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The Starship in the Stone

By: M.R. Forbes
Narrated by: Dave Jackson
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When Thomas heard the cries for help, he didn’t hesitate to do the right thing. It was his chance for redemption.

Until everything went wrong.

The cave should have been deserted. The perfect place to hide. Instead, it’s crawling with soldiers and engineers working to unearth the impossible:

Excalibur.

Deep beneath the mountain, she’s waited centuries to be found. Not a sword in the stone, but a starship. And according to the onboard AI, Thomas is the only one who can command her.

Now he's on the run across a galaxy more astonishing and treacherous than he ever imagined, where magic and technology intertwine and ancient powers lurk in the shadows. Relentlessly hunted and hopelessly lost, he needs to learn fast if he wants to survive. Only his greatest challenge isn't training to pilot a starship. It's accepting that he, of all people, is responsible for reigniting the hope of a fallen kingdom.

King Arthur’s legend may be complete, but his is just beginning…

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I loved the title, so I thought this was as good as any to be my first audio book and to say I made the right choice is an absolute understatement, I binged the first 4 books in days, the story and narration was perfect. The only downside is waiting for the next 3 book that have been released to be made audible, hopefully not to long to wait as I’m well and truly hooked.

Hooked from start to finish

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Interesting twist on arthurian ledgends.
Classic mix of Boy-finds-ship and chosen-one

It has potential, but need MASSIVE editing. too many superlatives, too much telling us how to feel instead of makijg us feel it.
The usual "the chosen one turns from nothing to master in a few days" trope which I dont like.

You'll need *a lot* of suspension of disbelief* in the worldbuilding.

missed oppertunity. narration is flat.

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Really disappointed with this narration. The reader tried to do the accents but got them completely wrong, using London accents for people based in Manchester, and posh English accent for railway/bus announcers based in Wales. These glaring errors completely distracted from the storytelling.

Sadly, very poor

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