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Black Ops
- Expeditionary Force, Book 4
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
The elite crew of the pirate ship UNS Flying Dutchman had a simple mission: determining whether the Thuranin are sending another starship to Earth. Along the way, they became sidetracked by securing a future for the UNEF troops on the planet Paradise. When asked whether Earth was now safe, their ancient alien AI responded "Not so much"...now they have to deal with the consequences.
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- Simon
- 27-09-17
Super-Skippy-Just-Fantastic-Expeditionary-Force!
Sit down strap in and get ready for another episode of one of the funniest and most inventive sci-fi series I've come across in a long time. Episode four of Alanson's Expeditionary Force sees Joe Bishop's Merry Band of Pirates careering across the galaxy, staggering from crisis to crisis only to end on another cliffhanger! Yes there will be even more to come after this one!
Earth is once again under threat so The Flying Dutchmen and her crew including Skippy, the sci-fi world's favourite beer can are once again embroiled in Alanson's heady mix of impossible situations, amazing alien politics and of course zany humour. In fact he really does go Spinal Tap on us and dial it up to eleven in this one.
I suspect that sense of humour is also being directed at his narrator here. His text has Maestro Bray doing everything from singing a high-pitched La Marseillaise of all things to a wonderfully credible Chewbacca. Being the trooper he is RC Bray rises to each and every challenge with suitable awesomeness!
I could split hairs over some of the editing including some very repetitive small passages but even I can't spectacularly miss the point of these books by quite that much. They are the Sci-Fi equivalent of a good boozy night down the pub with old friends. Good fun, warmly humorous and thoroughly satisfying until the following morning - when you realise you stayed up waaaay too late listening to it!
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- _al
- 28-09-17
Oh you Bastards!
loved it
you didn't have to do that at the end... WHEN IS THE NEXT BOOK!!!!!!!!
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- Gavin
- 30-09-17
Skippy the Magnificent
Another excellent installment , expertley narrated by RC Bray, believe in "The Awesomeness" of Skippy the Magnificent..
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- sfak107
- 29-09-17
Trust the awesomeness
Just trust the awesomeness and keep listening to another great story and performance by RC Bray. What will be in the next book......
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- CNS1995
- 10-10-17
Incredible! Couldn’t get enough!
This book gets full marks from me! Seriously entertaining! When is the next book due to come out... I can’t wait any longer! Congratulations Craig this series is tremendous, please hurry and publish more audio books in the series.
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- Christopher
- 28-09-17
More outstanding work!
Another amazing adventure with Skippy and the merry band of pirates... Cannot wait for the next installment and hope it comes soon we rather than later 😀
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- Kindle Customer
- 28-09-17
Love it!
Not much to say other then I want more!!! If you liked the last 4 books your going to like this. The whole series is well worth a read if you haven't allready
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-12-20
Dull and repetitive
Dull, listless and far from engaging. Same rinse-and-repeat pattern of Joe/Monkies magic up a solution to the presented problem. So much repetition it feels like 90% 'filler'. A 16 hour story... basically a 3 hour novella stretched out. Only thing interesting is the longer Skippy story arc. Oh, that just reminded me of Nagatha, what a waste of time, more filler. After struggling though this and the previous book, I'm done with this treacle-paced series
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- jamie
- 05-11-17
Damn it
Hurry up and write the next one haha. This guy is excellent at cliff hanger endings. Though I will say the inclusion of book 3.5 made me lose track a little with the main plot.
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- janet lynne james
- 09-11-17
Love this series
I have no idea what back ground or research the author has under his belt but the detailed narrative that accompanies the scientific aspects is totally believable. Can’t wait for book 5 !!!
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