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Craig Alanson
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Disaster.
There was no other word to describe how Operation Olympic had changed in a flash from a triumph to the worst failure the Merry Band of Pirates had ever experienced. A failure that meant the fight was over. Unless the Pirates could perform a miracle, without Skippy.
The Expeditionary Force saga continues with Gateway from epic sci-fi writer Craig Alanson and narrated by none other than R.C. Bray.
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- Able Bodied Soldier, Book 1
- By: Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
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Titus Briggs is an Earth Defense soldier, a grunt, a decorated war hero—it's all he's ever known. So when a career-ending injury leaves him lying in a hospital bed, missing both legs, he struggles to accept his new reality. He can no longer walk, which means he can no longer fight. That is until a mysterious colonel arrives and offers Titus the opportunity to step into a new kind of war, a new kind of fight. To become a new kind of soldier. Mobile Combat Suits—MOCOMS—represent the next stage in human warfare. They enable soldiers to fight like never before.
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Best new series of 2024
- By Kristopher G. Hesson on 12-21-24
By: Jason Anspach, and others
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Deathtrap
- Expeditionary Force Mavericks, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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The human soldiers stranded on the planet Paradise have been recruited into an alien legion to do the dirty jobs that the high-tech species won't do. Their first mission is to kick the enemy off a backwater planet no one cares about. It's a simple assignment, except everyone has a hidden agenda, and the planet could become a deathtrap.
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What a great spinoff!
- By Cliff on 05-13-19
By: Craig Alanson
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Wraith
- The Convergence War, Book 1
- By: M.R. Forbes
- Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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When the research starship Galileo vanishes without a trace, the powers-that-be are quick to bury the incident, eager to prevent escalating tensions that could lead to war. As a former POW, Soren refuses to give the ship up for lost. His daughter is one of the missing. Taking matters into his own hands, Soren starts pulling strings and calling in favors, determined to launch a clandestine mission to bring Galileo home. When an old friend offers him a ship for the operation, he expects a rusty relic headed for the scrapyard.
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Good enough plot to look past some elements
- By Tim on 03-28-25
By: M.R. Forbes
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Ascendant
- Ascendant, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
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The Wizard's Council of Tarador was supposed to tell young Koren Bladewell that he is a wizard. They were supposed to tell everyone that he is not a jinx, that all the bad things that happen around him are because he can't control the power inside him, power he doesn't know about. The people of his village, even his parents, are afraid of him, afraid he is cursed. That he is a dangerous, evil jinx.
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A skeptic entertained
- By David M on 11-22-17
By: Craig Alanson
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The Golden Goblin
- A Spellmonger Novel
- By: Terry Mancour
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 19 hrs
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"Lilastien is missing." That's how Master Minalan the Spellmonger, the greatest wizard of the age, began the mission for his two former apprentices, Tyndal and Rondal. Both were men of means now, recently married and enjoying high positions as a reward for their past service in the war. But service does not end with an armistice; now that the war is over, the Spellmonger recruits them to track down the missing Alka Alon sorceress, Lilastien, whose knowledge of Callidore's ancient past has proven invaluable in recovering the crafts of the Ancients.
By: Terry Mancour
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Ship of Prophecy Box Set: The Complete 10-Book Series
- By: Scott Bartlett
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 75 hrs and 26 mins
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The return of humanity's oldest enemy... An alien prophecy that predicts our species' downfall... And a captain who's the only thing standing in the way of his starship getting mothballed. Wait, what? Imagine Captain Keyes’ surprise when the fate of the galaxy turns out to depend on him, his decrepit ship, and his oddball crew.
By: Scott Bartlett
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When the Moon Hits Your Eye
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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For some it’s an opportunity. For others it’s a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now... something absolutely impossible.
