Zero Hour: Expeditionary Force, Book 5
By Midas / February 21, 2018 / 3 Comments / Audio Books
United Nations Special Operations Command sent an elite expeditionary force of soldiers and pilots out on a simple recon mission, and somehow along the way they sparked an alien civil war. Now the not-at-all-merry band of pirates is in desperate trouble, again. Their stolen alien starship is falling apart, thousands of light years from home. The ancient alien AI they nicknamed Skippy is apparently dead, and even if they can by some miracle revive him, he might never be the same.
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Great continuation of a fun and intriguing series. An enjoyable addition to the series. As always the repartee between Skippy and Joe is very enjoyable and often laugh out loud funny. It is time for the other characters in the story to step forward and take up more of the narrative load. More pages with the aliens will flesh out the universe nicely. The first half and the last parts were extra fun. In between there was a bit too much frenetic action. I’m eager for the story to progress. Just with the other books in the series I’ll be…
Talking beer can? This monkey says “Yes, please!” There is nothing about this series I don’t enjoy.What sappy and entertaining writing. Craig Alanson is great at telling an engaging story and this is a perfect continuation of the series.Of course there are some plot holes, and some editing flaws, but why focus on that? There’s a talking beer can for Pete’s sake!!!If this is the first Craig Alanson book you’re buying, do not read it until you’ve read 1-4. I actually STRONGLY recommend the audio books. RC…
Repetitive disjointed but fun I’ve been reading this series for a while and while the story is good the repetition of dialogue begins to wear on the reader. Many elements are well written but poorly applied.Two chapters dedicated to a simple rescue of the main protagonist are expensively bloated with filler while the last 3 chapters of the book rush through some potentially interesting events.The never ending diatribes between “skippy and Joe” are amusing up to a point but halfway through the book just become…