Next Item: (3489) Destroyermen Bk 4; Distant Thunders by Taylor Anderson

Publisher's Summary:

After the battle in which the men of the destroyer Walker and their Lemurian allies repelled the savage Grik, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy is shocked by the arrival of a strange ship captained by one Commaner Jenks of the New Britain Imperial Navy - an island-nation populated by the descendants of British East Indiamen swept through the rift centuries before.

With the Walker undergoing repairs, Reddy already has a great deal on his hands. For the Grik will return, and Reddy will need all hands on deck to fight them off when they next attack. But Jenks's uncertain loyalties make Reddy question whether he can trust the man. As tension between the Allies and the Imperials mount, Reddy will come to realize that his suspicions are not misplaced - and that a greater danger than the Grik is closer than he ever suspected.

Approx Running Time: 16 hrs and 53 mins Plus Music Interlude.

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MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Various Artists, Love Movie Themes
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The Doobie Brothers Greatest Hits & More (Vol 1)

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Starting: (3488) Starship Bk #2; Pirate by Mike Resnick

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Finished/Comments: (3487) Vatta's War Bk #2; Marque & Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon

Third time for this book and just as good as the first time I listened to it.

Next Item: (3488) Starship Bk #2; Pirate by Mike Resnick

Publisher's Summary:

Captain Wilson Cole's latest exploit saved millions of lives but embarrassed his superiors. He is a man with a reputation for exceeding orders but getting results. Cole has found himself the victim of a media feeding frenzy, a political scapegoat despite years of dedicated military service. Faced with a court martial, he is rescued by the loyal crew of his ship, the Theodore Roosevelt. Now branded mutineers, the crew of the Teddy R. has quit the Republic, never to return.

Seeking to find a new life for themselves, Cole and comrades remake the Teddy R. as a pirate ship and set sail for the lawless Inner Frontier. There, powerful warlords, cut-throat pirates, and struggling colonies compete for survival in a game where you rarely get a second chance to learn the rules.

But military discipline is poor preparation for a life of pillaging and plundering, and Cole's principles limit his targets. Seeking an education on the nature of piracy, Cole hunts more knowledgeable players: the beautiful but deadly Valkyrie, the enigmatic alien fence David Copperfield, and the fearsome alien pirate known as the Hammerhead Shark.

Approx Running Time: 8 hrs and 41 mins

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Finished/Comments: (3486) The Lost Fleet, Book 2; Fearless by Jack Campbell

Third time for this book and it was still great listening.

Starting: (3487) Vatta's War Bk #2; Marque & Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon

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Next Item: (3487) Vatta's War Bk #2; Marque & Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon

Publisher's Summary:

Although the exciting military career she hoped for never got off the ground, Ky Vatta ended up seeing plenty of combat when she took the helm of one of the commercial transport vessels in her family's fleet...and steered it into a full-blown war. Now the lessons she learned in that trial by fire are about to pay off - because this time, the war has come to her. Someone has launched a full-throttle offensive against Vatta Transport Ltd., Ky's father's interstellar shipping empire. In short order, most of Ky's family is killed, and subsequent attacks sever vital lines of communication, leaving Ky fighting, in every sense, to survive.

Ky is determined to identify the ruthless mystery enemy and avenge her family's name, but she needs not only firepower but information. And she gets both in spades - from the band of stranded mercenaries she hooks up with; from her black-sheep cousin, Stella, who has been leading a secret life; and from Stella's roguish ex-lover, Rafe. Together they struggle to penetrate the tangled web of political intrigue that is wreaking havoc within InterStellar Communications, on whose effective operation their own livelihoods - and perhaps lives - depend.

But the infighting proves to be infectious, and it isn't long before Ky's hired military muscle are turning their suspicions on the enigmatic Rafe, whose wealth of knowledge about ISC's clashing factions and startling new technologies has begun to make him smell like a rat...or a mole. With swift, violent destruction a very real possibility, the last thing Ky needs is a crew divided against itself - and she's prepared to take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that Vatta stays in business, as well as in one piece.

What she is not prepared for is the shocking truth behind the terror - and a confrontation with murderous treachery from a source as unexpected as it is unrelenting.

Approx Running Time: 14 hrs and 20 mins

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Starting: (3486) The Lost Fleet, Book 2; Fearless by Jack Campbell

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Skipping/Commets: (3485) The Traitor by Stephen Coonts

Story seem boring and narration is turning me off.

