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Backyard Starship

Backyard Starship, Book 1

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Backyard Starship

By: J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
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About this listen

When Van Tudor returns to his childhood home, he inherits more than the family farm.

His grandfather used to tell him fantastic stories of spacemen and monsters, princesses and galactic knights. Little did Van realize, the old man's tales were more than fiction; they were real.

Hidden beneath the old barn, Van’s legacy is waiting: a starship, not of this world. With his combat AI, an android bird named Perry, Van takes his first steps into the wider galaxy. He soon finds that space is far busier and more dangerous than he could have ever conceived.

Destiny is calling. His grandfather's legacy awaits.

Embark on the adventure of a lifetime with USA Today best-selling author J.N. Chaney and Terry Maggert in this galactic quest for glory.

©2021 J.N. Chaney (P)2021 Podium Audio Adventure Fiction Military Science Fiction Interstellar

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I just couldn't get into this story maybe I am too adult in any case it's not for me

I just couldn't get into this story

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The story is good, but written in a weird summarised form where you get the start and end of plots but not the details in the middle.

Good story

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..... a ridiculously overly dramatic delivery of e v e r y s i n g l e word , line and paragraph. Storyline has / had potential, not sure wether it was the irritating narrator or weak writing but I couldn't get past halfway.

Narrator has a great voice but...

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just good fun. not too serious. good characters. not too deep.
looking forward to the next one 👍👍

good space fun

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Back yard space ship delivered exactly as per the tittle. Like most sci fi stories the plot steps well outside improbable. But that’s fine with me. The story uses some tried and tested structures such as complete a mission and earn enough for ship upgrades and finding the perfect space girlfriend. Made me wish I’d inherited a space ship!

Lots of action. Definitely kept my interest.

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