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Vigilance Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Ken Lozito (Author), Scott Aiello (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,364 ratings
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They’ve spent years exploring this world, but they were living on borrowed time. Only they didn’t know it.

Six months ago, Connor learned what the alien race that populated New Earth feared - a mysterious enemy who nearly brought about the collapse of an entire civilization. To help the colony prepare for this new threat, Connor rejoins the Colonial Defense Force.

Using alien technology, Connor opens a gateway to another universe hoping to learn more about the threat. Instead, he receives a colonial distress beacon. Six months ago, they’d left people behind on a mission, all presumed dead. The beacon might be them, or it might be a trap, but Connor will not ignore the call for help.

Fearing the beginning of another war, the colonial government would rather do nothing than risk bringing attention to the colony, but it’s already too late. The colony stands upon a crossroads. Its future is uncertain. They’ll have to adapt if they’re to survive.

Vigilance is the seventh book in the bestselling First Colony series.

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  1. Listening Length
    7 hours and 38 minutes
  2. Author
    Ken Lozito
  3. Narrator
    Scott Aiello
  4. Audible release date
    June 18, 2019
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Audible Studios
  7. ASIN
    B07SB1GPRS
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 7 hours and 38 minutes
Author Ken Lozito
Narrator Scott Aiello
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date June 18, 2019
Publisher Audible Studios
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07SB1GPRS
Best Sellers Rank #5,329 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#109 in Military Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#160 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#310 in Space Operas

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I have enjoyed this series tremendously! Love the writing and attention to detail. Keeps me coming back for everything thisAuthor has written. I read 20-30 books a month and rarely find an author I like as much as this. Love First Colony Series!!!
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Jerri B
5.0 out of 5 stars Adding to my short list of favorite SF authors
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2024
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There are a few authors of science fiction that I enjoy reading and I am adding Ken to that list! I go thru the stories pretty fast and always hate to get to the end and have to wait for the next release. Ken’s characters are engaging and he makes it fun to see them grow and develop. Keep at it, Ken!
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Susanna Bracken
4.0 out of 5 stars Series review
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2019
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This is a great series, with a great plot line that could go a thousand creative directions instead of feeling linear and predictable. The first book and maybe even the second we’re a little rough due to limited characters, thin romance, and time jumping but the writer kept me hooked and starting with book 3 my only qualms were addressed and I was happy.