Next Item: (3486) The Lost Fleet, Book 2; Fearless by Jack Campbell

Publisher's Summary:

Outnumbered by the superior forces and firepower of the Syndicate Worlds, the Alliance fleet continues its dangerous retreat across the enemy star system. Led by the legendary Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, who returned to the fleet after a hundred-year suspended animation, the Alliance is desperately trying to return home with its captured prize: the key to the Syndic hypernet, and the key to victory.

Geary is convinced that the Syndics are planning to ambush the fleet and finish it off once and for all. Realizing the fleet's best (and only) chance is to do the unexpected, Geary takes the offensive and orders the fleet to the Sancere system. There, a multitude of possible routes home give the Alliance fleet a better chance of avoiding their pursuers - and an attack on the Sancere shipbuilding facilities could decimate the Syndic war effort.

Weary from endless combat, the officers and crew of the Alliance fleet can't see the sense in charging deeper into enemy territory - prompting a mutiny that divides them and leaves Geary with higher odds against him than ever before.

Approx Running Time: 9 hrs and 51 mins

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Starting: (3485) The Traitor by Stephen Coonts

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Skipping/Commets: (3484) Digital Fortress by Brown, Dan

I remember listening to this book before and didn't feel like listening to it again.

Next Item: (3485) The Traitor by Stephen Coonts

Publisher's Summary:

The death of a French intelligence agent on an Air France flight to Amman, Jordan, is the trigger that launches Tommy Carmellini's latest adventure. Within the European Union, the national espionage agencies are fiercely competing for supremacy against each other, and against the CIA. When the Americans discover that the director of the French spy agency has secret investments in the Bank of Palestine, alarm bells go off. To investigate, the Americans send Jake Grafton, who has been brought back from retirement to unravel a tangle of espionage, terrorism, and murder. And of course, the man Grafton wants on the point is Tommy Carmellini.

Together they uncover an elaborate strategy to infiltrate the highest levels of Al Qaeda with a top-level plant, but who is playing whom? As Carmellini delves deep undercover he finds he is running for his life. Grafton and Carmellini uncover a horrifying plan to shake the West as never before, and a catch 22: Can they stop the conspiracy without compromising the intelligence source that could bring down Al Qaeda once and for all?

Approx Running Time: 10 hrs and 28 mins

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Starting: (3484) Digital Fortress by Brown, Dan

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Finished/Comments: (3483) Deathlands #35; Bitter Fruit by James Axler

Great book. The story is a bit different this time. More "freezes" from before the holocaust.

Next Item: (3484) Digital Fortress by Brown, Dan

Publisher's Summary:

When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage, not by guns or bombs, but by a code so complex that if released it would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.

Approx Running Time: 11 hrs and 52 mins

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Starting: (3483) Deathlands #35; Bitter Fruit by James Axler

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Finished/Comments: (3482) Spartan Gold by Cussler, Clive & Grant Blackwood

Great book. This was not a Dirk Pitt, Oragon, Kurt Austin or the detective series that Cussler's known for. I'll have to research if this is a new series.

Next Item: (3483) Deathlands #35; Bitter Fruit by James Axler

Summary by Graphic Audio:

In the nuclear-storm devastated Deathlands a warrior survivalist of the twenty-second century leads the relentless fight to reclaim a lost world.

Barely escaping from a marauding gang, Ryan Cawdor and his band of post-holocaust survivors emerge from a gateway into an idyllic community ruled by Druidic law. But this new Eden may be a mirage, concealing a deadly threat. For the seed of dissent had been sown in the past, and is again ready to destroy.

Nature rules in the Deathlands, but man still destroys.
 
Approximate Run Time: 6 hours

On Graphic Audio: http://www.graphicaudio.net/p-408-35-bitter-fruit.aspx

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Starting: (3482) Spartan Gold by Cussler, Clive & Grant Blackwood

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Finished/Comments: (3481) Legacy of the Aldenata BK #12; The Tuloriad by John Ringo & Tom Kratman

Good book and ending to the series.

Next Item: (3482) Spartan Gold by Cussler, Clive & Grant Blackwood

Publisher's Summary:

The debut of a brand-new, action-packed series from the number-one New York Times best-selling master of "pure entertainment" (People).

Thousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800 Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars in the Pennine Alps. Unable to transport them, Napoleon creates a map on the labels of 12 bottles of rare wine. And when Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear....

Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a World War II German U-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's "lost cellar". Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection.

But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they've just found. He is Hadeon Bondaruk - a half- Russian, half-Persian millionaire. He claims to be a descendant of King Xerxes himself. And he wants his treasure back.

Approx Running Time: 12 hrs and 25 mins

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Starting: (3481) Legacy of the Aldenata BK #12; The Tuloriad by John Ringo & Tom Kratman

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Finished/Comments: (3480) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers

Old Time Radio Show: Boston Blackie Disc 2; Ep480505-Jackie Meers Prison Break 05-05-1948 starring Chester Morris
COMMENTS: Good audio quality. Good show
http://otrcat.com

Album: Three Dog Night Captured Live at the Forum
COMMENTS: good album
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Sci-fi Podcast: Escape Pod; Ep-256-the Mermaids Singing Each to Each by Cat Rambo
COMMENTS: ok story
http://escapepod.org

Album: LeAnn Rimes Greatest Hits
COMMENTS: good album
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Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #532 (01-30-11) hosted by Sal Calfa
COMMENTS: good show
http://lejazzaffair.com

Music Podcast: Smooth Jazz Affair Show #02 (08-14-09) Hosted by Sal Calfa
COMMENTS: good show
http://smoothjazzaffair.com

Single: I Like Beer by Tom T. Hall from the album, The Best Of Tom T Hall 20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection
COMMENTS: good single

Old Time Radio Show: X Minus One; Ep044-a Pail of Air 1956-03-28
COMMENTS: good audio quality and good show
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Next Item: (3481) Legacy of the Aldenata BK #12; The Tuloriad by John Ringo & Tom Kratman

Publisher's Summary:

Of the once innumerable battle clans of the possess only a handful survive. And that on the sufferance of a group of despised Indowy and Himmit. Plucked from the maelstrom on Earth, they are cast out into the eternal blackness of the stars with only a slightly insane Indowy and a computer virus to guide them.

What follows is a trail of tears and remembrance as the Posleen retrace the footsteps of their ancestors in a search for their homeworld. A search to determine if the Posleen posess the one thing no Human would give them credit for: a soul. Returned to their beginnings, the question remains: Is there a new path for the Tular Posleen?

Approx Running Time: 14 hrs and 14 mins Plus Music Interlude.

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MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Moody Blues Caught Live + 5
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Shania Twain Come on Over
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Starting (3480) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers

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Skipping/Commets: (3479) Gettysburg; a novel of the Civil War by Gingrich, Newt & Forstchen, William

I really enjoyed Newt's books on Pearl Harbor and the U.S. Getting into WWII, but this one seems dry and boring. I think its the narration.

Next Item: (3480) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers

Summary:

Old Time Radio Show: Boston Blackie Disc 2; Ep480505-Jackie Meers Prison Break 05-05-1948 starring Chester Morris
http://otrcat.com

Album: Three Dog Night Captured Live at the Forum
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002PE9?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Sci-fi Podcast: Escape Pod; Ep-256-the Mermaids Singing Each to Each by Cat Rambo
http://escapepod.org

Album: LeAnn Rimes Greatest Hits
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000D9PFN?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Music Podcast: Le Jazz Affair Show #532 (01-30-11) hosted by Sal Calfa
http://lejazzaffair.com

Music Podcast: Smooth Jazz Affair Show #02 (08-14-09) Hosted by Sal Calfa
http://smoothjazzaffair.com

Single: I Like Beer by Tom T. Hall from the album, The Best Of Tom T Hall 20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection

Old Time Radio Show: X Minus One; Ep044-a Pail of Air 1956-03-28
http://ortcat.com

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Starting (3479) Gettysburg; a novel of the Civil War by Gingrich, Newt & Forstchen, William

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Finished/Comments: (3478) Black Monday by Reiss, R. Scott

Second time for this book. Enjoyable listening to it again after a year or two. Good food for thought if most of the oil fields were distroyed.

Next Item: (3479) Gettysburg; a novel of the Civil War by Gingrich, Newt & Forstchen, William

Publisher's Summary:

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and veteran author William R. Forstchen combine their talents in this powerful and rousing alternate history of the most legendary Civil War clash.

