
The Slow Death
Four Packs Trilogy, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Guy Veryzer
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By:
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BL Maxwell
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Nic Starr
About this listen
Caught in the fallout of a rare disease and members of opposing packs, Zander and Marrok’s future as fated mates hangs in the balance.
Alexander Kingston wasn’t destined to lead the East Territory pack, but fate had other ideas. Becoming the next Alpha in his dead brother’s place and managing his father’s expectations is a challenge, one that’s only getting harder with time. When his father, the Alpha, is reluctant to accept outside assistance when one of their own is afflicted with a deadly blood disorder, Zander must take a stand against his father or lose another pack member to the Slow Death.
Marrok Blain is part of the North Territory pack. With his unique knowledge of the Slow Death, the debilitating progressive disorder that slowly kills with every shift, he offers help, knowing he’ll be met with resistance from his friend’s pack. What he doesn’t expect is the overwhelming pull to the stubborn yet undeniably gorgeous son of the East Territory Alpha.
Four packs coexisting with rising tensions, and a genetic disorder that reminds them of the common thread that connects them all. Zander and Marrok are the key to an uneasy alliance, or all the packs will suffer. Especially Zander, who discovers he’s got one more deadly fight to face.
©2022 BL Maxwell/Nic Starr (P)2022 BL Maxwell/Nic StarrUnusually I’d not read the book first but the audio held my attention and the narrator made it easy to focus on and understand the story.
The narrator was new to me and, at first, his vocal mannerisms seemed strange but when I got used to them I warmed to the delivery and really enjoyed his narration. His pace and intonation were both good for me.
I am looking forward to the rest of the series!
Entertaining characters and story
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Fabulous story but if the next one is the same narrator I'll likely just read the book.
Great story but didn't like the narrator
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The story is also really good but there is an over-arcing storyline that won’t be concluded until the final book. I think the concept of “the slow death” affliction for certain shifters and the cure for it was pretty original.
The world building was really good and Zander and Marrock have a few things to overcome in order to help preserve the pack. I’m now anxious to read the next two books in this series (not yet published as of this writing) and hope they come to audio.
A complimentary copy of this audiobook was provided to me at my request but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author and/or narrator.
I enjoyed listening to this.
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Guy Veryzer has a clear voice that easy to listen to, I had to speed it up a bit, as usual with his narrations, and that made it more enjoyable to me.
Interesting take on shifters
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The narrator was new to me, he was clear and I could follow him well with him reading the story. The only gripe and which made me take a little bit longer with getting into the story was, im not sure how to describe it but the way he said things and the delivery of them. It's like I concentrated on the lilting pattern on how he sounded words out. This was my pet peeve, but once I got over that I could enjoy the story and characters voices.
In the end I enjoyed the listen
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This book has convinced me that I need the next book in the series as well. Fantastic work
Brilliant
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First of all the age of the first shift (or diverging, as it’s called): I have mostly read of shifter worlds where the first change happens during puberty, or there about. Here diverging is a sign of maturity. And the first shift happens around the 25-years-mark, this is when a man is expected to take on his adult-life-responsibilities.
Another big different from the usual is the disease, which is the main focus of this first book: we are used to reading about shifters who don’t and can’t get sick with anything. Here we have a disease that not only affects, but threaten the lives of wolves.
And it’s also the thing that brings Zander and Marrok together. Both fighting to save the life of a young shifter in Zander’s pack, they have to overcome obstacles, fight narrow-minded Alphas and try to change the allegiances between the packs. While doing this, they also have to navigate their relationship, as they soon realize they are fated mates!
A well-written, interesting, refreshing story, which I am sure sets the base for the next ones to come, which are sure to explore inter-pack relationships even more.
Guy Veryzer did a great job with the narration, very well done!
A new and different take on shifters.
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Dangerous Times
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Zander (a.k.a. Alexander) and Marrok are from two different packs and have to work together to get help from one of the other packs to get the help needed to save their friend. While doing this they find they are mates.
Part of the storyline finishes up in this volume but others we can presumably follow in the following books in the series.
This writing combination is off to a good start and I already ordered the second book in the series to find out what will happen next.
4*
Narrator Guy Veryzer is a new to me. His voice is overall easy to listen to but for me when he voices the main characters it felt for me that the voice was made to old by the way he used it to have 'a tremble' in there for one of them. 4*
Overall 4*
Stronger through working together
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Story - a shifter story with a difference - as it includes the struggle with a very painful disease that scientists have been working some time to treat. A very good friend of both MCs appears untreatable, and while working together to find a donor, the MCs discovered they were mates. Lots of pack politics and an interesting start to a series.
good series starter
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