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Second Chances

First Command, Book 2

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Second Chances

By: Michael Simon
Narrated by: Ryan Kennard Burke
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Humanity’s war with the Coven is going badly.

Fleet simply doesn’t have the ships or the manpower to counter the alien’s vast reserves, so Cole Jackson is hauled out of his self-imposed exile and ordered back to the front. The Admirals are gambling on a miracle; that he and his crew can repeat the success of his First Command by repairing vessels and sending them into battle. And maybe snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Fleet has been gathering damaged and deserted ships in a remote system on the edge of human-controlled space. Without transport, Jackson’s crew must travel on an obsolete military simulator, without shields or weapons. When they run into a Coven warship, it’s all Jackson can do to keep them alive as both ships crash-land on the planet.

In a running battle with cyborg warriors, Jackson must avoid alien patrols, build rudimentary weapons, and cobble together some type of ship that would see them escape the death planet and change the course of the war.

Book 2 of a science fiction thrill ride about a crew of young soldiers mustering the courage to fight back against both a vicious alien enemy, and the terrifying void of being stranded in space. It's perfect for fans of Daniel Gibbs, J.N. Chaney, and Vaughn Heppner!

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I really enjoyed the last book but this one has fallen flat for me. I won't drop big spoilers, but listening to space navy folks badly try ground warfare was almost painful. The former Hoods crew have a really weird skill set when they know know and accomplish such fantastical feats while at the same time missing so many basics.

Not as good as the first.

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Firetruck yah just that great book great reader love it 15 word minimum...... damit I am not a big talker

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Terrible story and writing, the mindless adolescent conversations go on for tens of minutes. I’m at a loss as to how stuff like this can even get published. I’m most of the way through but I fast forwarded a lot. This one goes on the trash heap.

Utterly boring

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