Hit & Fade: Forgotten Ruin, Book 2 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Jason Anspach (Author), Nick Cole (Author), Christopher Ryan Grant (Narrator),

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For the Rangers, the best defense is always...more offense.

As an overwhelming army of skeletons, wraiths, ghouls, and other dark creatures - all serving a powerful undead sorcerer - advance against Forward Operating Base Hawthorn, the Rangers must now do what they do best: Go on the extreme offense.

It’s time to Hit and Fade. Attack, withdraw, and outmaneuver the enemy.

PFC Talker, attached to the weapons team section of a Ranger recon patrol led by Captain Knife Hand, recounts the harrowing attempt to destabilize this surreal and horrific nightmare force with everything the snipers, master breachers, and stone-cold killers of the Ranger regiment have in their bag of lethal tricks.

Abating, channelizing, and leading the enemy into a series of devastating traps involving everything from kinetically violent ambushes to immensely explosive crater munitions, the Rangers strike at the enemy as death personified, fading like ghosts only when the dead are dead once again.

When facing Rangers, even nightmares are afraid.

Purchase this action-packed second installment in the Forgotten Ruin series today!

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11 hours and 37 minutes
Author

Jason Anspach, see all
Narrator

Christopher Ryan Grant
Audible release date

June 26, 2021
Language

English
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WarGate Books
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B097YRT3MN
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	11 hours and 37 minutes
Author	Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
Narrator	Christopher Ryan Grant
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	June 26, 2021
Publisher	WarGate Books
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B097YRT3MN
Best Sellers Rank	#7,759 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #314 in Horror Fiction #501 in Dark Fantasy #1,194 in Fantasy (Audible Books & Originals)

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David J. Baer

There is no problem so great that the proper application of lead and plastic explosives can't fix.

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2021

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An exceptionally fitting continuation of the epic saga of our favorite Rangers. The authors ramp up both the danger and the action in this second installment of the series. You want bullets flying? You want magic? You want ancient and ethereal creatures, good and bad? You want epic characters that refuse to die no matter the situation? This is the book for you. The characters from the first book continue to grow and achieve as well as adapt to their new circumstances. As I said in my review of the first book, "The best way I can describe it is a base of Tolkein, a sprig of Dragonlance, a strong essence of DnD, finished with a perfect topping of Clancy or Kratman." This is the ultimate DnD epic for anyone that always wanted to see what America's finest infantrymen could do in the world of Dungeons and Dragons. Get this book and enjoy it. Fix Bayonets! RLTW!

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BOO(M)!

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2021

If the concept of an elite group of mostly Army Rangers flung into a far future Earth (now called Ruin) combating seemingly endless hordes of undead creatures straight out of an AD&D campaign with barely a breather between intensely action-packed battles sounds enticing, then Hit & Fade could be your bag. If you love -- and I mean really love -- coffee, then there's something for you too.

I thoroughly enjoyed the first Forgotten Ruin book so this one was a no-brainer. I highly recommend reading it first as you'll get much more out of the story and characters. There is literally nothing that you can't count out as being possible in the Ruin, and that makes it tons of fun to read. I've got book three on my list and am looking forward to losing myself in the mayhem.

~ Kort

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A page turner that I can't put down.

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2021

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I'm not 'swords and sorcery' type.....so this is a departure for me. If I didn't like this author, I wouldn't have given this book a shot. If I wasn't an Airborne Ranger, I wouldn't have given this book a shot. But I'm both...and am glad I strayed from my normal reading routine. I feel like I know the characters....because I have known folks like them. This isn't for every reader of Sci Fi....but if you're a service member....or wish you'd served, this is a great series. I seldom pre-order books. For this series, I made an exception. I'll continue to do that...because I'm sucked in. Rangers Lead the Way.

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Delta November

More! Give me more!

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2021

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Wow. These two authors are known for the Legionnaire series of books, which were a mix of military and sci-fi genre. But this new series from them is....bloody brilliant.

One obvious negative aspect of this new series is that the books just are not long enough. Sure, they're normal-sized books, but the story is so interesting that you just don't want them to end.

