Resistance, John Birmingham
Resistance, John Birmingham
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Resistance
Dave vs. the Monsters

Author: John Birmingham

Narrator: Mark Zeisler

Unabridged: 10 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/02/2015

Synopsis

For fans of Jim Butcher and Kevin Hearne comes a heart-pounding new urban fantasy series featuring monster slayer Dave Hooper and his magical splitting maul. When you drop a monster-killer on the Strip, all bets are off. Holed up in Las Vegas after the tumultuous Battle of New Orleans, Dave is enjoying the VIP perks afforded a champion monster-slayer. He may be a superhero of swag and the toast of the town, but if some fire-breathing dragons have their way, odds are everyone will soon be toast. As the hordes from the UnderRealms regroup for their next attack, Dave parties with celebrities, lunches with A-listers, and gets his ass lawyered up—because his hellacious ex is looking for a piece of that sweet, sweet action. It’s all good, until new monsters roll in, looking to parley with “the Dave.” WTF, monsters. Do you think the Dave can’t spot a trap before he falls into it? And when things go to hell at warp 10, a suit from a shadow operation swoops in to offer Dave a deal he can’t refuse. Now Dave’s about to face off against an opponent who makes battling bloodthirsty behemoths look like child’s play—a ravishing Russian spy with a few superpowers of her own.

About John Birmingham

John Birmingham is the author of Without Warning, Final Impact, Designated Targets, Weapons of Choice, He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco, How to Be a Man, The Search for Savage Henry, and Leviathan, which won the National Award for Nonfiction at Australia's Adelaide Festival of the Arts. He has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone, Penthouse, Playboy, and numerous other magazines. He lives at the beach with his wife, daughter, son, and two cats.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on March 15, 2018

Well...the adventure goes on. Dave is still a jerk, I know he can't help it but there you are. He's a jerk and we might as well say so. After becoming a hero (super-hero?) and a TV darling Dave really hates that he has to stop his partying and go back to fighting monsters. Inconsiderate monsters. But t......more

Goodreads review by Sam on May 27, 2017

This actually sucked compared with book 1 which I loved the crassness of. It was taken too far in this book and it just became a bit OTT and ridiculous. I get that it's a book about monsters and it's gonna et a bit corny anyway but the whole worldwide fame in the grip of an assualt on humanity it lu......more

Goodreads review by Shelleyrae on March 16, 2015

The second novel to feature rig engineer turned superhero monster slayer Dave Cooper, Resistance is another darkly funny, action packed fantasy adventure from Australian author John Birmingham. Dave is enjoying his celebrity, in a typical Dave-like manner, after the defeat of the Hunn but the breach......more

Goodreads review by Nancy D Miz-Firefly aka Sparky on January 03, 2017

These books aren't for everyone. Dave Hooper is not very likable. Think of him of as an ass-kicking anti-hero with immaturity issues. I wanted less Dave the jerk and more Dave the monster killer, but this is a good continuation of the series.......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on March 18, 2015

Not quite as good as Emergence, I felt too much time and effort went into describing Dave as a douche, hopefully this was to lower our expectations from him, so that in the next book he shine's like a hero.......more

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