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Doors Without End: Alternatives
When Robert Randall encounters a teenager during a blizzard, he quickly learns that her strangeness is only a foreshadowing of her impact on his life. Within minutes of meeting Kira, Robert is forced to kill, something he had sworn to never do again.
With her pursuers hounding their every move, Robert must escort Kira through the endless doors that connect the universes. All the while trying to get back to Kira’s dimension and rescue her mother from her captors.
With her pursuers hounding their every move, Robert must escort Kira through the endless doors that connect the universes. All the while trying to get back to Kira’s dimension and rescue her mother from her captors.
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355 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 4, 2013
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October 23, 2017
Doors Without End: Alternatives
By: Richard A. Bamberg
Narrated by: Jim Rogers
This is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary.
I loved this book! A loner writer who lost his wife recently saves a girl from a guy and finds himself in the middle of a mess of a life time. Parallel worlds, doppelgangers, people trying to kill him and steal the kid, and he finds people dying around him. Full of intrigue, adventure, sci-fi, and action. A fast paced book that keeps you jumping from world to world, awesomeness!
The narrator is absolutely perfect for this book. He goes from a deep gruff voice to a delicate girl's voice, lol. He keeps all the voices straight and there are plenty. Great job. He really helps the book! It made it more interesting than just me reading it. He made it more like a movie.
By: Richard A. Bamberg
Narrated by: Jim Rogers
This is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary.
I loved this book! A loner writer who lost his wife recently saves a girl from a guy and finds himself in the middle of a mess of a life time. Parallel worlds, doppelgangers, people trying to kill him and steal the kid, and he finds people dying around him. Full of intrigue, adventure, sci-fi, and action. A fast paced book that keeps you jumping from world to world, awesomeness!
The narrator is absolutely perfect for this book. He goes from a deep gruff voice to a delicate girl's voice, lol. He keeps all the voices straight and there are plenty. Great job. He really helps the book! It made it more interesting than just me reading it. He made it more like a movie.
December 23, 2017
( Format : Audio book )
"What's a couple of hours? A lifetime."
Life had lost meaning for Robert, retired soldier and now author, until a terrified young girl bursts into his world, a frightened thirteen years old, chased by gunmen who seem to want to kill her. Richard is pursued by his own demons, memories of deaths for which he felt responsible, and reluctantly they join forces in this clever, action packed story of different worlds touching.
With the dramatic first meeting of Robert and Kera, the pace is set but this book is not just fight and flight. It is also thoughtful with a slowly revealed character development of Robert himself and a glimpse into the ways in which societies evolve and differ. The writing is good, dialogue realistic and responses of the protagonists to their situations feel real. It is hard not to grow to like and empathize with the troubled man who had vowed to himself never to kill again but finds himself in circumstances where, to help this child, he must.
The narration by Jim Rogers is superb, intelligently following the pulse of the story and the characters within it. His gruff and gentle voice perfectly captured the character of Robert, slowly paced at first and without much emotion but, as the book evolves and the action grows ever more determined, so his narration follows, becoming increasingly more animated, wracking up the tension. His voicing of the other characters is also individual and distinct although no attempt was made to give Robert's companion, Charlie, an English accent despite several mentions in the storyline of his being a Brit. But this is a tiny detail which does not intrude in any way.
I loved this book, which surprised me somewhat as I usually prefer my science fiction rather hard edged. I have to thank the rights holder of Doors Without End for gifting me a complimentary copy, at my request, via Audiobook Boom. This is a book I would happily recommend to almost anyone. It is completely stand alone, which is often unusual now in the science fiction realm. It has adventure, action and excitement, travel between parallel worlds,, warmth and affection and great character development, all beautifully read and interpreted for us by Mr.Rogers
Yes, definitely recommended.
"What's a couple of hours? A lifetime."
Life had lost meaning for Robert, retired soldier and now author, until a terrified young girl bursts into his world, a frightened thirteen years old, chased by gunmen who seem to want to kill her. Richard is pursued by his own demons, memories of deaths for which he felt responsible, and reluctantly they join forces in this clever, action packed story of different worlds touching.
With the dramatic first meeting of Robert and Kera, the pace is set but this book is not just fight and flight. It is also thoughtful with a slowly revealed character development of Robert himself and a glimpse into the ways in which societies evolve and differ. The writing is good, dialogue realistic and responses of the protagonists to their situations feel real. It is hard not to grow to like and empathize with the troubled man who had vowed to himself never to kill again but finds himself in circumstances where, to help this child, he must.
