The story unfolds with some great concepts.

I absolutely loved the ideas in this book and the narrator was amazing, well done Mare!

I cannot wait for the next chapter of this story, there were so many things thrown into this with so much thought it was a whole lot of fun. Morphs, AI, interesting FTL, and some nice use of time dilation.

Thw characters are lots of fun and this will be a great coming of age saga I feel, I hope to see more of the same complexity, fun and intrigue.

The slow motion battle analysis was also a cause of great enjoyment, I just wanted more and more with the last battle.

Excellent. I will surely purchase the next installment with eager anticipation.

Good work

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excellent!

Great story excellently narrated. Includes many thought provoking ideas about the future of mankind and our societal evolutions.

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Mare has an excellent way of telling the story. All the characters have a defined voice. The story itself seems a little slow to begin but hang in there if you like space fantasy. I found it very easy to listen to and a most enjoyable read.

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Fantastic Story - Can't wait for book 2

My only real negative is book 2 isn't out yet.

Oh, and if twists are important to you, the big reveal is signposted miles away so don't come for any of that. Just come for a well though out universe and story.

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Brilliant!

Couldn't put it down.

Listened to it in two days.

Only stopped to sleep.

Can't wait for the next one.

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Surprisingly enjoyable. Great narrator.

I ended up loving this book. I think the narrator did a great job. She managed to convey the innocence of a young teenager, yet that moved onto a more mature footing as the main character learnt more of her own history, I guessed where some of that history information was heading, but it still didn't spoil the book.

There was also some superb work by the narrator in making so many different characters come to life.

Don't be put off thinking this is a novel just for youthful people. There's a smattering of some bad language (odd words only) that drags it into the adult sphere. And it's skillfully added language, which is right within context.

I truly hope this combination of author and narrator do future books, hopefully even expanding on this realm.

In summary; a really nice story that was over all too soon. Plus a narrator who has firmly placed herself into my top 5 narrators. I'm only disappointed the UK Audible site doesn't have more of her works in their library for us to buy.

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It has redeeming features, but...

I liked the story, mostly. Elements of it have left me a touch confused, though. In a society that has nano-technology, and space travel: where is the value in gold? There must be trillions of tons of it floating about in asteroids, why would anyone value a raw material such as this? That is never explained to my satisfaction.

Another small gripe is the "Orphan child finds out they are royalty" trope, plus the lengths the author goes through to get from (broadly) ordinary child to supreme killing machine and tactician is slightly tortuous.

Lastly, the narrator has a few word-pronouncing issues, which slightly spoiled my listening experience every now and again.

But, for all that, it's a pretty entertaining romp, and the appendices at the end were almost as interesting as the main story. I'm an Engineer, so your mileage may vary.

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Absolutely Brilliant

Great story, very intricate world, narrator totally sold it can't wait for the next one.

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Wish he could write faster

Very different from the Black story arc but easily as good. Very well thought out future science with deep characters. Looking forward to the next one.

The narration is excellent. Very good voice range with dynamism and excitment clearly audible so that you really feel you are their, or wish you were, well done.

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Awesome

One of the best science fiction books I have read in a long time . I am looking forward to further adventures of Alice Long.

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