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  • Wayward Galaxy, Book 3
  • Written by: Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
  • Narrated by: R.C. Bray
  • Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (79 ratings)

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Wayward Galaxy 3

Written by: Jason Anspach,J.N. Chaney
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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Publisher's Summary

Three times the action. Three times the adventure. Th-three times the Brody.

Amir belongs to more than exotic and wild beasts. Alexa, Brody, and the growing colony will cause long-hidden RUPAC elements to rise from the darkness, culminating in a struggle to control the new world.

As the enemies of the Osay will find, the most dangerous animals on the planet are Reach and the Rangers. But as the aftermath settles, the colonists realize that sometimes finding answers just leads to more questions….

Experience the third entry in the international hit series Wayward Galaxy from USA Today best-selling authors J.N. Chaney and Jason Anspach, performed by award-winning R.C. Bray. If you're a fan of '80s action flicks, futuristic high octane combat, and fighting commies of all shapes, you'll love this series.

©2021 Jason Anspach (P)2022 Podium Audio

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Disapointed

Enjoyed the first two. this one was all over the place. Difficult to follow the storyline. Even RC Bray couldn't save this one although he did an admirable job with what he had.

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Different than the rest, but good

After reading other reviews that said the book was hard to follow, and that it jumped around, I was concerned. I almost didn’t buy it. However I decided to and I quite enjoyed it. I like the format and I like the way the book moves from one area (or scenario) to another, and sometimes in another place without, a lot of notice. If you pay attention, it all makes sense. It’s got some new things and insights. Looking forward to the next one now.

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Americas reality ruins the story.

I love the characters and the storytelling, but honestly Americas love affair with fascism is really ruining the copaganda/America the gentle and benevolent angle... It's hard to listen to it while the richest corporation in human history gets government assistance but children starve on the street.

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A story with no plot

I'm a fan of the author and the series. This book is horrible and there is no reason to mince words. I'll get to the positives after the negatives.

First, Brody is more of a guest character for the majority of this book. Second, there is no plot which makes it very, very boring. Most of the book is them walking to a place and then having a meeting. The meeting goes as predicted, remember that Political Officers are a thing in communist militaries and they live in an age of AI. Third, they receive ONE piece of semi-important information, being the time that has passed between the group leaving Earth and arriving to the planet, which is quickly ignored. Fourth, critical information is not asked, investigated, or divulged. They consistently brag about being Rangers but have no care or concern about linking up with their CoC (Chain of Command) or even establishing contact with America, not even for a situation report. They literally anticipate being an independent state and fighting American forces who may arrive on the planet. Take some nuance with that last point, obviously they should be prepared for anything, and Americans have unmatched enthusiasm for wanting to overthrow their own government should it become tyrannical, but Jesus man, we aren't "there yet" when it comes to the situation that the characters find themselves in. Sixth, some of the language is cringey to people who are in the military and have deployed, one of them, while in combat, said "lay down the hate" on the radio for example - Mofo - don't jam comms with BS, give calm, clear, concise target indications or STFU. Lastly, every character outside of Brody is so Vanilla that I'd rather hear about the nuances of paint drying than their thoughts on anything. This one was a hard one to listen to folks, I'm a fan of the series too, I appreciate the author, but there was literally no plot, it was very very boring. I found myself actually getting angry as I was continuously listening to the book for so long and there weren't an plot developments and only a few character developments. I was so upset by the end of the book (because I like the author) that I made sure to wait a long time before writing a review. At the end of the day, there was no plot, and I don't think the authors know what they're doing with this series.

Now the positives. RC Bray was great. The author is very good at articulating action scenes. There were a few "Laugh Out Loud" scenes that hit me hard, and I don't laugh out loud very often. So again, the author is good with character humour and seems to understand military culture pretty well. There isn't much more to say other than that this was a disappointment and as much as I like the author(s), I think that they don't know what they're doing with the story and this entire book was a waste of time. It was so disappointing, and had such low effort in it, that I almost feel like they're just putting out content for a cash grab.

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Brody is awesome

This is a really good sifi/action book. Rc bray nocks the narration out of the park. Anspach and Chaney have came up with some great characters. Looks forward to the next book in the series.

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thanks a ton citizens 🍻

omfg, love the series and can't wait for the next one. great job to both authors on another amazing story.

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  • T. R. Higley
  • 2022-03-23

Weak storyline

The book lost its way and felt rushed. The extended drama and war scenes gave a sense of getting something published for a payday. Disapointing.

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  • Sam
  • 2022-04-03

One long battle not much of a story

I have read first 3 books in Wayward Galaxy. I am out. Last book was nothing but one long battle description with very little by the way of plot or character development. Only so many times I can hear "I still got it" before I say no you don't. If you read the books you will get that reference.

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  • Gauthier
  • 2022-03-26

Great universe and story. Too heavy on combat descriptions

Another great chapter in the Wayward Galaxy series. Characters are enjoyable and the overall plot is intriguing. However, this book in particular, is spending way too much time describing combat and engagements at the expense of developing the story and plot.