The narration by Jim Rogers is superb, intelligently following the pulse of the story and the characters within it. His gruff and gentle voice perfectly captured the character of Robert, slowly paced at first and without much emotion but, as the book evolves and the action grows ever more determined, so his narration follows, becoming increasingly more animated, wracking up the tension. His voicing of the other characters is also individual and distinct although no attempt was made to give Robert's companion, Charlie, an English accent despite several mentions in the storyline of his being a Brit. But this is a tiny detail which does not intrude in any way.
I loved this book, which surprised me somewhat as I usually prefer my science fiction rather hard edged. I have to thank the rights holder of Doors Without End for gifting me a complimentary copy, at my request, via Audiobook Boom. This is a book I would happily recommend to almost anyone. It is completely stand alone, which is often unusual now in the science fiction realm. It has adventure, action and excitement, travel between parallel worlds,, warmth and affection and great character development, all beautifully read and interpreted for us by Mr.Rogers
Yes, definitely recommended.
December 21, 2017
Review originally published at: http://www.lomeraniel.com/audiobookre...
Something that bothered me at the beginning of this book is that we did not have any real reference as to when the story was set. After a while I understood it could be present time or near future. When that was clear I started enjoying the book. The characters were interesting and real enough to care for them, and the alternate realities, although not an original premise, was quite well done to attract my attention. It was an entertaining book, full of adventures, twists, and some surprises.
I found some of the things predictable, but that did not make me enjoy the book less. What I didn’t like so much was the damsel in distress role that almost all women have in this story. Robert Randall is there to save the day, but it seems the only reason to make him capable is that he is a man. There was also some flirting with several female characters, totally unnecessary for the plot.
My biggest problem with this audiobook was Jim Rogers’ narration. Not only his performance, but also the election of this particular narrator. By his voice, I imagined Robert to be an old man, which was not true. Also, the female characters sounded all the same, and there were some of them. There were also many mispronounced words, and for some reason the ‘d’ at the end of most words sounded like an ‘l’, which was quite distracting.
All in all, it was an enjoyable book, and one that I would recommend.
I received a copy of this book in audio format from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Something that bothered me at the beginning of this book is that we did not have any real reference as to when the story was set. After a while I understood it could be present time or near future. When that was clear I started enjoying the book. The characters were interesting and real enough to care for them, and the alternate realities, although not an original premise, was quite well done to attract my attention. It was an entertaining book, full of adventures, twists, and some surprises.
I found some of the things predictable, but that did not make me enjoy the book less. What I didn’t like so much was the damsel in distress role that almost all women have in this story. Robert Randall is there to save the day, but it seems the only reason to make him capable is that he is a man. There was also some flirting with several female characters, totally unnecessary for the plot.
My biggest problem with this audiobook was Jim Rogers’ narration. Not only his performance, but also the election of this particular narrator. By his voice, I imagined Robert to be an old man, which was not true. Also, the female characters sounded all the same, and there were some of them. There were also many mispronounced words, and for some reason the ‘d’ at the end of most words sounded like an ‘l’, which was quite distracting.
All in all, it was an enjoyable book, and one that I would recommend.
I received a copy of this book in audio format from the author in exchange for an honest review.
December 16, 2017
This book takes an interesting approach to the mechanics and uses of travelling between alternate realities, turning it into a relatively simple procedure. However, that is really just the background for the story of an ex-military man turned author named Robert, who is struggling to keep going in the months following the death of his wife.
His life gets changed drastically when he saves a girl named Kira, he eventually learns about travel between dimensions and agrees to help her rescue her mother (inventor of dimension-hopping technology) from the people that were after Kira and want to exploit this tech for their own dimension's gain.
There were some plot points that seemed a little too clearly signposted from the start, but other revelations were less obvious and whether you spotted any of them or not didn't detract from my overall impression of the story.
Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy the performance of the narrator as much as some I have heard, he sounded too old for how I pictured the main character and his secondary characters probably didn't stand out enough either. However, his delivery was clear and while the performance didn't enhance the book for me, it didn't detract from it either.
Overall, I enjoyed this book, it setup enough ideas for the author to return to that world in the another book if he wants, but this book was a fully self-contained story that has a clear ending if he chooses not do so.
[I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]
His life gets changed drastically when he saves a girl named Kira, he eventually learns about travel between dimensions and agrees to help her rescue her mother (inventor of dimension-hopping technology) from the people that were after Kira and want to exploit this tech for their own dimension's gain.