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Buyer's Remorse
- By Amy on 03-31-25
By: John Scalzi
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The Forever Ship
- Starship Omega, Book 1
- By: Scott Bartlett, Joshua James
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
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When the Ornu came, they took Earth in a single night. Humanity never stood a chance. Now, they force us to crew their ships and fight their wars for them. They hold Earth hostage, and if we refuse to do their bidding, they’ll lay waste to our precious blue marble. Slaughtering the billions who live there. But when Captain Bill Henderson is sent to claim a small moon for his masters, he finds something they never accounted for. An ancient warship – a behemoth abandoned for millennia by a species that reached its peak at the dawn of the universe.
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Another home run!
- By David Perry on 05-26-24
By: Scott Bartlett, and others
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The Forgotten Ship
- By: J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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Drake steals artifacts so they can benefit all of mankind. They belong in a museum, after all, not hoarded by a select few in their private vaults. It's a dangerous life, but someone has to do it. Until he learns of a map to the location of a lost mega-freighter once belonging to the ancient royal family. Drake, like so many before him, can't resist the siren's call. After all, it's the find of a lifetime.
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Very nice space adventure
- By Pascal Scheffers on 04-24-25
By: J.N. Chaney, and others
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Tin Man
- Galaxy's Edge, Book 0.5
- By: Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 52 mins
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In the wilds of a jungle planet, the Legion fights in brutal combat as Republic marines fly their SLICS from one tragedy to the next. H292, a repurposed warbot, shows the heart of a hero as he wades into the battle not to destroy - but to save.
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So cool
- By Chris on 02-01-20
By: Jason Anspach, and others
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Hell Divers
- Hell Divers Series, Book 1
- By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and outdated, most of the ships plummeted back to Earth long ago. The only thing keeping the two surviving lifeboats in the sky are Hell Divers - men and women who risk their lives by skydiving to the surface to scavenge for parts the ships desperately need.
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A little cliche action hero-y but damn good story anyway
- By Jillian Noone on 09-04-19
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- Chris Hendricks
- 05-01-25
outstanding with a single complaint
On occasion the audio glitches. Generally when the narrator overwhelms the microphone with a loud noise
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- Chase
- 05-02-25
Glad it’s back
Skippy and all of it. That’s what I like. Would like the next book to explore the potential science behind the improbability field and the outsiders potential science.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-02-25
I love this series
Another fantastic addition to the story. I started listening to this series back during Covid. Since that time I have moved states, held 3 jobs, and gotten married. It has slowly but SURELY become my MOST favorite sci-fi series ever. I have tried and failed SO MANY TIMES to find anything that resembles the wonder/entertainment I get from Ex-Force.
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- P
- 05-01-25
yet another great story
fantastic story. been listening since the beginning and always look forward to the next one. I don't imagine it will ever end.... there is a universe of potential disasters to solve soooooo let's just say the only way this series can ever end IMHO is if bishop gets the probability field on his side. anyways I thought it was another fantastic listen/read
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- Jude
- 05-02-25
Fantastic
I love this series! Can not wait for the next book! Gripping, as always. Need more skippy in life.
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- Gregory J Jasewicz
- 04-30-25
Awesome Journey
Craig, Bob… nearing 1000 books and you guys are receiving my first review!
Awesome, thank you for the journey!
Craig, I thanked you at Christmas a few years ago… I had survived a ruptured brain aneurysm and two brain operations in 2016. Still Here!
Skippy and the Mary Band of Pirates reside permanently in my rebuild synoptic nodes.

Bob, you read for me when I was unable to read for myself, Thank You
Stay stubborn, stay Strong
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- esmeralda
- 05-01-25
Gotta love Skippy
As usual RC Bray brings the story to life, what else can you say about a well written and narrated book without having to include a lot of spoiler alerts...
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- David and Tamara
- 05-01-25
Well worth the wait.
That was a very welcome rollercoaster of shenanigans. I loved every minute of it. Pure Awesomeness.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-02-25
Can’t wait for book 19
Great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great I don’t know if I have 15 words yet I think so. I should be good. Book is great. Expeditionary force is great thank you Craig Allison.
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- Val
- 05-02-25
Time spent with old friends
Sparkling dialogue, swashbuckling space drama. After 18 books I still look forward to the next episode
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