwhile, the hostages have their own plans....

©2021 Uma McCormack (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

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Solid

Another solid story set in the Firefly universe. Things play out as you would expect, I enjoyed it.

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A thoroughly enjoyable audiobook

An excellent listen with plenty of action, thrills, and spills. It's great to see how this band of disparate misfits can gel together for good. I Definitely recommend listening to it.

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A decent scratch for the Firefly itch

Personally I think this series of books are better enjoyed through audio than reading them.
The narrator does a decent job with the characters, though some ring truer than others.
The stories are always a little on the plain Jayne side but that’s probably just because nothing can beat the actual series.

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Just what the doctor ordered

Such a great book, a lot less dark than some of the other books in this series, but still with sufficient peril to keep the story tense.

Nice to see Inara and the Shepherd have such prominent roles as well.

As ever, wonderfully read.

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Weakest story

This is the third firefly I've listened to. It's the weakest story, and the characterisation was by the numbers. It all felt a bit sickly sweet with the Firefly crew being sainted white hats and The Man being black hat baddies. Frankly I couldn't believe the premise and the underlying criminal motivation of the baddies - how could what they were doing be profitable? It only makes sense if it was set in 'our world' and I wanted to hear a sci-fi rather then a thriller.
Still, Foster is a pure pleasure to listen to.

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Not the best.

Most of this was great, very exciting, lots of action, and difficult situations to resolve. However during the last 45 minutes or so, it just fizzled out rather weakly.
The reader was very good as always.

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Brown coats carnival

Great story keeping Firefly alive for us all. Nice to see River featured more. Mr Foster's narration excellent as always.

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firefly lives on

I've been listening to these stories as they've been coming out. as a firefly fan I love the way they are continuing a series that should have gone on forever.

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shiny!

very good story and plot that twists and turns. this needs to be made into film!

every new Firefly book makes me smile, knowing we another opportunity to experience this world and characters. I really is all shiny indeed...!

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best book of the series.

easily the best book of this series and set before the end of the TV show so could easily be read out of sequence.

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