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  • Columbus Day

  • Expeditionary Force, Book 1
  • Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
  • Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
  • Durée: 16 h et 23 min
  • 4,7 out of 5 stars (1 580 évaluations)

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Columbus Day

Auteur(s): Craig Alanson
Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
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Nominee, Audie Awards - Audiobook of the Year, 2018

We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news.

The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits.

When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved. The UN Expeditionary Force hitched a ride on Kristang ships to fight the Ruhar, wherever our new allies thought we could be useful. So, I went from fighting with the US Army in Nigeria, to fighting in space. It was lies, all of it. We shouldn't even be fighting the Ruhar, they aren't our enemy. Our allies are.

I'd better start at the beginning.

©2016 Craig Alanson (P)2016 Podium Publishing

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Easily one of the better books I've read..

Book starts off excellent and consistent, plot moves forward with no gaps in quality, I was ready to rate the book an easy 4 or 5, and had decided to buy the second book within the first hour of listening.

It wasn't until the final third of the book when.. 'an additional character' is added that then flips the entire book on its ear, suddenly the story went from cruising along at a good clip to hyperdrive, never leaving me with the opinion that the author didn't give everything the detail and breadth of story that it deserved as it happens.

The addition of the new character has provided me with some of the best laughs I've had in a very long time, the writing and character building is out of this world and deserves all of the awards it has garnered.

RC Bray's ability to convey different characters through voice acting and accents/imitation had me genuinely stopping and thinking several times throughout the experience if I'd even enjoy the book as much as I had been if I had been left to imagine the characters in my head while reading the book to myself on paper.

Bray brings the main character, and every other, alive in a way that is distinct and detailed in such a way that it's rarely necessary to read aloud the portions of the text that say "Bob said"/"Steve shouted" or any such description. If direction from the author wasn't given on how each character's mood, tone of voice, and attitude was meant to be conveyed, I would be genuinely surprised, because he emulates each one so accurately, it's impossible to imagine the author intended any other way for the characters to be portrayed.


The first half of this book is excellent, earning it an easy 4, the second half earns it such a solid and unwavering 5 out of 5 that I may have to go back and edit all of the reviews for books I've read prior to now, retroactively.

It's that good.

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Awesine book

#Audible1 great book , great narration . loved the plot , as well as the rest of the series

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Enjoyable and fun Sci-Fi

It's not really serious, it's not ridiculous either. It's entertaining, fun, light and exciting. I burned through this book fast and bough the next in the series as soon I finished it. I'm currently enjoying SPECOPS just as much.

There a few military jargon bits that are not necessary near the beginning but it's not bad. Also RC Bray does a great job with the accents especially Bishop.

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Hard to get into but worth it

If you’re like me and loved The Exapnse series and wanted more, you probably stumbled on this one like I did. It’s good, but hard to get into, there’s a lot of military slang and stuff, it’s not hard science, the aliens are pretty cliche (hamsters, lizards, beetles etc.) and the first book has got a lot of building to do to set way for the following books and building the world, once you get through that though it gets quite entertaining and enjoyable, especially once’s Skippy gets introduced! So give it a go! I promise it gets better!

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Steller writing and great characters.

So glad I purchased this book, looking forward to the rest of the series. I hope that the rest has the same chemistry that this book has. The main character and Skippy are a hoot to listen to. RC Bray again knocks it out of the park with this audio book, the conversations between Skippy and other characters had me laughing out loud.. Well worth the purchase ..

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Good story, love the humour, must read!

Can't wait to start on the next one, very entertaining, never boring. Well written and good sf. You want to spend your time on this one.

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It is a rough start, but soooo worth it

To begin, I mus say that this is one of the few audiobooks sagas which I have listened to over and over again.

As it is the first book the Exforce epic tales, it's not yet reaching up to it's full potential. More than half of it isn't representative of the tones it'll pick up later on. If you can get through it, there's an amazing reward in the form of an arrogant beer can, which will steal your heart forever! I cannot recommend this serie enough! To me, it's up there with other space dramas such as The Expanse and Red Rising, but much sillier!

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Took a bit, but now I'm ready for the second

Skippy and Joe's dynamic makes this book totally worth it. Once Skippy is introduced, this book gets sooooo mivjpre fun.

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Show, not tell.

I gave this about three hours - the premise is reasonably interesting, and the characters are good, if predictable.

But the story is endless expository by the main character, with repetitive details that make me think the editor was either paid too much, or not enough.

I’m going to set this down, and it’s unlikely I’ll pick it back up.

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Slow start but worth the wait

Slow start but worth the wait its not until like 8 and a half hours in dose it start getting good but the setup was needed for future books im sure.

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