There were some plot points that seemed a little too clearly signposted from the start, but other revelations were less obvious and whether you spotted any of them or not didn't detract from my overall impression of the story.
Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy the performance of the narrator as much as some I have heard, he sounded too old for how I pictured the main character and his secondary characters probably didn't stand out enough either. However, his delivery was clear and while the performance didn't enhance the book for me, it didn't detract from it either.
Overall, I enjoyed this book, it setup enough ideas for the author to return to that world in the another book if he wants, but this book was a fully self-contained story that has a clear ending if he chooses not do so.
[I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]
December 10, 2017
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"I was provided this audio book at no charge by the narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBoom dot com".
I can’t recall if I started this book three or four times before I was able to make it past the first chapter. But this afternoon, whilst watching the snow fall, it finally caught my interest and took me from world to world.
I really enjoyed the characters, the plot, the world(s) building, and the storytelling. The narrator did a fabulous job with this book!
The multi-universe was explained in bite sized morsels as the book progressed.
It was enjoyable and broke my cabin fever and frustration about how my unplowed road threw my plans off.
A pleasant surprise and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants a taste of a subtler sci fi adventure.
"I was provided this audio book at no charge by the narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBoom dot com".
I can’t recall if I started this book three or four times before I was able to make it past the first chapter. But this afternoon, whilst watching the snow fall, it finally caught my interest and took me from world to world.
I really enjoyed the characters, the plot, the world(s) building, and the storytelling. The narrator did a fabulous job with this book!
The multi-universe was explained in bite sized morsels as the book progressed.
It was enjoyable and broke my cabin fever and frustration about how my unplowed road threw my plans off.
A pleasant surprise and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants a taste of a subtler sci fi adventure.
June 10, 2017
Doors Without End is a fast-paced sci-fi fantasy full of action. It starts off running from the first page and doesn't slow down until the end. Full of witty repartee and humour, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it even though I'm not usually a big fan of action novels. The multi-verse concept has always interested me and the explanations of the technology in the novel are sufficiently plausible, and the story rarely give you time to think about it too much. It's a fast, fun read – good for the beach or a rainy day.
Summary: Recommended to lovers of multiverse fantasy/sci-fi and action.
Disclaimer: I received this book in via LibraryThing in exchange for a fair review.
Summary: Recommended to lovers of multiverse fantasy/sci-fi and action.
Disclaimer: I received this book in via LibraryThing in exchange for a fair review.
October 15, 2017
A fast paced, sweat inducing thriller involving alternate worlds. I read it in one day, unable to put it down. A must read for scifi newbies.
September 5, 2018
The book starts with the main character having a conversation with a guy whom we don't find out about until much later in the book. Then enters the girl through a doorway. The only problem I have with the story is that the main character easily kills the guys chasing the girl. He claims to not want to but, he seems to do it without much thought to if that is the correct action and without much remorse or concern for repercussions.
I enjoyed the storyline and the idea of how the doors worked was a new idea. Not far into the book, I had the ending figured out but, I enjoyed the bit of uncertainty that I was correct. Even if I found it a bit predictable this was still a good listen.
The narrator (Jim Rogers) has a limited capacity to do adult female voices. At one point two women have a conversation and they sound same- bit awkward to listen to. When the stories action ramps up, like when the main character was being attacked or doing the attacking, the narrator sounded like an overamped sports announcer. When the action calmed down, he'd abruptly put on the brakes and go back to his usual cadence. During these segments, the audio quality changed a bit too so, it accentuated his sports announcerness. This style was not to my liking. He did the male voices well however.
I would not object to listening to another book by this narrator.
I look forward to reading/ listening to another book by this author.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this unbiased review.
Story 4/5
Narration 3/5
I enjoyed the storyline and the idea of how the doors worked was a new idea. Not far into the book, I had the ending figured out but, I enjoyed the bit of uncertainty that I was correct. Even if I found it a bit predictable this was still a good listen.
The narrator (Jim Rogers) has a limited capacity to do adult female voices. At one point two women have a conversation and they sound same- bit awkward to listen to. When the stories action ramps up, like when the main character was being attacked or doing the attacking, the narrator sounded like an overamped sports announcer. When the action calmed down, he'd abruptly put on the brakes and go back to his usual cadence. During these segments, the audio quality changed a bit too so, it accentuated his sports announcerness. This style was not to my liking. He did the male voices well however.
I would not object to listening to another book by this narrator.
I look forward to reading/ listening to another book by this author.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this unbiased review.
Story 4/5
Narration 3/5
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