Book description
Planetside by Michael Mammay
Military sci-fi done right.
Colonel Carl Butler gets pulled from retirement for what should be a simple missing person case. A councilor's son vanishes between evacuation and hospital arrival. Simple enough. Until it isn't.
Mammay writes like someone who's been there. The details feel authentic. The bureaucracy, the cover-ups, the way things spiral out of control fast. No space opera here. Just grimy, realistic warfare transplanted to another world.
Butler's investigation hits wall after wall. Hospital records disappear. Witnesses vanish. Special forces won't cooperate. Someone's hiding something big, using the war as camouflage.
The audiobook narrator gets the tone perfectly. World-weary but professional. Exactly what Butler should sound like.
What makes this work isn't the alien battles or space station politics. It's the slow unraveling of truth. Each dead end reveals another layer. Mammay trusts his audience to follow along without hand-holding.
The action scenes are sharp. Concise. No purple prose when things go wrong. Just clear, competent writing about competent people in impossible situations.
Planetside understands military fiction doesn't need aliens to be alien. The real enemy is often closer to home. Cover-ups. Politics. People protecting their own interests while pretending to serve something greater.
Butler's forced to fight his way through both literal and figurative minefields. The question isn't whether he'll survive. It's whether he'll like what he finds.
Smart, stripped-down military fiction. Mammay writes like he's filing after-action reports instead of crafting novels. That's a compliment.
The sequel can't come fast enough.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
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Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience