Here’s a quick science fiction tale by Joseph Jaquinta. The Raider’s Lament is presented complete at seven episodes:
No honest business is ever conducted at an L3 point. But the crew of the Raider’s Lament make a living doing jobs that don’t fall into normal categories, require no questions asked, and are often just one side, or the other, of legality. So when a strange woman from the stellar outback offers them a contract to take a mysterious, but valuable, cargo to an evasive man from the criminal underworld, it’s just business as usual. Join the crew for a merry jaunt of high adventure and action as they seek to fulfill their commission yet stay on the right side of the law.
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August 18th, 2010 at 10:43 am
The description certainly sounds promising. I downloaded the first episodes and look forward to listen.
August 18th, 2010 at 11:14 am
It might just be me, but the first episode seems to be cut off prematurely.
August 18th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Yup. Me too. Interesting characters, though.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Drat. I thought it was my lousy iPod knockoff. Somewhere twixt one computer and the other something got truncated. The problem has been fixed and is just waiting for Evo to press the magic button.
Glad you like the characters. Check the web page (http://www.ocean-of-storms.com/lament) for some bios of each of the crew!
August 19th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
I love a well written space opera, and this book not only qualifies in that regard but in its limited space (space-time?) it even manages a fair amount of character development. The reading is smooth and never stumbles, never lapses into the typical monotone of an inexperienced reader. The only kinda negative comment I have is that it didn’t have the sense of voice projection and variable volume that the best narrators use to heighten drama. It would have benefited if the reader had gone a bit over the top when the space opera demanded it. But that’s just a quibble and I’ve heard paid, supposedly professional narrators do a whole lot less justice to their material. I love the character background page, too. I guess you could say I enjoyed this audiobook – a lot. Thanks for making it available here.
August 22nd, 2010 at 2:47 am
A fun listen but the audio quality could be improved. I had to really crank up my ipod to be able to hear the narration OK.
August 24th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
I also have some audio issues. I suspect that the narrator, despite having a very decent pacing, delivery, and nuance, seems to speak with a very understated sound. He has an infrequent lateral lisp which may be causing him to hold back but he shouldn’t. The lisp will happen from time to time but holding back the sound is causing intellegibilty issues. Go for it!
September 15th, 2010 at 6:14 am
I loved this book! The characters were fully devloped and wuicky drew me in. Will we hear more from the crew of The Raider’s Lament?
September 27th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Please fill in what happened at the end. Where did the two women go, to do what? Did they make enough money from the uncle? Why didn’t the navigator stay on? Either my brain was on slow, or the narration was on fast, but even listening a few times I didn’t get it Thanks for the details.
It was a fun enjoyable story about very smart folks. Thanks.
September 28th, 2010 at 9:37 am
Good questions, Rachel. I’ll let the characters answer them themselves on the fan page on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Raiders-Lament/147551815273098
October 17th, 2010 at 5:09 am
Ok, now that you have me hooked when is the next book going to be out? The only criticism I have is the ending seemed a bit rushed to me. I felt like an entire chapter was missing.
I hope we get to hear about the further adventures of the Raiders Lament!
Thanks for a great story!
October 27th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Thanks for a great story. I especially enjoyed how the mix of personalities and talents created unique solutions, just when all doors seem to dead end. Each character had their chance to shine and the result was greater than sum of their individual talents…the classic definition of synergy.
My only constructive feedback would be to work on narration speeds, especially when giving technical information. The art of a good story teller is to know when to pause and let the listener catch their breath.
Of course, the story was ended too soon…I wanted to hear more adventures. But of course, that, too, is the art of a good story teller.