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    War Cry
    War Cry
    War Cry
    Audiobook2 hours

    War Cry

    Written by Brian McClellan

    Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Will you join or will you die? The third option includes monsters. The war has been going on since long before I was born. Teado is a Changer, a shape-shifting military asset trained to win wars. His platoon has been stationed in the Bavares high plains for years, stranded. As they ration supplies and scan the airwaves for news, any news, their numbers dwindle. He's not sure how much time they have left. Desperate and starving, armed with aging, faulting equipment, the team jumps at the chance for a risky resupply mission, even if it means not all of them might come. What they discover could change the course of the war.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 28, 2018
    ISBN9781980005179
    War Cry
    Author

    Brian McClellan

    Brian McClellan is an American epic fantasy author from Cleveland, Ohio. He is known for his acclaimed Powder Mage Universe and essays on the life and business of being a writer. Brian now lives on the side of a mountain in Utah with his wife, Michele, where he writes books and nurses a crippling video game addiction.

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    • 4/5
      I think this just inspires me to read more from this author. Also it gives me hope that note every single short story is sad!
    • 4/5
      I received an advance copy of this novella via Netgalley.Brian McClellan is an excellent writer, and War Cry shows that in a fast, breezy read with a lot of depth. War is hell, and to be on the losing side is a special sort of hell. Teado is a shapeshifter with an isolated platoon that is gradually dying off. When they get an opportunity to strike at the enemy--a morale boost as well as a chance to get food--they seize it, with unexpected results.Teadro is an interesting character whose loyalty to his comrades over his country has a note of realism to it. His shapeshifting magic is fascinating, though I was left wanting to know more about the other magics in this world. This is a very fast, intense read; I finished it in about 30 minutes.
    • 3/5
      Thank you to Netgalley, MacMillan-Tor/Forge and Brian McClellan for an ARC. My opinions are my own and independent of receiving an advanced reading copy.Rating 3.5 starsFirst, I am a big fan of Brian McClellan. I’m just not a big fan of novellas, unless they are connected to a series that I’m familiar with. I mean they are just a morsel, sometimes tasty and sometimes not enough of a bite. War Cry is a standalone for now, hopefully setting up a new world where McClellan can take his usual 600 pages to thrill us with a new adventure. Because you are not yet familiar with this world, and because there is no time to explain in this short work, you are a bit off kilter until you start to understand what is going on.Meet Teado who is a changer. A changer is a human who changes into some kind of big, animalistic, leathery skinned, spindly ridged creature with talons and horns that is almost indestructible. So cool!! I want to be a changer. They change at will and guns, grenades, even falling off of an airplane will not kill you. Also, if you are injured, and you do get injured, you can stay in this state until your human state can withstand the injuries and heal. There are other wizards, Smiling Toms, that can perform illusions making you see things that aren’t there. Teado’s platoon has a Smiling Tom, Bellara. Bellara wants to perform magic for pleasure, to bring joy to the world. But that doesn’t happen anymore. Anyone’s special talents are for the war effort only. It reminded me of World War I or II when the war effort propaganda took over every day life. This told from Teado’s perspective. There is no background so it takes a minute before you connect or feel invested in the story. The action is exciting and grounded in the real world, no futuristic bombs or cool gadgets. The military strategies, the troops, the food rations all seem like any war novel, but has a retro feel, like from a previous World War. But you have these interesting elements, like the wizards, that lend an air of excitement and mystery. I want to know more. I need to know more. Why are they fighting? What is at stake? What is life like in the regular world. There is no time to tell these stories in a novella. So, I will wait for book one of the series. It was a good morsel. But I’m ready for dinner.