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Legends Never Die
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Renegades
- Expeditionary Force, Book 7
- Written by: Craig Alanson
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The battle-scarred star carrier Flying Dutchman is finally on her way back to Earth, after an exceptionally successful series of missions that have once again saved the world. The ship needs a serious refit, and her exhausted crew just wants a break from constant clandestine warfare against a vicious and superior enemy. Wishes come true, right? Not for the Merry Band of Pirates.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just binged the whole series. MUST HAVE MORE *taps forearm*
- By Justin on 2019-04-21
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Deathtrap
- Expeditionary Force Mavericks, Book 1
- Written by: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 119
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The human soldiers stranded on the planet Paradise have been recruited into an alien legion to do the dirty jobs that the high-tech species won't do. Their first mission is to kick the enemy off a backwater planet no one cares about. It's a simple assignment, except everyone has a hidden agenda, and the planet could become a deathtrap.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply great.
- By Bill on 2019-05-12
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Homefront
- An Expeditionary Force Audio Drama Special
- Written by: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: Zachary Quinto, R.C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 124
After the latest mission of the starship Flying Dutchman, Earth is safe not just for a year but for hundreds of years. The ship’s weary crew wonders what they will do with their lives in peacetime, but the enemy has other plans, and there is danger on the Homefront. Starring Zachary Quinto, R. C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, and everyone's favorite AI, Skippy the Magnificent, alongside a full cast. Includes plenty of pew-pew-pew, original sound composition, and maybe some singing by R. C. Bray.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Solid Shmaybe!
- By ChrisCW on 2019-06-19
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Mavericks
- Expeditionary Force, Book 6
- Written by: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 472
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 436
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 436
The remnants of the Expeditionary Force stranded on the alien-controlled planet "Paradise" get a chance to prove themselves, in a simple off-world training mission with a ship full of teenage alien cadets. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the survival of everyone on Paradise is at risk, the Merry Band of Pirates may have to come to the rescue. Unless they get killed first....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good, but heavy lack of the Merry Band of Pirates
- By Scott on 2018-10-22
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Storm World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 10
- Written by: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37
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In an unprecedented first, Earth sends a message to Mogwa Prime. Unfortunately, the messenger is not met with enthusiasm. Misunderstandings soon threaten all of Humanity. Forced to prove Earth can serve the Empire better than any rival, McGill does his best. Eager to prove our worth to the Galactics, the frontier war between Rigel and Earth is expanded to Storm World. Circled by six moons, the planet is ravaged by wild storms and tides. Battles are fought in raging hurricanes, and death stalks the soldiers on both sides.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive old formula
- By Somedood on 2019-06-29
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Legends Never Die
- Written by: Joshua Dalzelle
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
Jason Burke is a broken man. The loss of his friend and crewmate on an ill-fated mission to a Pillar World has left him in a downward spiral of rage and self-destruction. But what if Lucky hadn’t actually died on that planet? While Omega Force tries to pull itself together for the sake of their friend, they also learn that a ruthless new faction has seized control of the ConFed Council and now threatens the stability of the entire quadrant. To make matters worse, the rise of this new regime might be their fault.
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Renegades
- Expeditionary Force, Book 7
- Written by: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 355
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 342
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Story5 out of 5 stars 341
The battle-scarred star carrier Flying Dutchman is finally on her way back to Earth, after an exceptionally successful series of missions that have once again saved the world. The ship needs a serious refit, and her exhausted crew just wants a break from constant clandestine warfare against a vicious and superior enemy. Wishes come true, right? Not for the Merry Band of Pirates.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just binged the whole series. MUST HAVE MORE *taps forearm*
- By Justin on 2019-04-21
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Deathtrap
- Expeditionary Force Mavericks, Book 1
- Written by: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story5 out of 5 stars 118
The human soldiers stranded on the planet Paradise have been recruited into an alien legion to do the dirty jobs that the high-tech species won't do. Their first mission is to kick the enemy off a backwater planet no one cares about. It's a simple assignment, except everyone has a hidden agenda, and the planet could become a deathtrap.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply great.
- By Bill on 2019-05-12
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Homefront
- An Expeditionary Force Audio Drama Special
- Written by: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: Zachary Quinto, R.C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 124
After the latest mission of the starship Flying Dutchman, Earth is safe not just for a year but for hundreds of years. The ship’s weary crew wonders what they will do with their lives in peacetime, but the enemy has other plans, and there is danger on the Homefront. Starring Zachary Quinto, R. C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, and everyone's favorite AI, Skippy the Magnificent, alongside a full cast. Includes plenty of pew-pew-pew, original sound composition, and maybe some singing by R. C. Bray.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Solid Shmaybe!
