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Power Challenges
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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- Phillip Smith
- 09-03-21
Happy Ending
A very typical novel from this author who has clearly developed a style that works for him. The last three chapters are riveting and quite exciting but you have to sit through 40 others that aren’t. It’s a great book but not great literature.
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- DQCRYSTAL
- 02-05-22
All over the place and only the last 2 hours were engaging
I love a good Syfi reality mix…this was not it. Focus on an amazing adventure to the moon you think is going to go somewhere then, nothing. Separate issue that was far more engaging but never really connected to the previous hours of listening in a meaningful way. The lack of connection made the boring hours spent on the build up feel wasted.
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- C. M. Farnsworth
- 01-03-22
Sci-Fi or political thriller?
This book is 1 part science fiction and 9 parts political intrigue. If that’s what you’re in to, you may like it.
Strangely, the climax of the book has very little to do with the bulk of the story. It’s almost as if the author started writing with one end in mind, then changed mid-way through, and in the end went with a third idea. There’s nothing wrong with the book per se, it’s just rather meandering.
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- JohnR
- 06-16-22
NOT SCIENCE FICTION!
This story could have only been made more boring if the author included a screen where the characters watched gold or a freshly painted wall dry. Endless description of minute details that did not contributed to moving the story forward waisted my time.
I started thre books from Mr. Bova, written recently, and only finished this one. I will look to his earlier work to give him one last chance.
Military coups, senate appropriation sessions and young woman looking for her next married man to sleep with belong somewhere else.
I was hopeful when part of the story concerned a permanent moon base and an exo-planet discovered around a near galaxy. Sadly, the story snapped back to it's near glacier like crawl after a few paragraphs.
This could not have been more disappointing.
Save a few hours and choose a soap opera for entertainment. At least the commercials might give you some excitement.
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- Tom
- 03-31-22
Not one of his best.
I usually enjoy Bova’s work, though I’m not a great fan of Sci-Fi, but I found the plot derivative, drawing from many other Political potboilers with a few references ripped from the front pages. It was well written and fairly entertaining, but nothing to write home about.
Three Stars. ***
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- PinkCoder
- 02-27-22
Meh
It was well written, and had a few interesting characters, but it was pretty boring.
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- William J Fanning
- 02-01-22
Power series
This series was well done.
Mr. Bova, if you can read this from the great beyond,
Huzah!
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- LVM
- 01-24-22
Wasn't sure what to expect but...
I really enjoyed this book. Though I often curse myself, I appreciate a story told without all the profanity and obscenity of the current day. Interesting premise and I can see that there is more ahead.
Has an old sci fi feel to it that I like a great deal, while still being set in modern times.
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- Jennifer N
- 04-18-21
Same as his Peacekeepers book
no difference. same as the Peacekeeprs what was released in 1-16-2015
Peacekeepers
By: Ben Bova
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
Release date: 01-16-15