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Firefly: Big Damn Hero

Firefly, Book 1

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The first original novel tying into the critically acclaimed and much-missed Firefly series from creator Joss Whedon

The Battle of Serenity Valley was the turning point that led the Independents to their defeat at the hands of the Alliance. Yet the Browncoats had held the valley for weeks against all odds, before being ordered to lay down their arms. Command stated they refused to send in airpower because the ground war was "too hot". But the soldiers who were there insist that was not true....

While picking up a new cargo on Persephone, Captain Malcolm Reynolds is kidnapped by a bunch of embittered veteran Browncoats who suspect him of sabotaging the Independents during the war. As the rest of the crew struggle to locate him, Mal is placed on trial for his life, fighting compelling evidence that someone did indeed betray them to the Alliance all those years ago. As old comrades and old rivals crawl out of the woodwork, Mal must prove his innocence, but his captors are desperate and destitute, and will settle for nothing less than the culprit’s blood.

©2019 Firefly TM & Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Space Opera
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Loved the voice acting great effort made and easy to follow. The writing is good and felt like an episode of canon. Mal's childhood story was appreciated greatly! As a fan of the series for 15 years I thoroughly enjoyed it.

That's some mighty fine backstory you got there

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Fantastic story, the author really captures the Serenity crew, looking forward to listening to the rest

amazing

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1st audible book. Glad I chose it. liked the story, it was like being there with the crew, each step of the way.

Good story line

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I didn't like this to start with but after 3-4 hours it picked up a bit and the last few hours were decently compelling.

It does have some problems: To many similies, many of which referenced Earth-That-Was. It was written more like a tv show with audio description than a book, just little things that were described too much or too often. The characters seemed a bit unlike the TV series especially Jayne and River.

On the other hand it was quite fun. The story wasn't bad and it built up quite well over the course of the novel. It did feel like a story in the Firefly verse and it was nice to have a story with these characters in again.

The narration was ok. I struggled quite a bit with the characters' voices sounding absolutely nothing like the TV series but I got over it eventually.

This was a decent bit of fanfiction.

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Overall brilliant, but every story with Badger is painful to the point of wanting to self harm and not being able to finish the story....no more Dick Van Dyke please?

My ears are bleeding

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