The Guantlet Audiobook Review

The Guantlet is an Old Guns standalone. It’s a short book about mission in space. The authors of the book are Nicholas Sansbury Smith and J.N. Chaney. The book is narrated by R.C Bray. This was a fun book to listen to. I listed while working on art projects. The story was good and the narrator brought it to life with how he preformed reading the book. 

This audiobook will be available on Amazon 4/23/26

Before they were Old Guns, they made first contact…

After humanity’s deep space probe Squanto goes missing in the Gauntlet, Staff Sergeant Martin Kelvin and Sergeant Frank Cage are pulled from leave to search for the vessel. Three teams have already vanished in the quantum corridor where time fractures and physics breaks down. But Squanto didn’t just find a path through; they found something waiting in the darkness. The blood-marked wreckage holds humanity’s first contact with a new alien race—one that phases through solid hull and can’t be killed by conventional weapons. Martin, Frank, and their squad will pay the price for finding passage through the Gauntlet. Some doors were never meant to be opened.

The Guantlet Audiobook ReviewAuthor: Nicholas Sansbury Smith, J.N. Chaney
Title: The Gauntlet
Published On: 4/23/26
Publisher: Podium Audio
Narrator: R.C. Bray
Audiobook Length: 1 hour, 48 minutes
Format: Audiobook

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Source: Publisher
Also by this author: Extinction Horizon, Extinction Edge, Extinction Age, Old Guns: A Military Sci-Fi Adventure

About J.N. Chaney

J. N. Chaney is a USA Today Bestselling author and has a Master's of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. He fancies himself quite the Super Mario Bros. fan. He migrates often, but was last seen in Las Vegas, NV. Any sightings should be reported, as they are rare.

About Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Nicholas Sansbury Smith is the author of several post-apocalyptic books and short stories. He worked for the State of Iowa for nearly 10 years before switching careers to focus on his one true passion—writing. When he isn’t daydreaming about the apocalypse he’s likely racing in triathlons around the Midwest. He lives in Des Moines, Iowa with his family and several rescued animals.

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