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Mavericks
- Expeditionary Force, Book 6
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31,388
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28,829
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28,742
The remnants of the Expeditionary Force stranded on the alien-controlled planet "Paradise" get a chance to prove themselves, in a simple off-world training mission with a ship full of teenage alien cadets. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the survival of everyone on Paradise is at risk, the Merry Band of Pirates may have to come to the rescue. Unless they get killed first....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Trouble on Paradise pt. II
- By Leonidas Karr on 09-27-18
- Mavericks
- Expeditionary Force, Book 6
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Very Unclimatic Dull Ending
Reviewed: 01-04-19
Loved the series and was hoping for everything to wrap up with a big finale. Unfortunately it seemed kind of meander and fizzle like the author suddenly had something else to do and decided he was done. Cashing in, maybe like in the 2 part book he came out with earlier, where you needed to buy them separately. I held out hope, but I think I'll have say goodbye to Skippy without ever really knowing what he becomes or his true origins...
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Assault Troopers
- Extinction Wars, Book 1
- By: Vaughn Heppner
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,044
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,043
The Earth died when aliens rained thermonuclear warheads on her cities and sprayed the surface with a bio-terminator. A deadly poison drifted to every corner of the planet, threatening the last survivors with annihilation. For a soldier like Creed, there is only one way to keep breathing untainted air. He must bury his hatred of the extraterrestrials and join the Jelk Corporation as an assault trooper, leaving the planet for outer space. In return for his and other people's services, the corporation will house the last humans for as long as the assault troopers keep winning.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Angry, Poor action, No reality, A lot of Yelling
- By Edward on 10-26-13
- Assault Troopers
- Extinction Wars, Book 1
- By: Vaughn Heppner
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
Great Story, Alien Races a Bit Cartoonish
Reviewed: 05-23-15
Loved everything about the whole series except the alien races described mostly reminded me of the stuff you'd see on an old 60s episode of Star Trek. I wouldn't equate highly evolved beings with dirty babion type creatures or giant bipedal tigers.
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Embassytown
- By: China Mieville
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 990
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Story4 out of 5 stars 996
China Miéville doesn’t follow trends, he sets them. Relentlessly pushing his own boundaries as a writer - and in the process expanding the boundaries of the entire field - with Embassytown, Miéville has crafted an extraordinary novel that is not only a moving personal drama but a gripping adventure of alien contact and war. In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak....
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5 out of 5 stars
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must hear to fully appreciate.
- By Don Gilbert on 01-05-12
- Embassytown
- By: China Mieville
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
Creative but Mind Numbing
Reviewed: 06-07-11
I'm all for creativity in a story, which Mieville does superb, but this story meanders aimlessly. I'm almost halfway through and just hanging on hoping it will get better. Aside from nonexistent action in the vague plot, the author insist on throwing in so much "Embassytown" techno jargon, that I'm often left hoping that eventually the author will reveal things, that usually are left for you to figure out or decipher yourself. The narrator doesn't help much, nor does the fact that it is read with a British accent, making it feel more like a Dr. Who episode.
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