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Dire: Born

The Dire Saga, Book 1

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Dire: Born

By: Andrew Seiple
Narrated by: Amy McFadden
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No memory, no resources, no secret lair, and no time to find her feet: this is the story of a self-made villain, and her fall into strife.

Fleeing from unknown enemies and an early death, she emerges into a city gone dark in the aftermath of a complete systems failure. Hounded by heroes, menaced by gangs, and helped by the most unlikely of allies, she claws her way up from weakness to strength and works to build a better future for those who deserve it.

To survive, she'll need strength to stand toe-to-toe against secretly supernatural foes, compassion to work with the dregs and outcasts of a broken society, and cunning to outwit intelligence beyond human kind.

The challenge is great…but she is Dire.

And Icon City will never be the same again.

©2018 Andrew Seiple (P)2018 Podium Audio Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Superhero Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Supernatural Thriller
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Seiple keeps writing stories that are original but therefore hard to peg.

We follow a main character as she slowly becomes both a reluctant hero and villain.

Seiple's story asks moral and ethical questions in a present day Sci-fi, while keeping things grounded with very real and human characters, also while being suspenseful. I think this is a brilliant start to the Dire Saga.

Only pet peeve that, the narrator tends to a fall back into a certain California (?) American accent, which does not help sell a young super genius vibe. Seems to be less in following books.

'Despicable Me' but 'Watchmen'

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i likt it fun and dark some times going to recommend it 5 stars just filler for review

its was good

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I couldn't put it down.
The concept is brilliant and I must get the next book
the narrator fueled the tension well. Great listen.

Thrilling

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struggled to get into it. but then couldn't put it down. brilliant & different

confusing start but then a binge worthy read

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