Passage at Arms

By: Glen Cook

Narrated by: Brian Troxell

The ongoing war between humanity and the Ulat is a battle of attrition that humanity is unfortunately losing. However, humans have the advantage of trans-hyperdrive technology, which allows their climber fleet, under very narrow and strenuous conditions, to pass through space almost undetectable. Passage at Arms tells the intimate, detailed, and harrowing story of a climber crew and its captain during a critical juncture of the war. Cook combines speculative technology with a canny and realistic portrait of men at war and the stresses they face in combat. Passage at Arms is one of the classic novels of military science fiction.

©1985 Glen Cook (P)2014 Audible Inc.

I keep coming back to this story

I've read/listened to this so many times. it goes between plot and character development but tells a moving narrative of a wartime mission.

Outstanding SciFi abused by poor audio editors

I love Glen Cooks work, I also love Tom Clancy, so when I heard Cook wrote a Hunt For Red October style space submarine drama; instant joygasm.
The story is compelling, the characters are very flushed out and relatable, and Cook doesn’t bog you down with exposition or info dumps.
The narrator does an outstanding job, keeping character voices distinct and consistent, and he does wonderfully with the sometimes disjointed style Cook wrote this book in.
Where this particular Cook book (see what I did there?) suffers is the failure in post production. The editor utterly screwed up, not leaving enough time between abrupt cutoffs and new sections, as well as a few instances of incorporating multiple takes of the same lines.
Listen, if you go into this knowing it’s scuffed, it won’t piss you off as much; but even scuffed YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS BOOK.

Incredible

A harrowing story. Slow towards the start, but bold and exciting til the end once the action gets flowing. Worth every penny.

Get it in print instead

I got the impression this book was written with lots of short sections and spaces between them to signify a break, or a switch to a new instant of observation from the main character. If a so, the producers did nothing to signify that, resulting in what seems like a steady narration that leaps all over the place. It was jarring to me and made it difficult to sink into the story.

Really interesting story, but consider checking out
The print/eBook if that style of verbal storytelling would throw you.

brian Troxel made a great book even better. thanx

brian Troxel made a great book even better, thanx my friend, Hungry for more of this book(read it 2-3 times over the years)listening to Brians narration was perfect, listened to every word. perfect