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  • Expeditionary Force, Book 11
  • Written by: Craig Alanson
  • Narrated by: R.C. Bray
  • Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (946 ratings)

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Brushfire

Written by: Craig Alanson
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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Publisher's Summary

Peacetime can be a rough adjustment for the battle-hardened Merry Band of Pirates.  

Especially when aliens don’t get the memo that the shooting is over.

©2020 Craig Alanson (P)2020 Podium Audio

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fantastic as usual with a hiccup

Part of the 15th chapter sounds like someone writing a social justice blog post. 99% of men don't have a "sexist brain" anymore then gay people have a gay brain. And the bit about Margret assuming Joe was racist over sun block was equally cringe worthy. you tellin me a battle hardened vet who has served with him for years as practically family would automatically assume he was racist the whole time? The rest of the story and RC Bray were great as usual but that chapter stuck out as preaching, really brought me out of the story until the next chapter.

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Low expectations = great story

Before listening to brushfire, I read a lot of the negatives reviews. The last 2 books were feeling kinda stale as far as the storyline goes and I was given the impression that the author was just regurgitating the same story over and over. Keeping that in mind I gave up my months credit and was rewarded with an awesome story. This book breaths fresh air into what was becoming a stale story ( bishop, skippy & the merry band of pirates). I look forward to the next book and am cautiously optimistic. Thank you Craig Alanson & R.C. Bray.

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Craig Alanson and R.C. Bray are amaze ballz

I am so overwhelmed by the magnificence of the awesomeness of Craig and R.C Bray.

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Painful

Such a great series dragged down by a complete waste of a book.
There are funny parts but most is cringe worthy and skippable. If it wasn’t for the superb narration I would be returning this book and it is only because of the narration that I am going to finish listening to this abomination in an otherwise stellar series.
Let’s hope that the next in the series is the great redeemer.

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Skip the first half unless you like teen dramas

The last three books could have been condensed into one. The first half of Brushfire was more of a teen romance then a science fiction novel. If it was not for the last portion of the book I would have rated the story a one star.

At this point I do not think I will purchase another book until the last one is produced. I will buy that one to see how the story ends. I do think I will miss much of the plot or of story development.

Note that I really enjoyed the first several books of the series. I was impressed when Skippy was mentioned in one of my favorite series; Bobiverse.

As always R.C. Bray is awesome!

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2/3 of books reads like epilogue

Really boring. worst in the series. the book spent way too much time on earth. at one point I thought this was epilogue.

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  • ann
  • 2021-01-07

Simp-tacular!

R.C. Bray is a fun narrative actor. Joe is pure simp though. bla blah blah blah blah

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Another great book

This iteration of expeditionary force gives the pirates the earthly recognition they deserve while still adding both the immediate dangers they are used to and new universal scale threats we’re listening for.

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  • Sam
  • 2020-12-23

A waste of a potential.

such a great series, but story is being dragged out in most painful way possible. over 50% of the book is just fillers. narrator (RC Bray) carries the book, but it's very unfortunate that author is interested in hitting a count for the series (15 or so books) rather than moving the story forward. if a significant number gets returned then they'll hear the message.

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open loop storytelling

getting very boring and repetitive, narration is saving it at this point. No progress in storytelling very little character development

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