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Against All Odds

A Military Sci-Fi Series (Grimm's War, Book 1)

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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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if you can get past the racist bits such as it being very Islamophobic has is the whole series ..the main character in the whole series is put on a kind peddle stool a saint that can do no wrong thats would be great is his deeds earned this kind of admiration but they dont.he is a good man for sure but his deeds dont warent how he is borderline worshiped ..but if you dont need to much much depth in your characters and fine with the racism ..then it is a mostly easy going sci fi romp in space

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

Great story

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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.

A good patsy comes good story.

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

One of the best books in a while

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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.

As far as series starters go, fantastic start

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