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Ruins of the Earth

Ruins of the Earth, Book 1

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A secret buried in the Antarctic. A puzzle unsolved for thousands of years.

And a Brooklyn-born master gunnery sergeant who's royally pissed that he has to babysit the researchers sent to figure it all out. Patrick "Wic" Finnegan's last op as a Marine Raider before retirement sends him to the frozen Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands. The only reason he's here? He owes a favor to an old friend, but that doesn't mean he has to like it.

When Wic finally sees what the team has uncovered, he can't believe his eyes, nor is he prepared for the violence to come. Soon, the portal opens and unleashes a storm of unbridled fury upon humanity.

From the Antarctic tundra to the streets of Manhattan, Wic and his team will be pushed to their limits as they fight to hold back Earth's ultimate threat. The odds are against them. Governments are toppling. And the Earth is falling into ruin.

Join best-selling authors Christopher Hopper and J.N. Chaney on what audiences call a "nonstop, break-neck thrill ride into metaspace". For fans of District 9, Expeditionary Force, and Galaxy's Edge, this is one military sci-fi thriller you won't be able to put down, and the official beginning to the hit series Ruins of the Galaxy.

©2021 Christopher Hopper (P)2021 Podium Audio
Fantasy Fiction First Contact Military Science Fiction
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I was enjoying this book until the Skippy wannabe appeared and the main character turned into an irrational idiot.. This pretty much ruined the look for me after the far too many chapters it took for the main character to finally get a clue.
Even RC Bray couldn't save this as I could honestly listen to him read the phone book, but many of the characters and dialogue were too annoying that even Bray's solid voice acting couldn't fix.

Ruined

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Expeditionary Force like, but the story and characters are more realistic. The main protagonist especially is very well developed and is easy to like. Nothing is over the top, yet fantastical enough to be entertaining.

Good story, better performance.

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Action packed story, with well-developed characters that you remember and enjoy. Looking forward to the next book in the series!

RC Bray delivers his usual awesome narration for this book!

Loved the start of this prequel series!

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Liked the start, thought it was a new base for escape but then the beer can turned into a gun and Bishop grew a beard.
Again you had a start, but the snarky, jealous, brilliant and damaged beer can/gun looks like cuts from the original that got dusted off and handed to Hopper to “do something with”. Was this the editors idea?

Plot starts but falls into an old rut

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I get it that the comparison to Expeditionary Force can throw you off at first. After burning through all of expeditionary force I got use to the talking gun and enjoyed this books twist on alien invasion. I enjoyed it and recomend it and I'll give the next a go. However I noticed that there are no other audio books after book 2 so hopefully so hopefully Chaney snd Hopper get that fixed.

Who doesn't have a talking gun

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