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Smith
Narrated by:
John Pirhalla
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Narrated by:
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John Pirhalla
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Sam B Miller II
About this listen
Jake discovers a 3,000-year-old ring with the power to control demons as well as the weather and all animals. Jake starts to hear a voice that belongs to Smith, the computer-like interface who gives him guidance on how to deal with his newfound powers. Smith’s single goal is to ensure Jake is King of Earth with an appropriate Queen chosen by Smith. Both a rogue government and a secret society want the ring and its powers for their own wicked scheme. Smith’s methods for protecting Jake are prone to violence. Jake teams with Nava, a no-holds-barred woman with unique training. Smith doesn’t like her hair. The government and the secret society have just met their match.
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What follows is, firstly, comedy, turning to a strange sort of adventure which then dissolves into a miasma of murder and exploding bodies. The humour gets stale, the death toll ridiculously catastrophic, the ending predictable. Apart from an initial teenage angst, there is little attempt at any characterisation, even for Jake, let alone the other protagonists. The whole is a cartoon, two dimensional gore fest which could have been fun had the book been shorter by a couple of hours. Too much for too long. The narration is excellent, the voice of Smith being performed in a pseudo upper class English accent, other voices clearly distinct and separate. The text is also well performed, the well modulated tones of John Pirhalla pleasant to hear and in tune with the action.
My thanks to the author, Sam B.Miller, by whom I was freely gifted a complimentary copy of the book, at my request. I had read and enjoyed a couple of his previous works and admit to being surprised by this one. Much of it was fun but the humour became stale and died away - like most of those making brief entry into the story. But it might well appeal to younger members of the games playing blow them up generaton.
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Especially good is the relationship Jake has with his Ring and it's interface.
I would like this to carry on as i did enjoy the voice that the narrator John Pirhalla did and his accents used were quite good. This is the first book I have done and I would listen to more by him.
I asked for this audio and as such I have given my 2 cents worth on this.
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