Battle on the Marathon

By: John Thornton

Narrated by: Chuck DiMaria

The Colony ship Marathon left a dying Earth on a generation's long voyage to another planet. Inside its giant biomes were people who would spend their entire lives during that flight. They knew that their descendants would be the people who would arrive at the destination world.

Life in those biomes was as close to life on Earth as possible, including ecologies, plants, animals, and families. In its own way, those biomes were idyllic. Additionally, tens of thousands of people would make the journey in suspended animation to be awakened on the destination planet.

During the long journey, something went wrong. Something else was on the Marathon. This adventure chronicles the life of one habitat dweller named Kalju, as he becomes aware of his role in what is taking place.

How will the battle on the Marathon end?

This is one audiobook in the John Thornton's Colony Ship Universe series.

©2017 John Thornton (P)2017 Automacube Enterprises

"Die, gas breathers!"

This first person narrative is in the form of a journalistic letter to the hero's younger brother Ryan, and traces Kalju's "coming of age" from career testing at age 13 through training and out into the "real" world of a multi-compartmented/habitated colony spaceship. And it is massive! (Both book and spaceship.) Rather than stringing the subject matter into a series of novellas, we are treated to an entire saga which is enhanced by Chuck DiMaria's expert narration, bringing Kalju from boy to man as he learns his past and his world and how to cope with injustice, incompetence and aliens. On the positive side there is learning and trust and camaraderie and hope for the future. And aliens. Very scary aliens. ("Die, gas breathers!")

Although the narrative stands completely on its own it is actually part of a larger series of stories dealing with post-apocalyptic human existence, the Colony Ship universe.

18 hours of non stop adventure !

I really liked this book and Chuck DiMaria's Narration. The world that John Thornton summoned up left my imagination on overdrive for days after this book was done. The malevolence of the books antagonist collectively made me so mad. That is what a good audio book is supposed to do. Move you and make you think on many levels. Battle on the Marathon did just that and I for one am anxious for the sequel. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Non stop sci-fi action, what's not to love. I enjoyed the characters and the well told story. Very enjoyable.

The narrator wasn't my favorite. I definitely would have enjoyed the book more with a different narrator.

This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review.

A journey, a struggle, and the right to colonize.

Would you consider the audio edition of Battle on the Marathon to be better than the print version?

I did not read a print version, but I find a good story teller always adds to the tale. Chuck DiMaria is a good reader who helped the story.

What did you like best about this story?

John Thornton has given us a work of almost non-stop action. He drove the story forward with conflict and struggle against each other and alien invaders. I enjoyed the concept of aliens impeding human efforts to colonize other worlds and having to battle to retain control of their ship to complete their journey.

Which scene was your favorite?

The struggle to seize and control the alien technology was exciting and stays in my memory.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I really did have trouble stopping long enough to get through my other life routines. Listening on my phone was a new a pleasurable experience also.

Any additional comments?

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

Review

Here's how I rate

On narrator
5= good read speed, good pronunciation, appealing voice/voices.
4= an issue with one of the above
3= many issues
1-2 I couldn't finish because of his voice

I didn't care much for the narrator contacted author let him know my issues. Very nice guy.

Story
5= good plot, keeps my attention, it doesn't ramble along, good character development
The rest follows a similar to narrator

I liked the over all story and the author was a nice guy.






"This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review."