Two brothers facing an evil corp and a dragon

This book had an interesting mix of ideas and a decent overall story, but for some reason it did not quite click with me quite as much as it should have done.

I enjoyed the idea of a modern company waking a dragon by their drilling, but some of the other stuff they did was just a little too stereotypical evil corp for them to be a compelling enough baddie. Besides them you are obviously left the dragon itself along with the various animals on the destroyed remains of Ireland that had been somehow mutated by its presence and these worked fairly well as an obstacle for our collection of heroes, but weren't quite compelling enough.

Facing these obstacles you mainly had two brothers who were both special forces at one time (younger brother still was) along with some other members of Rick's (younger brother) who had been sent to Ireland to retrieve some sensitive data that somehow got trapped there when the dragon first appeared a number of years ago and finally, a hacker-type friend of their from back when they were kids. On the whole this cast worked out pretty well, but the brothers both showing some signs of near-psychic ability seemed a little unnecessary.

The narrator of this book gave a good performance with a clear and distinctive style with all significant characters having enough individuality in the performance so that they all stood out enough from one another.

Overall, there were some flaws with this book, but it was an interesting story that I enjoyed listening to with none of them being big enough to disrupt that.

[I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]

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great story, novice storytelling

the story is excellently thought out, but it seems evident that the Author is new to writing doing a lot of rookie mistakes...
some of them is grama, others is repeating descriptive words several times in on each other following sentences, lastly a few times it's outright making characters do stupid shit to get the story moving which frustrates me when the characters are highly trained spec ops soldiers...
I will keep an eye on Daniel Swenson, the stories will probably remain amazing and the skills will improve with practice.

Steve Campbell does a great job of giving the characters voices...
not much to say, he makes the experience better

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Modern day adventuring and dragon hunting.

Oil drilling wakes up a dragon and the world pays for it but it is not the end of the world and life goes on just with a new danger in the world. It is a quite refreshing take on this sort of event the fact that a single creature does not end the world as it can only be in one place at once. The world takes it seriously but in a way, it's just like a natural disaster, not the apocalypse.

The book is more action hero than realistic military but it is still grounded enough that none of the characters feels indestructible or that they are protected by plot armour which adds a real sense of threat in the action/combat sections.

Getting to see things from different characters including the dragon's point of view helps the listen learn more about the characters and in places keep the action moving.

Daniel Swenson has done a great job here the writing is good and the characters are believable, I get the feeling there is more to this world that we find out about in this one book. The book has great pacing and I never had the chance to get bored, If I had the time I could have quite happily listen to this book from start to finish in one sitting. The story focuses very much on the characters which help make it engaging and keeps you listening.

The narration is easy to listen to and clear, the narrator does a good job giving each character their own unique voice. I like the sense of menace and arrogance the voice of the dragon adds. I would happily listen to other books narrated by Steve Campbell

After listening to this I am interested in finding out what happens next so I hope there is a book two. This setting has a lot of potential, I would love to find out more about some of the side characters.

All in all, this is a great listen. I am happy with the time I spent listening to this.


I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Fantastic Listening

Poor Henry is a geeky guy. Where his brother Rick is special ops. But when Rick get into trouble Henry is there to try to help him.
This is a delightful books. With some different twists.makes you want no need to hear more.
Each character with their own little quirks is so wonderfully written. Detail to the story was beautiful. The story is set in Ireland which has been described beautifully. Oh the Dragon (I love dragons) another character very well written m.
Steve Campbell I’ve never listen to him before was fantastic with each character voice. He made them come alive.i really enjoyed this book. I will listen to it again.
I was given this copy for an honest review.
Which I truly did.

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