• Imperium

  • Caulborn, Book 1
  • By: Nicholas Olivo
  • Narrated by: Ian McEuen
  • Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (434 ratings)

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Imperium

By: Nicholas Olivo
Narrated by: Ian McEuen
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Vincent Corinthos has two things going for him: he's a top operative of a secret agency tasked with handling paranormal threats, and he's half-god. Normally that's a combo that leaves him well-equipped to handle any problems that come his way.

Until now. Something is snatching Boston's most powerful paranormal entities right off the streets. Vampires, lycanthropes, fae, gremlins - no one is safe. No ransom notes, no bodies, no witnesses. Rumors swirl about a secret project that's experimenting on paranormals. Then a fellow agent disappears and things get personal.

Aided by a new partner and a hyperactive gremlin with an appetite for junk food, Vincent must find the missing paranormals before everything he cares about falls under the control of Project Imperium.

©2011 Nicholas Olivo (P)2016 Nicholas Olivo

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I enjoyed this audio book immensely!

I chose to read this book for one reason: I looked something like Hercules or Percy Jackson working for a paranormal faction of a Men In Back type agency. I have love for mythology and folklore, so it was a no-brainer to check this one out. It delivered all of those things, plus some humor and a dash of pop culture. I was sucked in immediately.

Vincent Corinthos, our main protagonist and demigod, was born with the Caul (you'll find out). He is also an agent of Caulborn, a sort of paranormal bureau of investigation, and his latest case involves the mysterious disappearance of several paranormals. Vincent and his new partner, Megan, team up with Gremlins and Golems in an attempt to stop these disappearances. In addition to battling vampires in New England, Vinny has his own problems on the Bright Side; someone is trying to take control of the Urisk. The Urisk worship Vincent as a god, which is the source of his godlike powers.

I enjoyed this audio book immensely! Vinny is charismatic, caring, and humble; he's a hero you can't help but love. Chemistry between the characters is great, as well as the characters themselves. They are all unique and three-dimensional, enjoyable and relatable in their own right. It's filled with all manner of creatures; from mythological and biblical, to things that go bump in the night this world has it. There are some unique applications to some of these creatures that I really enjoyed, but you'll have to listen yourself to find out what. Which should be a pleasure thanks to Ian McEuen.

McEuen was very impressive and a complete pleasure to listen to. He reminded me of Nick Podehl, which is an absolute compliment. In addition to the great production quality, I felt he was a great voice for the novel. His voice talent is very good and his delivery added a lot to the characters. From what I've seen he has only a few books on audible. I will be getting the second Caulborn audio book and I look forward to hearing more from both Nicholas Olivo an Ian McEuen.

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Terrible Demigod

So this Vincent Corinthos is a demigod. If he was my demigod, the guy would have been fired from the job long ago. He spends more time getting his ass kicked during the entire book and this dude is dumb as a stump. One point in the book a Horseman of the apocalypse pays this idiot a visit and warms him not to use his pets. What does this idiot do not 15 minutes in the book? Yeah, he uses the horseman's pets once again.

So many other things that aggravate the hell out of me about his "faith power" that runs out faster than ranch dressing on Hot Wing night.

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So Disappointing

I only got it because audible recommended it and so far they hadn't been wrong. While the storyline was a great idea, the overall story was poorly done. I would summarize it up being comparing the book to a cliff notes version to a book twice it's size. There were too many wholes to the point that I started over about halfway through just to be sure I didn't miss something.

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AWESOME! GLAD I GOT THIS ONE. VERY WELL WRITTEN AND NARRATED

I am so glad I got this new series. Very action packed and likeable character. The main character, Vincent is such an amazing person. That he is also a Demi God is wonderful. I like the wit and strong friendship among his allies as well. This is another series to collect in my library. I am downloading. Book two and I hope there will more books published soon!

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Great new series

Vincent, is a demigod who works for a paranormal organization, a secret organization called the Caulborns, that polices the Gremlins, Golems, Fae, Werewolves, Vampires. He godlike powers are the product of his followers’, Urisk love. The conflict centers around someone stealing creatures and Vincent and Megan – his partner- job to find out the particulars.

Megan, Vincent’s partner is one of those prodigies, who could possibly be the future savior. But right now, she is the woman would can pull weapons from a different universe. This is really handy because Vincent’s power is a result of the prayers of the Urisk. Also, someone tried to eradicated the Urisk, so Vincent reservoir of power was not so great. Don’t be fooled, Vincent can take care of himself.

The love of his life, Petra has a heart of stone, but she loves him. Gears is a manic little character who is techno savvy. Petra and Gears has metabolisms, which allows them to eat any kind of junk food. The world that Nicholas Olivo has set up had a lot of potential.

It is worth the credit.

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Fun for those that want to like their main characters

Fun romp for those who want a good tale that pulls from all over to make its own world and people. I enjoyed it a f was ready for book two.

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  • 05-19-16

Imperium

I liked this book so much that I read it 3 times in a row to make sure that I got everything set in my mind.


Great Read.

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loved the sense of humor

I loved this book, I was enthralled by the narrator and the story and I loved the sense of humor in it! the narrator made the book come alive, especially the gremlins!

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A Very Crowded Story

By Nicholas Olivio
Narrator: Ian McEuen

This book was really... busy. It is full of almost every aspect of the fantasty/supernatural genre which gave me a cramped feeling. The main character is a demi-God with a whole world that worships him, but he lives on earth as a supernatural cop. Yup, you read that right. Yet, that isn't even the tip of the iceberg. There are Nazi Goblins, ugly vampires, weary werewolves, and telepathic fairies. After all of that we add in a slew of zombies to ice the cake. It has A LOT going on inside this book. I'm good with abundance but this came across as a brilliant nerds messy desk of notes. As you read through you get a few WOW moments, but they are surrounded by a bunch of clutter so it's hard to appreciate it.

The concept of a demi-God trying to balance a life as a worshipped God in one realm and a "regular" life in another world was really enough for an excellent story. The other stuff seemed like a separate story that was twisted to fit together.

The narrator, Ian McEuen, was ok but his performance didn't have much flare. The action parts just didn't come off as exciting. I liked the sound of his voice for the main character but his female voices left some things to be desired. Oh, but I did love his Gears voice.

I think if you already love fantasy then you'll at least find some entertainment in this book for what it offers. I would NOT recommend this for someone as their first fantasy novel.

2 Stars 🌟🌟- Decent. Has Potential. Possibly a good idea for a story but something could have been better. Sometimes it's because the author put too little or too much into the wrong parts of the story. Doesn't mean I hated it. Just means it was missing something to push it over the hump.

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Different, but awesome!

I have an old friend who was born under a caul. He's told me a lot about the superstitions surrounding that occurrence. It was really fun reading about some of the stuff I'd only ever heard about through him. I wonder if the author was born under a caul as well, or is close with someone who was. It's an interesting and different take on the supernatural, for sure. Well done.

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