- By ChrisCW on 2019-06-19
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Mavericks
- Expeditionary Force, Book 6
- Written by: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 472
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 436
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 436
The remnants of the Expeditionary Force stranded on the alien-controlled planet "Paradise" get a chance to prove themselves, in a simple off-world training mission with a ship full of teenage alien cadets. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the survival of everyone on Paradise is at risk, the Merry Band of Pirates may have to come to the rescue. Unless they get killed first....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good, but heavy lack of the Merry Band of Pirates
- By Scott on 2018-10-22
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Storm World
- Undying Mercenaries, Book 10
- Written by: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
In an unprecedented first, Earth sends a message to Mogwa Prime. Unfortunately, the messenger is not met with enthusiasm. Misunderstandings soon threaten all of Humanity. Forced to prove Earth can serve the Empire better than any rival, McGill does his best. Eager to prove our worth to the Galactics, the frontier war between Rigel and Earth is expanded to Storm World. Circled by six moons, the planet is ravaged by wild storms and tides. Battles are fought in raging hurricanes, and death stalks the soldiers on both sides.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive old formula
- By Somedood on 2019-06-29
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The Consuming Fire
- The Interdependency, Book 2
- Written by: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 176
The Interdependency, humanity’s interstellar empire, is on the verge of collapse. The Flow, the extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible, is disappearing, leaving entire star systems stranded. When it goes, human civilization may go with it - unless desperate measures can be taken. Emperox Grayland II, the leader of the Interdependency, is ready to take those measures to help ensure the survival of billions. But nothing is ever that easy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wil Wheaton should read all audio books
- By Meredith on 2018-11-01
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War of the Spheres
- Written by: B. V. Larson, James Millington
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3
When humanity reaches for the stars, our probes are destroyed. They crash into an incredibly advanced piece of technology: a massive force-field. Unknown beings have placed a barrier around our star and planets, enclosing us within. We’re locked inside a Great Sphere. Was this invisible obstacle built to imprison us - or to protect us? No one knows the truth, but it soon becomes clear the barrier has leaks. Aliens infiltrate and try to sabotage our efforts to escape our cage.
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Earth Fleet
- Rebel Fleet, Book 4
- Written by: B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
At long last, Earth has a handful of starships. Surrounded by Rebel Kher, Imperials, and the mysterious Nomads, humanity dares to assert our right to independence. The interstellar community reacts harshly. In the eyes of our neighbors, we’re upstarts, dangerous beings who don’t know our place. For the Kher, freedom can only be won through battle. War fleets arrive to instruct us, and Captain Leo Blake is again sent out to voyage among hostile stars.
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Ascendant
- The Genesis Fleet, Book 2
- Written by: Jack Campbell
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
In the three years since former fleet officer Rob Geary and former marine Mele Darcy led improvised forces to repel attacks on the newly settled world of Glenlyon, tensions have only gotten worse. When one of Glenlyon's warships is blown apart trying to break the blockade that has isolated the world from the rest of human-colonized space, only the destroyer Saber remains to defend it from another attack. Geary's decision to take Saber to the nearby star Kosatka to safeguard a diplomatic mission is a risky interpretation of his orders, to say the least.
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Infinite
- Written by: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
The Galahad, a faster-than-light spacecraft, carries 50 scientists and engineers on a mission to prepare Kepler 452b, Earth's nearest habitable neighbor at 1400 light years away. With Earth no longer habitable and the Mars colony slowly failing, they are humanity's best hope. After 10 years in a failed cryogenic bed - body asleep, mind awake - William Chanokh's torture comes to an end as the fog clears, the hatch opens, and his friend and fellow hacker, Tom, greets him...by stabbing a screwdriver into his heart. This is the first time William dies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Excellent Excellent
- By daniel on 2018-05-14
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Galaxy's Edge
- Written by: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4 out of 5 stars 166
On the edge of the galaxy, a diplomatic mission to an alien planet takes a turn when the Legionnaires, an elite special fighting force, find themselves ambushed and stranded behind enemy lines. They struggle to survive under siege, waiting on a rescue that might never come. In the seedy starport of Ackabar, a young girl searches the crime-ridden gutters to avenge her father's murder; not far away, a double-dealing legionniare-turned-smuggler hunts an epic payday; and somewhere along the outer galaxy, a mysterious bounty hunter lies in wait.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I would listen to RC Bray read a phone book
- By Justin on 2018-03-17
Publisher's Summary
If you could be the first to lay eyes upon a planet orbiting a distant star, would you go?
