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The Ivanhoe Gambit
- Timewars, Book 1
- Narrated by: J. Keith Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Summary
In the 27th century, international disputes are resolved through time travel, “clocking” soldiers from the future into conflicts of the past. It seemed like an elegant idea: Wartime industries drove the economy without actually putting nations through the physical ravages of war. And since the past already happened, history could not be changed. So went the theory. What could possibly go wrong?
Lucas Priest found out the hard way. Enlisting in the US Army Temporal Corps seemed like an adventure compared to his boring corporate job, but after marching with the Roman legions against Hannibal, fighting Custer’s 7th Cavalry with Crazy Horse, and raiding with Attila’s savage Huns, he could have used a little boredom. And it was about to get much worse.
History, it turned out, could be changed, and a plot to kidnap and impersonate King Richard the Lion-hearted was discovered barely in the nick of time. But could it be stopped before a madman changed the course of history? Two elite commando teams had tried and failed in their attempts. Now, Priest was drafted to take part in a third.
The team was tasked to infiltrate the past with impersonations of their own to prevent a timestream split. But it would be hard enough passing themselves off as Sir Ivanhoe, Robin Hood, and Little John without having to assassinate a king!
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- Buzzard
- 19-07-24
Very enjoyable sci-fi time travelling romp
I was very close to giving this 5/5 overall but it's not quite there, however it's certainly more of a 4.5/5 than a 4.0/5.
I first read this book (and series) more than thirty years ago. It’s a very enjoyable sci-fi time travelling romp without pretending to be high literature and it’s fun to see how the author weaves his story around the “established” elements taken from classic novels. I’ve still got all the books and re-read them again for the umpteenth time a few months ago and still thought they were enjoyable and had aged pretty well.
So, I was delighted to see the first book was available on Audible.
The narrator is good, with clearly different voices for the characters. However, the American accent does mean some English names are pronounced differently than expected!
My only criticism would be that I don’t know why they put drum rolls between each chapter – that really doesn’t help if one is listening to this whilst drifting off to sleep!
If Audible publish the rest of the series with the same narrator, then I would definitely snap them up.
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- R
- 21-05-23
Classic Sci-Fi
The Time Wars series while 100% sci-fi is still more historically accurate than the average Netflix documentary. Each Novel is based upon either a real life historical event, or period classic literature, with the story weaving between the known historical facts and the previously established narrative.
The Ivanhoe Gambit (1984)
The Timekeeper Conspiracy (1984)
The Pimpernel Plot (1984)
The Zenda Vendetta (1985)
The Nautilus Sanction (1985)
The Khyber Connection (1986)
The Argonaut Affair (1987)
The Dracula Caper (1988)
The Lilliput Legion (1989)
The Hellfire Rebellion (1990)
The Cleopatra Crisis (1990)
The Six-Gun Solution (1991)
The Ivanhoe gambit follows the events described in the classic novel Ivanhoe, written by Sir Walter Scott, with the story shifting from the original romance to a tense action thriller. As with all the Time Wars books, you come away with the feeling that this was the "real" story, as many of the inconsistencies from the original literature are explained.
The Narration is mediocre, with poor accents, and occasional mispronunciation, sometimes with comic results. (The best example being the use of "incontinence" when I can only assume the text said "incompetence".) Despite these problems the narration seldom detracts from the story.
Unfortunately, only the 1st book is currently available from Audible, but don't let this discourage you, as each book is a complete story, and you can always read the text if you get addicted. I would also recommend his Wizard fantasy series, starting with The Wizard of 4th Street (1987). Hopefully these will come to Audible some day.
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