awesome sauce

there's 16 books in this series and I like how this first book went. im #TeamTom the true wingman any girl could ask 4. I also like the AI hope she does more going fwd. I was wondering why the book had this title for the longest time and I didn't get it... now im worried about the next book's title.
The narrator has a very bad accent going for Tom but you know what?it's consistent which is what a girl needs in the end.

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Warhammer 40,000 like.

What did you like most about Mutineer?

Meet Kris 'one of those' Longknife, she is born to a man who is president of at least one planet, yes one of those. She comes from a long history of Longknife's who get into trouble, make the world safer and piss off a lot of people on the way. It seems she is no different. A good read with lots of action and very memorable characters. However a word of warning to all Warhammer 40,000 fans out there, this is pre the awakening.

I found this book very much seems to be stuck very much in the middle of Warhammer 40,000 and general sci-fi books. There are many parallels that could be drawn between the two and I found it hard not to think 'I could be reading about Horus' throughout at times. A great book that stands well on its own two feet if you are looking to get into Warhammer it is a brilliant starting point and opening into that field. If you are already a fan give it a go you may enjoy it as the characters have their own say just try not to compare as they are different in their own paths.

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brillant

I'm from a navy family and i really like the book and the book is interesting

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Really Good

Very good story, I really like genre and will be continuing the series. thankyou

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Competent and fun; a good start.

I had a good time listening to this book and the story was a lot of fun; nothing that's going to change the way you think about the world, but the political dimension to the central character is interesting and serves the story well. Yes, Kris Longknife is a can-do, ultra successful protagonist, but by the end of the novel she seems like she has a little more depth; the writing feels more comfortable.

Also, the narrator is not given an easy ride with some of the accents: she gets Irish close enough (though if you actually are Irish and listening to this, you might get a little wound up), but Scottish brogue is not a successful part of her repertoire. Still, I enjoyed a little bit of accidental comedy in the latter half of the book and it didn't stop my appreciation of the story.

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Could do better

This, the first book in the longknife series, is a well paced and, at times, thought provoking book that is let down by a number of inconsistancies by the authour and awful accents by the narrator. The narrator sometimes makes you feel like their narrating a childrens book and her Scottish accents are the worst i have heard in a long time. The main flaw in this book is that the authour has clearly not done enough research into his subject matter. From his implying that Highlanders came from England to the total lack of any science realism, this book is dissapointing. If a science fiction authour wants to ignore physics, fine, make up some new science (like Star Trek) but don't talk about radar and optical sensors in space that magically ignore the speed of light. This carelessness mars what could have easily been a much better book. The character development is good as is the story telling but ultimatly i was left dissapointed.

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Check the sample

Mike Sheperd writes a really good story, multi-layered and with a good dry wit. Listen to the narrator before buying as, if you can't 're-read' it in your mind, you'll find the voice a problem. Tommy's funny Irish could be put down to the Chinese influence but, as another has said, the Scots is awful! I disagree that Shepherd had the Scots as English however. He was comparing the Lorna Doon Officers Mess with the English in India... Well, listen/read and make up your own mind. I've gone on to get more I like the story that much.

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Scottish Accents Not a Strong Point

While I generally liked the performance on this one, Dina Pearlman can't do Scottish accents for toffee. I'm inclined to believe she's reading the written down accent however, since the author doesn't know what a Yorkshire Pudding is.

I liked this, but it did seem to have more text than story; ie. it was a little long, as in elongated for word count. Kris suffers from that most unfortunate of character conditions, not seeing the bleeding obvious until 5 minutes after the reader. However, the plot is pretty good, the action is realistic, the spaceships actually use a form of Newtonian physics (at least as far as sublight travel is concerned), and Kris is a likeable character.

One of the strongest points of the book is also its weakest. Mike Shepherd was a Navy brat according to his bio and the book is jammed full of naval jargon which is very authentic-sounding, very atmospheric, and requires you to look up half the words before you can figure out what gives. Kris is a Boot Ensign; I spent the first 5 minutes of the book looking that up on Wikipedia. There's such a thing as too much authenticity.

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Shame about the accents

There is a lot to like about this book, it's a quality military SF novel with shades of Honour Harrington without being a mindless clone. The narration is generally good if not quite to my taste.

The only problem is when the narrator feels the need for a 'Scottish' or to a lesser extent 'Irish' accent (both of which are quite prominent) the results are best approached with some preparation.

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Sorry, not my cup of tea.

I got bored half way through chapter one. I tried restarting the story several times, but no change in my final opinion.

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