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  • M.P.I.
  • 2022-04-07

Unusually mediocre for both authors & series

I'm definitely a fan of this series & both authors, and even more than those, Lord Bray. he is my go to narrator, the top of my mount Rushmore. So why is a 4 star rating starting off with this caveat? Because the start of this series (first 2 audiobooks) was one of the best starts to any series I've heard...a very unique storyline and world built! And with Lord Bray at the controls? How could it go wrong?

Well "wrong" isn't exactly it. Perhaps the series & authors Anspach & Chaney are a victim of their own success? Honestly I've never read/heard a series with either of them individually...always with a co-author. But I've yet to find a series that I disliked that they've been a part of. Admittedly I have with Lord Bray (he has done so many series), but NOT bc of him...in fact his voice narration helped the few he has done that I didn't care for. But ultimately it was a fail due to the author (I won't name names bc thats not the point here...just a backdrop for my slight criticism of this book 3) and what he put in his books that Bray has done.

Here was my issue...the action was hard to follow. I often found myself rewinding just to figure out WTH is going on. And half the time I did that I still couldn't figure it out. By this time I am veteran of audiobooks, having downloaded over 200 and listened to over 100 to date (yes I have a long list of "to get to" someday). Usually with any series I like, it only gets better with each successive book thats released. Very rarely does it go backwards. To date only 1 series that Bray did was that the case for me (other than the 1 author he teams up with often that I actually despise...will not patronize someone who constantly attacks a large segment of the real world population in the name of wokeism)...and I dont mind naming the 1 series Bray did to give an example of a series that started off SO GOOD...but in book 2 of that series, for me, got worse and worse: Titanborn. Awesome premise, but fundamentally shifted in book 2 and never got back what was so good to start that series (imho).

So i am hoping this series doesn't suffer that same fate. I dont think it will. The underlying premise of this series is good. Titanborn the fundamentals of the story shifted drastically in book 2 and got worse thru the rest of the series for me. Wayward Galaxy may be a victim of awesomeness set up in book 1 and continued to book 2...of that great success and also the authors paired with Lord Bray.

But for me, Its just odd...this one didn't flow like the previous 2...action wasn't clear about half of the book...often times names were dropped into the book and often some names sounded too similar to each other and hard to follow that too.. Overall it was hard to follow the fringe characters very well. The execution of the overall story was the issue for me and it made the sequence of events in this book difficult to follow and enjoy. I am hoping whatever happened in this book can be rectified with book 4. Hopefully the authors take this mild criticism to heart and not become bitter by my comments or other's. Why would I spend over 30 minutes writing this out of my busy day of that wasn't the goal I had in mind? I WANT to like this series and WANT it to succeed...I WANT both author's track record and success to grow, as I do for Lord Bray too. Especially for Mr. Chaney...since he is the co-author with my favorite author at this time, Christopher Hopper, for the Ruins series (Galaxy & Earth series alike)...

Yes...I want their mantra to match Brody's...

I ST-ST-STILLLL GOT IT!!

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  • collin
  • 2022-03-29

Good as usual, but jumpy

I love this series and the story is fantastic,


HOWEVER

I had a hard time following who was where in this book, locations seemed to jump quickly and continuously and it was much harder to paint a mental picture as to who was where and what it looked like where they were. between the constant name changing of locations by the factions and people the story trying to trick the reader and charters as to what was happening it was harder to follow and I felt lost too much for comfort. Again excellent story, but perhaps give a little grounding to the reader more when action like this is pumped out so many chapters straight, the pace was incredible and really made you feel rush the rangers went into, but as a listener it became hard to keep up, maybe just me, other two books I had no issues, this one is much faster pace. Love it love it love it

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  • Red Castle
  • 2022-03-15

As if anyone needs to ask.

Yes, as always the Anspach, Chaney and Bray trifecta take the gold. They might have even stolen the silver and bronze too on their way out, leaving nothing for the competition. Can't wait for the audio for book 4.

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  • Richard Lopez
  • 2022-04-06

Another great one. little hard to follow sometimes

it's the third book so it goes without saying I'm still loving this series.

wanted to point out the difficulty in following some of the longer combat portions though. The jumping from one character to another along with the high-speed flurry of information leaves me regularly going "wait who is this and where are they?".

I'm not certain what cues could be added make that easier to follow but damn could I use some. still, excellent series.

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  • jacob daniel arnold
  • 2022-03-24

another Great

Lotta action packed in the last few chapters. dirty ass Rupac . BBB-Brody on point as usual. Next installment better be like a month away or I'm gonna go John Matrix om someone.

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  • Ryan Erin Helfinstine
  • 2022-03-24

Best of the three

I love the first two books. This third book however is nonstop action. And the author was masterful with really being the characters to life. You truly get to know and enjoy all of the personalities. Fantastic job can't wait for book 4

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  • Jjacobson
  • 2022-03-21

This book is a definite yes

This review should be the only one you need to read. Just get it. It’s good. To everyone involved in this book I want to say thank you. I was very entertained. Keep it up and hurry every chance you get I’ll be waiting impatiently

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