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  • Expeditionary Force, Book 15
  • Written by: Craig Alanson
  • Narrated by: R.C. Bray
  • Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (801 ratings)

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Failure Mode

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

When a mission ends in disaster—there is no way to achieve the objective, no way to regroup and try again, no plan B, no hope—all you can do is fall back into FAILURE MODE and try to salvage whatever you can.

...if it is even possible to save anything, or anyone.

The galaxy is doomed. Monkeys may be clever and too stubborn to give up, but Skippy The Idiot Who Got Played knows the harsh truth: this is a fight he can’t win. The odds are not only stacked against him, he was designed not to win this fight.

Maybe he can salvage some faint memory of the civilizations that inhabit the galaxy, but those beings are doomed. Doomed. Including the Merry Band of Pirates.

©2022 Craig Alanson (P)2022 Podium Audio

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Soooooooo good.

Loved every single second of it!!! Bravo to the entire team, with special shout out to Mr. Bray.

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Une excellente série de livre

Une des meilleures sinon la meilleure que j’ai lut pu écouter. Beaucoup de plaisir et d’humour à écouter cette histoire ce dérouler. J’espère que vous allez autant l’apprécier.

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Another great audio book and performance

This one mostly follows one story line and the main 2 characters. Is this the conclusion book? There are still many paths that story can continue towards, hopefully there will be more books to follow.

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Pure Awesomeness

I can't do a full proper review at this time, I don't want to risk spoiling this great read, I just finished the book. I have to say I never expected as a grown man to get emotional and almost cry while listening to this series. Great performance by RC Bray, and stellar writing by Craig Alanson.

If you have a fondness for scifi you will absolutely love this series. I can't wait for the next book. I hope it won't be too long. I mean there could be a sequel to Convergence soon I hope as well.

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Great ending to an amazing series

great ending to this amazing series. I was satisfied but wish they did one more book to tell us what happened after as there were still a few lose ends.

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Solid Conclusion

Major plot points happen quite quickly toward the end of the story, but the conclusion is satisfying.

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Enjoyed the entire series!!

This was a great series of books. If you like Siri and some humour this book is for you.

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Trust the awesomeness

I’ve listened to all 15 books twice and they are awesome. Great characters great story.

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Sad to say goodbye…

Hopefully CA will get bored with talking dogs, and check in with the Pirates again sometime.

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Trust THE Awesomeness

Well..heh heh... story is over so let's go see what trouble we can get into!!!

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