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Aces

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Aces

By: Craig Alanson
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
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About this listen

Children are not supposed to rescue their parents, life is supposed to be the other way around. And rescues aren't supposed to be needed on the trip out to the new colony planet Valhalla. Slow, yes. Boring, yes. Dangerous? No, the trip is not supposed to be dangerous, never has been.

When thieves attack the transport ship to steal an ancient alien artifact, and young Kaylee and her brother, Manny, are cut off from their parents, they have to stop the thieves from getting what they want, because once the thieves have the artifact, they're not leaving any witnesses.

©2016 Craig Alanson (P)2017 Podium Publishing Action & Adventure Fiction Adventure Science Fiction Thief

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Great book. Excellent descriptive narrative. I already see the movie. Highly recommend for scifi lovers.

Should be a movie

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i liked this book. a very light read. i think the ks would enjoy reading it too!

I LovedIt

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I should preface this by saying I love the Expeditionary Force series. I pre order each book and love the writing and the narration. This is not more of the same however if you enjoy that series I think you should give this a shot. It's a really enjoyable book that has potential to grow. The narration is great and he does a good job of making each the characters real. If you enjoy other Craig Alanson stuff you are pretty much guaranteed to love this.

Not Expeditionary Force, but that's a good thing

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The story easy ok and easy to follow. I'd recommended it for young or teenage readers but not for another looking for a story line which is more involved. Will not need following the rest of the Ace books

An ok story, more for young readers

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Compared to the Expeditionary Force series, this one pales. One positive aspect is that the storyline is not full of wildly unlikely turns in it. Also the fiction part of the science fiction is not exaggerated. Still, some appropriate level of humour is sorely lacking. And children becoming heros is not my cup of tea.

it isn't particularly outstanding.

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