Exodus: Dead Plane

Exodus: Dead Planet, Book 1

Written by: Drew Avera

Narrated by: Al Kessel

Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins

Series: Dead Planet, Book 1

Unabridged Audiobook

Release Date:01-21-15

Publisher: Drew Alexander Avera

For me the plot was good and so was the narration, this book does leave a lot of questions unanswered. To have come so far to live on Mars but not having a lot more than they had on earth is a little too much to believe. I expected it to be more advance but the only where I saw this was in their weapons. I found a lot that was hard to believe from the Mob not being able to keep track of their soldiers (hit men). If you are going to go as far as program humans I would have thought you would have put a device in them to know where they are and a way to kill them if they were to out step the line. This hit man was going to the hospital to visit a friend with no worries of being caught didn’t change his look at all even with a price tag on his head. This is how it goes through out the story. He doesn’t change his look until later at the end of this one or the beginning of the next one. Running around looking like a policeman is fine why he is on Mars but not so cool when on a space ship with a price on your head. It was way to easy for him to get in and out even when there were soldiers waiting for him on the outside. The members of the mob knew him, knows what he is doing but they let him get on the ship without stopping him even when he comes face to face with one. So much of this makes no sense to me but it does make a action pack read.

Mr. Kessel does a good job of narration at first I thought his tones were a little off but as he goes along he does get better with a few places sounding a little off. His character voices were not but when the female were angry they seemed a little too soft. At times it seems like he is pushing the emotion with other times hitting them right on the money. His different characters have nice pleasure voices. The voice he gave to the mob members were strong, deep and full of power. His performance for the most part was good he did make this a more pleasurable listen. A little more work is needed to make this come across more easy flow. At times if felt like the narrator was as lost as I was at times. If this is the case it would have a big effect on his narration. I did not hear any background noise. If any breaks were taken I could not tell. The music used at the beginning and end fits the story went well with the story wasn’t over powering and was very smooth as you go into the story. With not having enough information given and at times too much I thought this narrator did a great job. I have listened to the next one in this series and plan on listening to some more of his work to get the full impact. I really think with the right book this narrator would be outstanding. I just really felt he felt as lost as I was at times trying to understand all the pit falls of a story that leave so much out. I feel it was a 3.5 but giving him a 4 until I listen to more of his work.

The author does a wonderful job explain why Mars is falling and that the people haven’t learn must from the past using up it resource never looking to the future. I do understand why they would want to move on and why maybe earth might be the better place since so many years have passed it might have refueled itself. I understand why they picked who they picked to take back and why they tried to ease the peoples mind with the lies they told. To me this was just too unrealistic and leaves a lot of questions unanswered. We may find the answers in the next book or we may not. This book needs more development with more information given to make the reads understand the full impact the author is trying to give us. I did think it was entertaining and at times an interesting read but was very lacking. This is just my thoughts please give it a read or listen and see what you think. It has some major good and bad points. There were parts I really liked and many others that left me confused.

Buy links.

Audible

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Exodus-Audiobook/B00SHKKPSM

Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/EXODUS-Dead-Planet-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00C1KP6SS/ref=cm_cr_if_orig_subj?_encoding=UTF8&linkCode=xm2&tag=audiblecom0f-20

Summary

Exodus is a dystopian science-fiction audiobook that takes place on Mars in the distant future. The world is full of corruption, and the government is run by an organization of businessmen called the Syndicate. Their aim is global domination through total control of the economy, health, and welfare of the people. They do not take human life as anything more than a potential profit, and once a person is deemed a burden to their pockets the Syndicate has them killed. The policemen are the perfect tools for their bidding. The policemen work for the Agency and are essentially political assassins. This is the story of one man against the world.

Can anyone stand against the Syndicate? Follow the story of Serus Blackwell and find out.