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  • Expeditionary Force, Book 7
  • Written by: Craig Alanson
  • Narrated by: R.C. Bray
  • Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,060 ratings)

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Renegades

Written by: Craig Alanson
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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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.

Includes special bonus note from the author.

©2018 Craig Alanson (P)2019 Podium Publishing

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Love the series but...

The story has to pick up and start moving along. Alanson is building up an interesting universe but then gives us tidbits of discovery and while I’ve enjoyed every title so far it’s all staring to get long in the tooth. I’d like him to start delving more into the Elders mythos and stop the endless plots to keep saving the Earth because an alien might go visit it. I think, hopefully, this book wraps up that plot arc and our planet is finally and truly safe, and now they can go and figure out some of the mysteries of the galaxy, after the little audio play that is.

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Just binged the whole series. MUST HAVE MORE *taps forearm*

I, like many, grabbed this book series on RC Bray’s recommendation or simply by his name.

Don’t let that be the only reason. This writing is witty, clever, fun, deep, and somehow feels like a real world.

Gripes I have with most stories are character or logic inconsistencies. The abandoning of or betrayal of the rule-sets in a built character or world for the sake of plot. That and the forgetfulness of many writers who in a long series abandon plot lines they set up in previous books. Craig thus far has given me nothing to gripe about on that front.

For me, the slow weaving of clues into a massive story of the deep past with the Elders and the AI is very well done. Many writers tend to rush world building or abandon it altogether and the opportunity for mystery is wasted. I love the opportunity to ponder what really happened in the deep past. That’s a personal thing, as I love that in the real world too. I think I know the story he is setting us up for and I’m quite excited about it.

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getting repetitive

how many times can "asshole" be used as a part of plot development? Nuff said

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Made it this far

This is a great story. Craig Alanson has got some great ideas. If I had to complain about his writing style especially in this book is sometimes he seems to go off on a tangent when describing how the character feels about something which takes a long time and doesn't add to the story. Like when you are waiting at a Dr.s office and its full and you don't feel well and everyone else seems to be getting called and you don't get called which makes you so mad that you want to scream but you can't because your sick and you just sit there waiting.. etc etc. like that. nothing to do with the story but .... other than a few occasions like that Skippy is awesomeness. I am joining the cult (um club). yay skippy.

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After seven books no ground has been gained.

I do love the characters in this series (most of which are absent in this one). They can't save this book from lazy writing however. The humans haven't made one single meaningful step towards securing the safety of Earth. What happens when the next ship jumps through the wormhole to the location of final battle in this story? They are going to find evidence of a battle and begin investigating what happened (parts of multiple missiles, armour shed from the battle etc.).

The cover story is going to fall flat as well. Senior species are cautious and maintain high alert when going through perfectly functioning wormholes even when safely in their sphere of influence. For some reason they suddenly decide to throw caution to the wind and send the entire force to cuddle up to a malfunctioning wormhole. A wormhole at the edge of their influence. The remaining, heavily damaged enemy ship travels all the way back to a relay station. Instead of waiting for for rescue, it continues on it's way and explodes. There's going to be a massive search for that ship.

There is no reason why they wouldn't return to investigate the Earth wormhole. It's doing things that have never happened in millennia of faithful service. When other wormholes begin exhibiting similar behaviour they should send teams to all of the wormholes acting up. The first one to malfunction would be an important part of the puzzle. Especially since it could be a cascade failure of the entire network starting at earth.

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Great story about how they actually do it.

I really like Joe and Skippy's parts. however I felt like the story could have been better if we had more viewpoints from the maxsalts ships when they encountered the Dutchman, the pay off would have been better and it would have been a humans fuck yeah moment instead of hearing it from Joe who heard from Skippy.

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What can I say? Please!

I love these books more than I like to admit. I occasionally go back and listen to them all over again. So much fun! Well done Craig! Please keep them coming!!

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That Loveable beer can!

I am so addicted to this story! The plot an twists just keep coming at you as you slip into the wormhole of this story not knowing what lies at the event horizon! Loved it!

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Continuing to push the limits

This story still hasn’t gotten old, if only skippy and Joe could go on adventures forever

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Not the best in series

Not the best, but still pretty good. My mind wondered in some of the technical descriptions, even with Mr. Bray's voice, and found I had to rewind a few times. Still I enjoyed it and looking forward to the next adventure.

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