After two days of brutal combat, Confederate General Robert E. Lee is faced with an agonizing decision. He can either launch a frontal assault directly at the center of Union lines, or he can flank the Federals and attack from the rear. Choosing the second option, Lee sends his troops around the Union army, cutting them off from Washington, D.C. and their supplies. Staring at the face of disaster, the Federals are forced into a desperate fight to survive.

Gettysbury is a fascinating "what if?" novel that faithfully brings to life the major players in America's greatest battle and places them in an entirely plausible scenario. Through Tom Stechschulte's stirring narration, listeners will marvel at what could have been.

Approx Running Time: 17 hrs and 3 mins Plus Music Interlude.

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MUSIC INTERLUDE:
History- America's Greatest Hits
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002VEPGW?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

The Best Of Barbara Mandrell
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Starting (3478) Black Monday by Reiss, R. Scott

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Finished/Comments: (3477) The Forever War by Joe Halderman

Interesting book. Good space war science fiction, not a keeper like Campbell's and Moon's books.

Next Item: (3478) Black Monday by Reiss, R. Scott

Publisher's Summary:

When a Muslim cleric predicts planes will fall from the sky, America braces for a terrorist attack. But when the prediction proves true, the real cause is far more terrifying: a microbe that eats oil, effectively destroying all gas-operated mechanisms. Gillette, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control, understands the devastation that the microbe could wreak. But his far-more-chilling theory is that the microbe is synthetic and the work of terrorists. When no one will listen, Gillette must take it upon himself to stop the epidemic only he can foresee. As the world's economy grinds to a crashing halt, Gillette races against the clock to find the source of the microbe and its antidote.
This gripping, high-concept thriller about a virus that is eating the world's oil supply is reminiscent of Michael Crichton's best.

Approx Running Time: 12 hrs and 7 mins

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Starting (3477) The Forever War by Joe Halderman

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Finished/Comments: (3476) The Survivalist #11; The Reprisal by Jerry Ahern

Excellent book. Second time through just as good as the first time.

Next Item: (3477) The Forever War by Joe Halderman

Publisher's Summary:

When it was first published over 20 years ago, Joe Haldeman's novel won the Hugo and Nebula awards and was chosen Best Novel in several countries. Today, it is hailed a classic of science fiction that foreshadowed many of the futuristic themes of the 1990s: bionics, sensory manipulation, and time distortion.

William Mandella is a soldier in Earth's elite brigade. As the war against the Taurans sends him from galaxy to galaxy, he learns to use protective body shells and sophisticated weapons. He adapts to the cultures and terrains of distant outposts. But with each month in space, years are passing on Earth. Where will he call home when (and if) the Forever War ends?

Narrator George Wilson's performance conveys all the imaginative technology and human drama of The Forever War. Set against a backdrop of vivid battle scenes, this absorbing work asks provocative questions about the very nature of war.

Approx Running Time; 9 hrs and 19 mins

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Starting (3476) The Survivalist #11; The Reprisal by Jerry Ahern

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Skipping/Commets: (3475) War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells

I've listened to this book several times already. At the end of the first disc, I decided to move on to the next book.

Next Item: (3476) The Survivalist #11; The Reprisal by Jerry Ahern

Summary by Graphic Audio:

World War III and its aftermath of all-consuming fire left civilization on the brink of extinction. But John Thomas Rourke, the ex-CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist, and survival expertâ€"still lives, fighting the elements and the odds.

And those odds have never been more heavily stacked against Rourke than when he finds his son mortally wounded and Natalia and all of his family kidnapped by a Russian foe, long thought dead.

As Rourke's son hovers between life and death under the watchful eyes of John Rubenstein, Rourke loads his weapons and sets out across a desolate America. His destination: "The Womb" in Colorado, where he must battle an enemy who brutally tortures his helpless captives before killing them. Rourke cannot afford to fail. There will be no second chances for The Survivalist.

Approximate Run Time: 4 hours

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Skipping/Commets: (3474) The Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Book dry and boring.

Next Item: (3475) War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells

Publisher's Summary:

First published by H. G. Wells in 1898, The War of the Worlds is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator intones, "No one would have believed in the last years of the 19th century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's."

Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first, the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity, even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100 feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat.

Approx Running Time: 5 hrs and 56 mins

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