The Empire's Corps

Nuttall gets better and better

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I found the Empire's Corps very engaging. Nuttall's first series, Ark Royal, was above average but showed Nuttall's status as a freshman author. It was good, but a bit strained at times. I bought all 3 books with no regrets, but with no illusions that the books would be perfect. The Emprie's Corps exceeded my expectations, and showed the maturation of a true professional author.

What did you like best about this story?

The characters are engaging and believable, and the story is quite good. No sophomore slump here.

Which character – as performed by Jeffrey Kafer – was your favorite?

I enjoyed the protagonist, the Captain.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Alone. Forgotten. Heroes when nobody was looking.

6 of 6 people found this review helpful

I love the Series and Highly recomend it.

If you like military SiFy and other series like the Mike Shepard's -- Kris Longknife and Jack Campell's -- Lost Fleet series's you will like this one. So far the Author has written nine books in the series and Audible has only three of them...

I will quickly pick up all that are added in the future...

6 of 6 people found this review helpful

Decent story, dubious politics

Solidly plotted, reasonably interesting characters, and a satisfying ending--a mostly enjoyable read, as long as it stays away from the political philosophy, which I found rather simplistic. I don't expect military sci fi to be filled with peace, love and understanding, but this one was a little too Tea-Partyish for my taste when it came to explaining the impending collapse of the Empire. Basically the welfare state taken to an absurd degree, not enough guns, and parents neglecting the corporal punishment (as a matter of believable human behavior the spanking scene strained my credulity near the breaking point). But the story does keep moving along well enough to remain enjoyable despite those passing annoyances--reminded me a little of Heinlein in that respect.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

If you like star force or ark royal, you'll dig it

Yay it's freakin awesome, could not put it down. I Almost got my phone taken away for listening to this in class

8 of 9 people found this review helpful

Great Listen!

You know it's a good read when you park the car but keep listening until you realize you gotta get going. Good dialog, good story, look forward to the next.

8 of 9 people found this review helpful

Captivating

This is book one in a new series. Nuttall is a fairly new author; I read his first books, the Ark Royal trilogy. I see he has now started a series. I enjoyed his trilogy so decided to give the series a try. The Galactic Empire is dying and chaos and anarchy are breaking out everywhere. Our protagonist Captain Edward Stalker spoke the truth to those in power. As a result he and his men are exiled to Avalon, a world right on the rim of the Empire. Avalon is about to collapse from a corrupt government and insurgents, bandits roam freely in the county side. Stalker and his Marines are soon caught up in a whirlwind of events.

The Empire starts off with a good description of the enormity of the Empire including intricacies of the political scene which seems enormous. Nuttall creates not only an interesting world but an entire universe full of planet inhabited by humans. With hundreds of planetary cultures I can only imagine where the series will go. The book is fast paced, lots of action, suspense and military dialog. There is more character building because it is the first book of a new series. The book is about Marines so there is less Naval space action in this story.

I understand that Nuttall was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland but he is currently living in Borneo with his wife Aisha. This is the first time I have encountered a book narrated by Jeffrey Kafer. He did a good job narrating the book. I will look forward to listening to him narrate other books. If you enjoy military Sci-Fi you will enjoy this book.

13 of 16 people found this review helpful

Meh

The story seems to have a strong plot, but the details were boring.
The overall sense I get from the reading is dull, cloudy and grey- sprinkled with crass misogynistic comments from our Heroes, casual and rampant raping by the bad guys, and even an unpleasant gnashing local animal.
The professor, whose analysis of the decline of Empires is the most interesting aspect, but it is dribbled out like a footnote

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

Not Ark Royal

Got this one because I've enjoyed the Ark Royal series. This disappointed greatly. Must be an earlier series by this author. The story was okay but the author got military ranks all confused. Majors outranked colonels. The name of the civil guard base changed in the middle of the book. There were editing mistakes. This book needed an editor. Also, the spanking scene was weird and the girl's reaction to it was completely nonsensical. This one needs to go back to the drawing board. I might give the next one in this series a try just to see if it improves.

As for the reader, this gentleman needs to find a new line of work. He mispronounced words. He read the wrong word sometimes, rendering the sentence nonsensical. I had to guess at which word the author meant. His voice inflection was weird. He emphasized the wrong words at the wrong times. He had an odd type of vocal fry where he ended sentences in an extremely choppy manner. It was very annoying. Like this thing was being read by a third grader. For instance, the way he read the phrase "yes, sir" was just weird. Please don't use this reader again.

If you want something good by this author, go read the Ark Royal series. He must've learned something between this crapfest and those books.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Fall of the Terran Empire

What a great listen. I enjoyed this story so much I had to listen without stopping. Reminds me of Heinlein,Piper and Chris Bunch mixed together with a dash of David Sherman &Dan Cragg . Military sci-fi at it's best. Already preordered the next two books. If you enjoy this genre then treat yourself to a great listen.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

A great military themed sci-fi

Some of the best narration I've heard. The storyline follows a marine company and it's commander to a World other than earth where they combat multiple insurgent groups and deal with political challenges they weren't designed to take on.

6 of 8 people found this review helpful