If it meant that when you returned home - if you returned home - everyone you knew would have been dead for centuries, would you still go?
The members of the Polaris Project knew what they were giving up when they volunteered to fly to the star named Angel-21, but the allure of being the first explorers to leave the Solar System far outweighed the risks. As it turned out, the most dangerous thing they faced wasn't the mission...it was the homecoming. Eight hundred years have passed, and Earth is nothing like they thought it would be.
As Commander Markus Brentwood scrambles to uncover the mystery of what's happened to Earth in their absence, he also must contend with an increasingly dysfunctional crew and a damaged ship that's flying on borrowed time. What should have been a joyous return home after a long, hard mission has turned into a race to see which nightmare would kill them first.
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-07-17
An exploration of humanity's dark side
Let me start by saying that I am an inveterate Joshua Dalzelle fan. He has a wonderful way of introducing me to characters whom I like, can often identify with, and who make me feel like I am maybe a little better person after getting to know them. THE BLACKFLEET TRILOGY, THE EXPANSION WARS TRILOGY, the entire OMEGA FORCE SERIES -- they are all full of characters you can develop a real kinship with.
I did NOT find this to be the case with BLUESHIFT. While some may feel the examination of group dynamics when put in the unique circumstances found in BLUESHIFT to be a worthwhile endeavor, I did not. The brutal and dark side of human behavior which kept emerging as the story progressed was not how I like devote my mental real estate. Realistic, one might ask? Very possibly. Reality notwithstanding, this was one novel I could have done without.
Paul Heitsch gives his usual stellar interpretation of the characters. He is a marvel, and a joy to listen to.
18 of 19 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- shirley
- 2018-07-11
Not my cup of tea.
I wanted more interaction between the crew and the humans who had continued to advance in the intervening 800 years. Instead we spend most of the time dealing with feral humans.
I found myself asking "why" a lot. Why were narcissists and psychopaths allowed on board? What was so important about the drives carrying the "history of mankind?" In the end the question became "what's the point?" This could have been really good if the author had stuck with one plot.
I'm just disappointed. I usually enjoy this author's work. I will continue reading his work.
20 of 22 people found this review helpful
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- Tm
- 2018-07-16
Very solid 4.5 stars
Part science fiction and part thriller this novel is a solid 4.5 stars. The characters are interesting. The story is compelling. I enjoyed the narrator. Overall very well done. Will there be a sequel? I don’t know. If there is I will certainly buy it.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
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- Senora Maven
- 2018-08-15
Loose Ends
The story was well done however I wish there was a bit less whining. I know these were civilians but really...get over it. Once they got on Earth conversation got a little more bearable. Other than that the story was very original. Unfortonately there were some loose ends at the conclusion of the story so I hope there will be a follow up.
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- Jeffrey
- 2018-08-20
Survival!
Some readers/reviewers did not survive Joshua Dalzelle's excellent tale of isolation and survival. It was not, after all, Omega Force or the intrepid Black Fleet. Right, but it was not supposed to be. Mr. Dalzelle stretches his wings in another sci-fi direction and I for one say, "Huzzah!" Seriously. This is a superb and very well written tale, the theme of which is touched on by a few sci-fi motion pictures of the last few years but not nearly with this kind of gut-wrenching "Oh no!" outcome. Will there be Blueshift #2? One can hope!
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
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- mysti5000
- 2019-05-31
I think just not my type of story.
it had a good mix of personalities but to me, it just fell a little flat. I feel everything went just as expected. it rather, it is so unfinished that it cant cut it as a novel and not interesting enough to continue as a series. boring but not so dull as to not finish.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-04-16
Rename the book...crew of A-holes.
found myself detached from the characters of the story. the writing was good the voice acting was awesome but the story just lacked any emotional connection due to the fact that the crew or a bunch of jerks. this one was no Megaforce but it didn't keep me awake on my drive.
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- Pathguy
- 2019-04-11
pretty good
it's not bad. the story of the future earth is pretty weak. reminds me of the future earth in the movie "time machine". story didn't quite make sense in the humans on mars didn't visit earth on their own, especially they are technologically advanced.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-01-26
Awesome Story
I hope there will be more and possible trilogy in the making. I completely recommend.
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- Sally Filler
- 2019-01-22
HMMMM Not his best
Not real sure what to think. I am disappointed with this book but HOPING that it is just a lead in to a better story; one more in line with the quality of his previous books. Not that any of his books are very scientifically sound BUT them are believable. The timelines are all wrong in this one, that is whyI am hoping that will somehow be explained in the next book. Many things just aren’t right in this book.