Alliance of Outlaws

The Augment War, Book 1

By: Ben Hale

Narrated by: Ryan Kennard Burke

A lost weapon. A forgotten enemy. A new alliance will rise.

An old enemy has returned. Militant zealots backed by a new leader who harbors a thirst for revenge. To face them, Reklin, a retired soldier, must enter the Grand Hunt, a brutal contest where people are prey, and rival teams are culled from the best soldiers in the galaxy. On such a mission, not everyone is coming home.

Ero Bright’Lor, an outcast krey noble, has a mad plan to form an alliance from the outlaw clans. If he can overcome centuries of enmity, their combined might would threaten the entire fleet of the Krey Empire. But the cause needs a leader.

Fortunately for him, a distant scavenger vessel has discovered the wreck of a drifting starship. Beneath the twisted hull of the derelict, Siena has waited 12 years for rescue. As a youth she was augmented into a living weapon, and her power has only grown in captivity....

Don't miss the start of this military sci-fi epic from Ben Hale, number one Amazon best-selling author of The Augmented. It's perfect for lovers of both Star Wars and Star Trek, as well as fans of authors such as Chris Fox, J.N. Chaney, and Lindsay Buroker.

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Good story, terrible performance

After listening to the the first set of Augmented books, where the performance was excellent, listening to Ryan Kennard Burke was like 8+ hours of nail on chalkboard abuse to the ears. His insistence on every male character speaking in a growl and every woman sounding like they are about to have an orgasm. Absolutely terrible. So bad I returned the audible book and swapped to kindle. I hope Ryan Kennard Burke gets better. Because this was just bad.

As to the book, I am sure from the first couple chapters I endured, it’s going to be as good as the first series, but the narrator has to go.

Good stuff

I loved the audiobook. Look forward to the other 2 books coming to audiobook. Hopefully soon.

So good!!

Ben Hale is my favorite author. I love eveything he writes. Well written and action packed. Even family friendly listening. Also great narration.

He did Siena Dirty

I really don't like the narration style on this one. When he is just reading its good until he gets to the voices why are all the guys sound like growly old men there is no distiction there. However his voice is what I imagined Ero's voice to be at first a bit more youthful than the original VA. The og. Va had the arrogance and cockiness downpat tho. The biggest crime was his voice for Siena. She sounds like an old women. She is 29- 30 years old she shouldnt sound so old. He did better with Mora. I think a female voice actor like in the original trilogy would have helped alot. he could focus on making a distinct voice for Krey, Dakaron and Humans. Siena also could have sounded her age as well

Great story, disappointing narrator

Loved the continuation of the story, hated that the original three narrators were not involved. The new narrator really spoiled the experience.