Columbus Day
Expeditionary Force, Book 1
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Narrateur(s):
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R.C. Bray
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Auteur(s):
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Craig Alanson
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Nominee, Audie Awards - Audiobook of the Year, 2018
We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news.
The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits.
When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved. The UN Expeditionary Force hitched a ride on Kristang ships to fight the Ruhar, wherever our new allies thought we could be useful. So, I went from fighting with the US Army in Nigeria, to fighting in space. It was lies, all of it. We shouldn't even be fighting the Ruhar, they aren't our enemy. Our allies are.
I'd better start at the beginning.
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Story was good at first but then Skippy comes along and made it great.
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Great Entertainment!
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Cons:
-The short stories between novels are necessary to the storyline but not worth a credit.
-Ties in with the Mavericks storyline and you really need to read those as well. Theyre almost as good so no worries there.
-Maybe a little predicatable at times and deus ex machina used too often.
-Humor is repetitive.
-Characters are static. Development is minimal but theyre great so whatever.
Pros:
-After book 1 I was kept fully engaged with the main storyline and curious about the big picture subplot that comes as a trickle throughout the series.
-A very BIG story made simple with lots of memorable characters and great ideas.
-As a usual reader of harder scifi such as Alastair Reynolds I was satisfied with the science/theories behind the technology as simplified as it was.
-The different levels of technology throughout the galaxies' species was a great concept and made this universe original.
Also Read:
-Bobiverse (Id read this first)
Do it
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I was not expecting this
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I enjoyed it
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Good transformed into great by Skippy
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