Great action, suspense, drama, plot, and pretty good romance (keeps you guessing and doesn’t dwell on it, making a part of the story, not the story itself.)
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Chauncey moot
5.0 out of 5 stars Stellar Science Fiction
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2023
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Ken,
I am a 78 years old male, diagnosed with Stage 4 prostrate cancer, for4 years, in my lower spine. The only exercise I can do is walking or bike riding. I walk 4 miles daily in the early morning and have been listening to the Colony series on my phone. I like reading e books with one central strong character who appears in a series of books. Recently I added your fascinating writing to the writings of Richards, Eisler,Riddle, DeLeon, Patterson. Child. Currently your Colony series offers text and audio for a price I can afford. But it offers much more when transports me from my boring limited lifestye to an exciting world to live, explore, engage in battles with the Vemus, the Krake, Rylars, with Conner Gates and the inhabitants of New Earth to experience stellular travel, habitation, space wars, grotesque animals, space gates, Rylars, Nuez. Your characterization invited me to get to know Conner and others and others from Book one to the Vigilant, to watch them grow into leaders, experts, parents, to work as a team but utilize their various skills. They are people struggling with their own human frailities and excelling in their accomplishments. Last but not least you have made this complicated technology understandable and believable for me, an ex English teacher and Social Worker.
Bravo Ken. Looking forward to next book.
Chauncey Moot
cm20mm15@gmail.com
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Tim Schneider
5.0 out of 5 stars great series
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2023
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great series through book 7 although I wonder why you changed the spelling of Syloc to Siloc in book 7
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Thomas James
4.0 out of 5 stars Seems Hopeless
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2021
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Okay, I'm going to say right up front that this story did not capture my excitement as much as Lozito's previous six in this series. He named it "Vigilance" but more for their state of 'standing ready' in the face of an overpowering enemy than anything else. Kind of like Guard Duty or intelligence gathering: boring but necessary. This story ends on quite the 'cliff hanger". They are lost in an unknown universe with no idea how to get home and the enemy keeps trying to kill them with overwhelming power they don't understand. It seems hopeless. Many epics have these moments of complete despair followed by seemingly divine intervention for purposes seemingly unrelated to the plot.
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M. R. Randazzo
5.0 out of 5 stars Being aware of the full facts
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2019
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In this continuing tale involving the colonists of New Earth, the main story evolves around the realization that the planet still had NEIIS individuals present but in stasis pods,and they were different types from military to scientists. A method of communication has been developed using tablets for translation, but like any translation program, there are levels to the meaning of the conversation. Plus it doesn't help that there 's a fraction of colonists who are developing a secret testing of the NEIIS for information about their technology because they don't trust the NEIIS and don't share any information with the Connor group, mainly because this group is anti-military. Plus there is the problem of a new enemy, the Krake, who have the capacity to travel through space via a space gate. Two versions of these space gates are reverse engineered -- one in space near their space station and one on the ground close to the one found accidentally underwater in the lake.. Noah is still in a coma but they are hoping that by helping the NEIIS find the medical treatments for overcoming the side effects of coming out of stasis pods,can be adapted to help Noah regain full use of his brain functioning.
Connor takes a ground force through the ground space gate to rescue the team sent in to follow up on a signal sent by a former comrade who had been thought dead. They found that the Krake had setup a trap but after Connor realized this, while rescuing the troops,he gave them back a counterattack as they retreated through the gate.
Sean takes a full battalion of ships through the space gate along with a portable gate since they don't know what coordination points to use and want to be able to open a gate themselves.. They go through the gate but find themselves in another space dimension, where the planet is in an ice age. Exploring the area around the moon, they find buildings which they explore but suddenly find themselves facing ships coming through a space gate to attack them so they attempt to go through this new gate but casualties occur including the loss of one whole ship and another which lost half the ship when the gate shut down as they tried to pass through.
This tale of the colony is not complete as we are left with several unsolved mysteries.
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Jack Kniate
5.0 out of 5 stars He should be ashamed
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2022
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Why because I am so hooked on this series that I have to force myself to take a break and read one of my other favorite writers. Being a veteran I can walk in the shoes of Connor and the others as they fight the good fight. I have often wonder how writers do what they do. But crime writers have a wealth of real life examples to use as inspiration. But Ken creates characters and a story so well woven together that I can immerse myself in it and walk along side the characters. Not to be missed.
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Kelly Burns
5.0 out of 5 stars Still so many secrets to reveal
Reviewed in Canada on June 7, 2023
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Enjoying the storyline immensely. Can't wait for the next installment... and since I'm reading this long after it was released, I get to start it now :)
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Blu
5.0 out of 5 stars Rising the stakes, the 3rd part of the second arc
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2023
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Excellent character growth and development, love the 2 main storylines along with the subplot with Dash. Felt like we could of had more with Samson but love his introduction, by far one of the best characters in later books.

World building is still amazing as always.

A solid addition to the series.
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Dirk
5.0 out of 5 stars Eagerly waiting for the next book
Reviewed in Germany on October 1, 2019
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I enjoyed the characters, their development and the multiple layers of activities that happened. Keeps the story just perfectly nail-biting interesting. Can't wait to get the next book
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Layndarat
5.0 out of 5 stars Best since the first one
Reviewed in Australia on January 8, 2020
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Apart from one aspect, this is definitely the best book since the first one.

This read is fast paced, having no sign of the lag the crept into recent novels in the series.

The action is well balanced between the ground and a decent account of space action as well.

The only lacking aspect is the length for which I would have taken a star from Mr Lozito except for the already mentioned pace that keeps up over the whole length of the novel.

I also understand from the final pages that this is the author's primary income and the bravery of that faith in his ability to spin a good yarn should be applauded.
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N. Mosley
4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best but moves the story along.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2019
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I love this series and eagerly awaited this book. Out of them all I found this the hardest to get in to. It feels like the story is pulling in so many directions that the minimal time is spent on each element. It moves the story along rapidly, but at the loss of depth to the characters. It also ended so abruptly I almost fell off my chair and had to check my kindle hadn't missed a chapter. I still look forward to the next instalment, and hope the author puts a bit more time into fleshing out each story arc.
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