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  • Five Tribes

  • Course of Empire Series, Book 2
  • By: Brian Nelson
  • Narrated by: Bradford Hastings
  • Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (292 ratings)

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Summary

Countdown to Doomsday

The year is 2026. The US military has a new weapon in its arsenal: an intelligent life-form so versatile that it can not only create a new generation of weapons but can become a weapon itself - entering a host’s body to manipulate (or kill) them. Admiral James Curtiss is tasked with deploying the new weapons, first in Cuba, then Venezuela, then China. But the news of the military’s breakthrough has gotten out and there are menacing forces trying to steal it.

What’s more, a single man has somehow harnessed the new power and has become something more than human - godlike and seemingly indestructible. He is known only as the Inventor, and he has a warning for humanity: abandon the new technology or the human race will face extinction. It’s a countdown to doomsday. But humanity’s final fate may be decided in the most unlikely of places: among the primitive tribes of the Kalahari Desert where a top secret military mission has just taken an unexpected turn.

©2021 by Brian Nelson (P)2021 by Blackstone Publishing

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Totally engaging, intellectually very interesting

This is a great book, but read 'The Last Sword Maker' first. The narrator is absolutely first class, what a great story teller.

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Five Tribes

loved this story and can't wait for the next Brian Nelson book ! Excellent narrator.

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Futuristic and well told.

I came to this book as included. being the second book in the series I will now have to get the first book. Good read.

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Gripping

Wow one of the best books in a long time.
Can't wait for the next

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Excellent sequel

Loved the first one, second did not disappoint and now itching for the third. May well be my new favourite techno-thriller writer. Just wish he had more already published that I could jump in to!

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loved this dook

this was a great story with fantastic narration all the accents and tribal tongue I can't wait to get stuck in to the next book

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Awesome book

Definitely preferred this to the first book. The story in this book is actually unrivalled in that apart from the thrill, & action, it also depicts flawed characters, & highly skilled individuals trying to answer difficult questions. This is not one of those annoying “America always wins” kinda books; the story makes you connect with something deeper especially with the not-so primitive tribe. Narrator was superb

Fyi you can listen to this without listening to the first one & it should still make sense

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Surprise!

Got this on Plus. wouldn't normally have taken a punt, but what an excellent story! Solid character development, good pace, tense action scenes.

Genuinely enjoyed this, will have my eye open for subsequent books

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Good sequel to the first book

Enjoyed listening to this second book and look forward to the third- read very well!

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An upgrade on the last book!

I enjoyed this one a lot more than the last. I enjoyed the intrigue, the science fiction and mutli story narratives. It definitely feels like an alleyhoop to the next one. I will certainly be reading the next.

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