Intelligence Block: Talos June, Book 1
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Intelligence Block: Talos June, Book 1 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Kit Falbo (Author, Publisher), Trevor Wilson (Narrator)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
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In the far future. Performers battle it out as Wizards, Magicians, and Warlocks. Using advanced technology to perform amazing feats in order to gain fame and fortune.

For Talos June, he is living the life he has wanted the most. Competing, entertaining, working with the dangerous technologies that produce magic. When trouble finds him, he has to decide what he wants to do next and how to solve the new puzzle it creates.

A GameLit inspired Space Opera.

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  1. Listening Length
    6 hours and 36 minutes
  2. Author
    Kit Falbo
  3. Narrator
    Trevor Wilson
  4. Audible release date
    May 7, 2020
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Kit Falbo
  7. ASIN
    B0887GBWRK
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 6 hours and 36 minutes
Author Kit Falbo
Narrator Trevor Wilson
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date May 07, 2020
Publisher Kit Falbo
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0887GBWRK
Best Sellers Rank #515,144 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#6,178 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#8,037 in Adventure Science Fiction
#32,411 in Space Operas

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Rex Schrader
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and thought provoking Sci-Fi
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2019
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I really enjoyed this book. The author has crafted a singularly unique sci-fi world with interesting characters and a compelling mystery. I was impressed with the craft of the story telling which avoided exposition and info-dumps while carefully revealing the character back-story.

I'm very excited to read more in this series and more by this author.
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T Olsen
4.0 out of 5 stars This Story is Magic. Shame it Needs an Editor
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2019
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This book markets itself as Space Opera, and it may be as a series, but as a standalone book it come off more as a soft science fiction romp. Regardless of which genre it may be in, it's one heck of a story with very reasonable pacing. It loses a star because it has as many spelling and formatting mistakes as there are stars in the galaxy.

In the distant future, Talos June plays the character Joontal, a middle ranked mage in a world where old school technology is merged with nanobots and projections to create flashy shows and battles. Joontal is styled after older classical wizards which makes him novel and he is played well, but the character only comes into the spotlight when an attempt is brought on his life. Now Talos June, stripped of the character he has played for over 5 years, must come to terms with who he is as an individual and also the conspiracy that lead to his character's demise. Can he keep his sanity intact and his lover (who was once his apprentice when he was in character) safe as he goes deep down the rabbit hole? How can he reinvent himself amongst the other mages? And the UIs that are so prevailant in the future, are they perhaps fundamentally flawed and if so what is the source of this?

Having read this book, I must admit I still don't understand why the character Joontal was singled out. It seems like many other characters could have been just as easily targeted, although it was suggested that perhaps they were and it was covered up. I also feel like there is likely to be a book two coming?

But the mage battles, in which actors attack each other with tech obfuscated as magic, are exceptionally entertaining. Talos June is a believable character in a world that needs a solid anchor to view it. The interactions with the various AIs and the implications of how their base coding might affect their personalities was definitely well visited. This book is an amusement park ride well worth the price of admission.

The huge AI elephant in the room is that while this is a solid story, the writing itself is full of far too many spelling and formatting issues. Sometimes it seems like the book didn't see the light of an editor's desk at all, which is concerning. Anyone who can look past this will be well rewarded, but it's a sad thing to have to remove a star over.
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Desert Dan
5.0 out of 5 stars You need to read this
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019
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This is very well written. The story was engaging with a good plot and well developed characters. The premise was extremely fresh and original.
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Joseph L. Kaiser
4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating concept in need of an editor
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2019
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I was impressed with many of the concepts in the book: the way tech was treated as magic by Wizard Joontal, as an example. However, two things prevented me from truly enjoying the story:

-Some editing wouldn't have gone amiss. I found myself constantly getting pulled out of the story due the mechanical flow and sentence structure.

-For a book that bills itself as a space opera, I never really got that feel until the latter stages of the story. I feel the GameLit contributions (the wizard battles) really crowded out what could have been a promising atmosphere here.

Overall the story itself has a truly interesting story arc, but suffers from the above distractions.
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Kel
3.0 out of 5 stars A techy adventure in a creative setting
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2019
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Intelligence Block is self-described as “a game-lit inspired space opera”. I’m not very familiar with game-lit or litRPG as a subgenre, but this book certainly has a Ready Player One vibe to its story, writing style, and world. This book contains lots of technical info packed into the narrative about suits, kits, wizard rankings, and the special type of tech-created “magic” that exists in this world. It’s a very creative setting, and I found a lot of the ideas and applications of “magic” quite interesting. It felt very techy and futuristic and quite unique. It works well as a standalone story. The plot progresses at a steady pace as our protagonist, Talos June, fits investigating an attack against his wizard character into his daily life of work, school, social activities, and wizard battles.

The world of Intelligence Block is set in the far future - there are many settled planets, a network of interplanetary travel options, and pretty much every person uses a type of AI that’s bonded to them, called a User Intelligence (or UI) to navigate their world. Some advanced users use UI to create intricate “magic” displays, and make a living as wizards. Talos June is one such user, one of the uncommon self-taught UI geniuses, referred to as homegrown wizards, as opposed to the more common university-taught wizards.

Talos June is a young twenty-something man working his way up the wizard rankings when a series of strange encounters culminate in an attack on his wizard persona. The story is told from his first-person perspective, with a straightforward and conversational style. He is a genius with UI, having tinkered with them from a young age and customized his own three personal UI. As he tries to solve the mystery of the attack on the side, we also follow him through his daily life and see his wizard and technical skills applied in a variety of ways.

Those interested in the game-lit subgenre, or futuristic settings would likely enjoy this read. Readers who like intellectual protagonists and appreciate technical skills and solutions should consider this book.
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Josh
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2019
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I'll be honest I had no idea what to expect when I picked this up besides I liked the authors first book a great deal. After reading it I still probably can't classify it. try to imagine techno wizard twitch streamers pulled into crazy sci fi AI mystery. About as close as I can get. What I can say is I enjoyed EVERY second of this, it was incredibly fast paced without a dull second well done characters and even after the end the mystery started isn't really figured out, so really looking forward to a sequel.
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Elias Dantas
4.0 out of 5 stars Weird and entertaining
Reviewed in Canada on June 23, 2019
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The worst part of the story is the beginning. We're thrown in the deep end without floaties and we're left trying to figure out what's happening.

While we are exposed to the machinations of the story world as the story continues, it still takes a bit to get there.

Once we do understand the basis though, it's a great piece of entertaining literature and something that I will definitely look forward to reading the next chapter. My only concern on that side of the equation is that I also want to read the follow up to The Crafting of Chess.
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Lost
5.0 out of 5 stars Different...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2019
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Not sure that this is GameLit (or not as I have seen that described), that isn't a bad thing though. I'd almost describe it as Cyber Punk.

That all said I loved the book and hope that there will be a sequel.
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Different but good
Reviewed in Australia on April 21, 2020
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I enjoyed this tale that was quite different in its setting to anything else I have read. The ending was a little abrupt as I felt there was more to be explained but not altogether unreasonable.
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