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Shattered Galaxy: The Complete After the Galaxy Series Box Set Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Scott Bartlett (Author), Mark Boyett (Narrator), Mirth Publishing (Publisher)

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Enlisting was his only ticket out.

Raised fatherless in a galactic Brinktown, Joe Pikeman only ever wanted to escape.

The Galactic Guard offered that escape, with the promise of regular meals to boot. Now Joe is a full Guardsman, with his own ship and a snide partner bot who hates humans almost as much as he hates other bots.

To the pirates he hunts, Joe is known as the Butcher. His bloody reputation has landed him in the center of a sweeping conspiracy that threatens to stamp out the galaxy’s last surviving human settlements.

As Joe races against time to salvage what’s left of his species, one thing becomes crystal clear: You can never escape your past.

It all starts on Earth, humanity’s deserted homeworld....

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Listening Length	27 hours and 43 minutes
Author	Scott Bartlett
Narrator	Mark Boyett
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	October 11, 2020
Publisher	Mirth Publishing
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B08K9C7WG9
Best Sellers Rank	#3,757 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #19 in Space Exploration Science Fiction #64 in Military Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #118 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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DWB

Interesting Series

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2020

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This series is easily a love it or hate it series. The universe is comprised of the “real” or “meatverse” where humans reside. Humans about to die and with enough money can choose to enter the “subverse” where they can exist forever in a digital state. Additionally with enough money you can have different digital versions in different “submerses”. Further, the different digital versions can merge to share experiences and gain intellect. There is one remaining digital verse, the “underverse” or basically hell.

The main character, Joe Pikeman, is a Guardian which are the police force for the universe. Joe just happens to be best Guardian of all time based upon his kill record. He find himself in a variety of adventures which test his strengths to the limit. Joe hate the “subverse” and has done everything to avoid entering but finds that there actually is a digitized version of which he has no knowledge. Due to his proficiency as a Guardsman, Joe enters into training to become a Shiva Knight, which leads to additional adventures.

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J. Kimling

Could have been worse

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2020

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Star Wars meets The Matrix. Was an entertaining read, and better than i expected for $.99.

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steveinriverside

Solid three stars. Gets very repetitive

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2021

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Non-stop action, POV character is going to die (millions of others always do), then voilà, there is one thing that someone remembers/thinks of/intuits from hidden sources, that saves the day/hour/minute. Then everyone is going to die again, rinse, repeat. And so these books go, on and on. Don't expect character development, logic, or believable dialogue. Do expect endless drama and a high body count. I had to stop after too many repetitive cycles of the same story over and over.

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Dan Bell

Shattered yup, but not this story!

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2020

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Scott has up and done it again! Wrote a fantastic story that will keep you turning pages. Characters well thought through, story line well crafted, there's not any fluff with this author, just great writing.

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Mary

Wonderful read

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2020

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Very interesting plot. Interesting adventures, well written. . Very hard to put down.

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Tim Scott

Not a utopian future!

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2021

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The author has done an excellent job in creating a reasonable future look at where our quests for eternal relevance may lead us. Yes, it is a series, but the series feels “grounded” in terms of human nature.

I find it remarkable to be able to feel the story as well as reads it.

I know you will enjoy it!

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martyelzz3

A well written series

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2021

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I was quite pleased that I got to read the whole box set at once. It's one of those stories that would have annoyed me it I had to wait between books. It does leave an opening to follow up this story; so I hope Scott does a follow up.

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panos

Great Sci-Fi

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2020

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This was my first, but not last, experience reading Scott Bartlett. Read the box set of Shattered Galaxy and found not only a compelling story but a new author, who for me, has that magic of writing good Sci-Fi that rises above words to vivid images of the characters and action without over-explanation. Look forward to exploring more of his writing…

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RWheeler

This series is brilliant, I absolutely loved every minute of it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2020

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A fantastic read full of the lives of people living in virtual paradise in the upload world and those who are the remainder of the physical bodied humans who live in a world where a vast majority of people seemingly want to upload their consciousness to the net. Many cannot find work and those who can make a pittance so cannot afford the cost of upload>Ng. Then there are those who don't want to upload. Who have no interest in the world of the net.

Joe Pikeman is one of the latter type. He is also a troubleshooter. He deals with issues with the subverse nodes. He checks to ensure that no pirate or group of humans living rough, are messing with the nodes where millions and millions of people live in the world of the net. They are often poor, desolate souls, in the flesh and blood world who are scrabbling for their existence. There are very few benefits to living as a fleshy. So they scrabble for their survival. Living out their meager existence wherever they find resources to help keep them alive. Life is also shorter in the real world, so who would want that?

Even those in the net are starting to be affected by the damage done to the subverse nodes when fleshys get near them. Some of the fleshys just want the warmth coming from the machines but others want to destroy thm, with the idea of bringing the net to it's knees. So there is great trouble in seems in paradise,

This absolute belter of a series is awesome! The quality of the world building is second to none. As you read it, this book comes alive in your mind. It's very easy to imagine the world in this book, basically because we are almost there in our own time!
A life online, instead of the gritty, rough lives we live in the flesh world, seems favourable in a lot of ways, or so the book tells us. Things are immensely easy in the pixelated world. It's cleaner, prettier and everything can be exactly as you want it to be. However, if you are deleted in the pixelated world and you don't have a flesh body in the real world, you just die. End of.

This story was brilliant, as it wasn't just an action story, it was way more than that. I got chills from looking at both sides of humanity's future. The relationship between the flesh and blood humans with all their flaws and foibles, and those who live solely in the pixelated world, was fascinating to think about. I really enjoyed these books. I can't wait to read more by this author.

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Peter M

Tiresome

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2021

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I came to this saga after reading The Belt quadrilogy, which I highly recommend. The Shattered Galaxy started well with some good ideas, but I could only get 35% through it before it was too boring to continue. None of the characters were likable and every time the hero got into trouble (on every page), some almost magical event or technology would appear to get him out of it.
The author could do with a course in what to write as well as how to write. For instance, he thinks 'crescendo' means 'climax' and that 'disinterested' means 'uninterested'. I bailed out before coming across 'decimated' meaning the exact opposite. Leaving the book at a third of the way through meant that I didn't know the conclusion of the story, but I had a pretty good idea of where it was going and would be very surprised if I was mistaken. I regret buying this omnibus.

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Joe

Didn't work for me.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2021

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I couldn't put my finger on why, but this just didn't engage me. I'm a third of the way through and considering putting it down. It's not bad. It's just... I don't look forward to reading it.

The main character is okay, but I don't find him particularly interesting. All the other characters are, so far, not in the story enough to form any attachments to. The crew are here for a scene, then dismissed for the next. They're restricted to the ship. He meets some people, but then flies off somewhere else. I got most attached to the kid he found right at the start, thought there was some relationships starting then... then the MC told him to f-off and moved on. Next kid was mildly interesting, then she got immediately captured and disappeared.

So I'm left struggling to feel attached to anyone.

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Neill Morgan

Disjointed, I would say

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2020

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I bought it because it was cheap, that should have given me a clue. I am about halfway through at the moment, and I find it a bit disjointed, inconsistent and it appears to not have much of a direction other than hunting for a daughter that doesn't want to be found. I'll finish it, because why not? but I hope the second half is better

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doggyman

Another Scott Bartlett scorcher

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2020

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Another great read from Scott Bartlett, a future where those with the credits can have their consciousness uploaded to the subverse and receive virtual immortality. Joe Pikeman is a guardian aka The Butcher, follow his adventure as he is lead to become a Shiva knight. Start reading and you won't be able to put it down.

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