Tempered in Steel

The Constant War, Book 1

By: J.E. Mac

Narrated by: Scott Yokum

Char didn't expect to be humanity's last hope. But what hero ever does?

Char is a mech-jockey, piloting a new mecha prototype designed to fight off an alien invasion of Sindarhe spawn, a race of space squids that worship an even larger Old God bent on having its way with Earth.

It wouldn't be so complicated if humans could actually fight from Earth, but they've had run-ins with previous Doomsday events—the previous one stranding them in Earth's orbit. The planet is strictly off limits.

This battle will be fought toe-to-tentacle. Armored mecha versus slimy squiddie. Unfortunately, Char's new prototype has a small, slight (did I mention small?) glitch.

The engineer who made the prototype, after convincing Char he is most certainly not a mad scientist, assures her that the glitch is a feature. Not a bug. And with it, she can be Earth's salvation.

Tempered in Steel is the first installment in the Constant War series, a rollicking, action-packed space war pitting human mecha-pilots against interdimensional madness—inducing space squids.

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New twist on sci fi and well narrated

The story is unique. New author to me J E Mac has a great imagination and I look forward to the world being explored and expanded upon. The writing is easy to follow and the story line drags you in. Humans kicked off of earth and living in space with squids attacking them. Char, the main character, slowly developing into an adult with a new prototype suit fighting the squids. Of course the suit has a few issues making it more realistic. Rarely does a prototype work exactly as planned. Glad to see a female lead that is seamlessly incorporated into the story.
The narrator, Scott Yoakum, is new as well. He has a great variety of voices. He is easy to listen to with a good pace and helps to bring the story to life.
I look forward to future books from both the author and narraror. He reminds me of John Perry the narrator of the Old Man Wars.

the story..

I've never been much of a fan of SciFi but from the prolog on, this drew me in. Well written and enjoyed the narrator. so we'll done, I forgot it wasn't multiple people!

narrator

this book is very well written, the story lost me for a minute or two, but the narrator kept me intrigued, I can't wait for book 2 to come out just so I can hear this narrator work his magic with the continuing story.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT

Great reader!

This story was fun! The readers voices were distinct and dynamic. I went right for the next book!