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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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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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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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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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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