The second book in the series is one single battle. Again through the eyes of a linguist who is starting to find his feet, we have elite US military personnel accidentally stuck 10,000 years in the future conducting an epic recon-by-fire of off tens-of-thousands of Tolkien-era fantasy creatures.

We also start to see the impact of the future on the physiology of the elite soldiers, changing some of them into something...more.

An excellent second book of the series, but once again, just not long enough.

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Fat Nerd

96% combat porn, 3% coffee, 1% plot

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2021

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I was really hoping that they'd start actually telling the story in book two, but, no.
Very, very detailed description of combat, yes. No explanation of why they are fighting, but certainly dealing with the entire "undead" category of the Monster Manual.

You can basically just skip to chapter 26 (Here, I'll summarize - fight, fight, fight, coffee, I'm a coffee addict, fight, fight, pick up McGuffin which never even makes another appearance in the book, fight, coffee, fight, coffee, fight, fight, fight.) Read chapter 26 and 27. Then fight, fight, I wish I had more coffee, fight BBEG, read the last two pages and the epilogue. There, I've saved you several hours of slogging through this.

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Enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2022

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Like the Ranger and Ranger thoughts, models, sayings, etc. Brings back my time in the early 80's at Womack Army Hospital, as a pharmacy tech amidst the 82nd, 18th AC, and SF. Definitely remember the "leg" comments, and my CSM offering me airborne school with the promise of joining the division upon completion. As I was shortly to be married to my fiancee finishing college, I politely declined, I believe I even said something to the effect "I want to sleep next to my wife, not in a tent.". 40 years later, still sleeping by the same woman.
Good story, adapting and overcoming. D&D, endless varieties of monsters, losing soldiers, making tough calls. It keeps you engaged in the story, without being wrapped up in the minutia(?) Of: the M16A1 is a shoulder-fired, gas operated, semi-automatic rifle, capable of automatic fire, etc, etc, etc.
Heading to book 3 now.

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Jaysn Schaener

Stupid Frickin Good

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2021

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Take your favorite military novel and throw it into a mental blender. Now mix it with some Tolkien, throw in the Shannara novels, add a little Walking Dead and dash of D&D. What you end up with would taste awful but all those concepts combined would still pale in comparison to this well thought out and extremely interesting series. I was a fantasy junkie growing up but moved into science fiction and military books as I got older. This series has captured all of my booklove in one series.

Just buy it. You will love it.

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Kindle Customer

Tolkien meets Platoon

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2021

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Fantasy and sci-fi walk into a bar and start a fight with the Undead Bouncers. And past and Cole once again give us a rousing tale of high speed low drag warriors facing insurmountable odds and kicking butt. Irreverent military humor and stuffy wizards are a fun combination, who knew?

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Matthew

Shorter, but sweet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2021

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I was mildly disappointed by the length on this one, roughly two hundred pages shorter than the first, and if it were possible I’d probably of given it 4.5 stars out of 5, that said I don’t think it is such a detriment that it deserves 4 stars.

It leaps right into the action and it’s interesting to see the Rangers using magical means to adjust their tried and tested strategies for the new way of things. We witness them make new friends, put rounds into new enemies, and watch as members of the Rangers undergo further changes. Preordered the next one in the series!

Franca Ogbonnaya

Awesome!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2021

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I’m really enjoying this version of US rangers stuck in extremely savage Middle Earth! The action is non stop and just so week thought out ! I’m racing to the next book as I type. Thanks for this, it made my week!

Peter

Excellent 2

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2021

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Another excellent episode. No idea if they can continue this into the third book, but I hope so. Fast and action filled

mick Bennett

Nice story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2021

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Good as previous

Dwayne

Love it. You should definitely read it1

Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2021

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Such an amazing book. I love thus series a mix of fantasy game lore abd tolkien like world. Not to mention the Army ranger angle of sheer strength abd piwet. So many good twists and turns.

One point that bugs me. Page 13 of chapter one. There's a line "the Rangers aren’t as deadly as they generally like to be. Which is very." which is very what? Im still wondering. Sorry for nit picking the book is amazing. Its the only minor hickup I noticed.

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