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Discovery of the Saiph

Saiph, Book 1

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Discovery of the Saiph

By: P. P. Corcoran
Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
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The TDF Marco Polo embarks on its maiden voyage outside Earth's solar system, leading to the discovery of an extinct civilization destroyed by orbital bombardment. Deep underground is a mysterious library of alien secrets.

The Terran Republic unravels the clues, forcing its politicians, scientists, navy, and marines to engage in an epic journey of space exploration, space battles, and combat behind enemy lines. They must rally their forces to defend the Earth as they discover The Others are coming.

©2014 PP Corcoran (P)2015 Tantor Classics Fantasy Fiction First Contact Military Science Fiction Transportation

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Nice comfortable Sci-fi story. Rapid development of new tech, ancient data base new friends and a dastardly enemy. Well performed and I’ll definitely be searching the audible catalogue for the sequel. One small area for learning. Perhaps I’ve got old and grumpy but accepting the reader had a great tone of voice and pace of delivery a few key words were mispronounced.

Discovery of the Saiph - a nice well thought out story

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I don't have the time to read as I did, i an on my second listening I don't watch tv but I listen to books and this book and series are really excellent

Really enjoyed a good story

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An entertaining adventure in which humanity proves useful to aliens against an oppressor of unknown origin. The story flows easily while the narrator makes the most of space battles with heightened anxiety and rushed orders. All will keep a listener glued to the audio. Very good and enjoyable yarm looking forward to book two.

Earth Being Useful to Aliens

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Would you consider the audio edition of Discovery of the Saiph to be better than the print version?

Yes

What was one of the most memorable moments of Discovery of the Saiph?

The discovery of the Gravity Drive

Which character – as performed by Eric Michael Summerer – was your favourite?

Balanced, most if not all the characters are likeable

Any additional comments?

A simply well rounded book that has everything a space opera book should have. I rate this book up there with John Ringo's Troy Rising.

Five star

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A first hour was more or less bearable. Because the story was quite intriguing and the development kept me listening. But the harder I tried to keep listening the harder it became to find explanation to myself why I'm torchering myself. The biggest deal killer theare was the narrator and the story itself is too weak to outweigh that minus.

Mediocre

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book really needed an editor. it read like a PowerPoint, key points made then jumped to the next key point with no rhyme or reason.
eg. 6months later after a battle we jump to presidents office where the president is informed of a "key" member of staff has been embezzling this an unknown member of staff ( to us ) is sacked and another unknown to us general is given his job we then move on.
it's a shame as there is a story buried in there. But too deeply for me.

story premise good to ok but

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What disappointed you about Discovery of the Saiph?

I got this because most of the reviews were good, I'm afraid i disagree with them. I was looking forward to a romping space opera with strong characters.

What was most disappointing about P. P. Corcoran’s story?

The characters were two dimensional and never developed. The story was simplistic and plodding.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

He wasn't my favorite narrator but didn't do a bad job with a very flat story.

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

It wasn't for me.

Any additional comments?

I kept losing interest and found it difficult to persevere to the end, will probably return it.

disappointing

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But lacking in character development, nuance and intrigue. Pretty good fun though. I’ll listen to the next one

Fast paced

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So much about the premise did not hang together. Also, the author doesn't know the meaning of "reverse engineer", which grated on me, amongst other things.

Truly awful

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