Story with a view

another great book with a fantastic story, sadly i got annoyed or frustrated with the reader as the voice became higher and darker after it finished a meaning but it was still the same characther talking....

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A good addition to the Tales of The Four Horseman books

I really liked this book as it references characters from the first book, Cartwright's Cavaliers, and expands on the stories of several individuals from that book.

It's a good follow-up to Cartwright's Cavaliers (the 1st book in this sequence) and as is normal in this universe, loveable and notable characters are not immune to bullets and may die in an instant.

It's refreshing to see that the harsh realities of war can creep into space-opera swashbuckling stories such as these.
Too often there's a focus on the invincibility and outright luck of popular characters within a story that stretches the credibility of the tale.
While this halo-effect certainly happens for some major characters in the FH universe, it is used mostly as a way to enrich the story and legend of the Four Horsemen Mercenary Companies.

There are some intriguing elements introduced in this book that I hope will be developed later on.

All in all a good addition to the Tales of The Four Horseman books.

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As with other books, the only real negatives come down to a narrator's pronunciations, or in this case, more the narrator's reading style...

When I first started listening, I thought that the narrator, Michael Hinton, might have been under the influence of 'something' as it was so slow and painful to listen to.
At one point, I was listening to him read at 1.2x normal speed just to make it sound 'normal.'

As the reading went on, he speeded up considerably.
As another reviewer was driven to mention, large sections were edited-in.
These often sounded so different to the point of jarring.
It did sound like two different people were recording the novel.

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A good sequel

Winged Hussars is the 3rd book in the Revelations Cycle series, and a part of the Four Horeseman Universe of books

If Cartwright's Cavaliers was the series finding its feet, then its sequel Asbaran Solutions was a bit of a miss step. Chris Kennedy's writing wasn't as good as Wandrey's (but still enjoyable), and thankfully, Wandrey returns for this instalment.

Winged Hussars is possibly the best book so far, and here's why
1) The story is not just "Humans are the goods guys, Aliens are the bad guys". The Winged Hussars aren't just a human merc unit, and because of that, you have a great mix of interesting and memorable characters. You also learn a lot more about some alien races, which is a bonus

2) The book has its usual mech combat elements, but a lot more is given over to space naval encounters. These are well written, and gives the series another dynamic

3) The protagonists are well-defined and fleshed out (especially the returning Rick Culper from Cartwright's Cavaliers). Both heroes are likeable, and their stories compelling

4) The narration (for the audible release) is much better than Asbaran (even though the narrator threw me a bit with his pronunciation of "strafing"

Easily a 4.5

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Good story, but....

Good story but the narration is a bit strange. It sounds like two people have been edited together which makes listening unpleasant.

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