The Arwen: Season Two

RATING: Four out of Five Sigs

I was a little down on THE ARWEN because of production issues (see related post), but found the story fun enough to get me to listen to Season Two. Man, am I glad I did. Tim Callahan rocked it in this one, the finale is an intense space battle that spares no punches and leaves a trail of corpses that could circle a planet twice over. That's the dichotomoy of Callahan's stuff -- you know damn well the main characters are going to live, they're going to win, and yet the journey to reach that conclusion is not as predictable as you would think. The characters flat-out make mistakes, mistakes that cost millions of lives.

The final battle pits two huge fleets against each other, with kamikaze runs and "human wave" tactics going head-to-head with Death Star-caliber weaponry and classic Star Trek oh-so-disciplined-and-still-geniuinely-good-people tactical prowess. Surface battles come into play, and he has a"death of a starship" scene that was just awesome.

Tastes Like: Battlestar Galactica

Available at: Podiobooks.com