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  • Against All Odds

  • A Military Sci-Fi Series (Grimm's War, Book 1)
  • By: Jeffery H. Haskell
  • Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
  • Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (34 ratings)
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Against All Odds

By: Jeffery H. Haskell
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
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Summary

Wrong crew. Wrong ship. Right captain.

Idealistic navy Lieutenant Jacob Grimm just wanted to honor his mother's sacrifice in the last great war. When he's forced to return fire and destroy a squadron of ships to save his own, he thinks he's the hero....

Until they discover the ships are full of children.

Disgraced and denied promotion, Jacob's career is over. That is until the head of ONI needs a disposable officer to command a battered destroyer on the rim.

There's just one problem: Interceptor hasn't had a CO in months, and the ship is a mess. Worse, the system he's assigned to is corrupt and on the verge of all-out civil war with the Alliance.

However, no one told Jacob he was disposable.

Pirates, smugglers, and Caliphate spies complicate the situation, and one captain with an old ship can't enforce the law, let alone stop anyone.

The single greatest discovery of all time is about to change intergalactic politics forever. If Jacob doesn't find a way to succeed, then it won't just be the end of the Alliance, it will be the end of freedom for humanity.

From USA Today best-selling author Jeffery H. Haskell comes a military science-fiction epic in the tradition of Honor Harrington and Star Trek. If you love heroes and starships, you will love to stand with Commander Jacob T. Grimm against all odds. You're in the navy now!

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As far as series starters go, fantastic start

There are books that once you are into the plot and you start looking at the time left counting down - you wonder what book could possibly follow this one. This is one of those books.

Great story and well constructed and easy to follow.

Narrator is fantastic and was great to listen to and keep track of of the various characters.

The only niggle - I'd kinda hope that in 900 years that we'd be above such clique of Muslims etc. It also gets a little coldwar dated on the same principles.

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Genuinely enjoyable

I wasn't really expecting much when I first bought this audio book, but when I found the time to listen to this I could not put it down to pause. The performance of the narrator was very good, and the story was enjoyable too. if you're a fan of scifi, you'll probably like this a lot.

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A good patsy comes good story.

The context of the storyline of a disc raced fall guy who comes good is not that original. However, in saying that I did enjoy in this space context and the building of the main character and their crew. It completes a storyline in this book and did leave me wanting to know what was to come. It gives the impression that the past of the main character will not be too much of an issue in future which would be good, such a fulcrum round which main plots pivot can become over used, tiring and a tad annoying. This sector level hints at a potential larger space opera storyline. I think I will be getting a book 2, was worth the listen.

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Where's book two?

I wasn't sure what to make of the blurb when I read this but gave it a go. Talk about a win for me! The book is great, it moves at a pace and is non-stop action without being too far fetched. I struggled to put the book down (well, press stop anyway) once I got into it. There are some good twists and turns and some obvious ones which distract from others in a good way. There are some great humorous bits in the book as well which makes for a great listen.

Highly recommended and can't wait for the next book. Narrator is also new to me, but I really like the way they done the book.

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Great story

A really enjoyable story with a lot of action and the performance was great

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One of the best books in a while

Gripping story with excellent pacing. Couldn't stop listening until the end. Can't wait for book 2.

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