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Ground State

Expeditionary Force, Book 19

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Ground State

By: Craig Alanson
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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The mission to destroy the enemy Gateway was literally a smashing success.

Except the Pirates were too late, and now not one but two of the enemy are loose in the galaxy. And they are equipped with starships more powerful than Valkyrie. A direct fight would be hopeless, so the Pirates must rely on wacky ideas from the mushy brain of a monkey—and some serious sketchiness.

The Expeditionary Force saga continues in book 19 from epic sci-fi writer Craig Alanson and narrated by none other than R.C. Bray.

©2025 Craig Alanson (P)2025 Podium Audio Adventure Military Science Fiction Space Opera Interstellar Pirate
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great balance of fun, humour, action, drama. narrator deserves an award! love that dude.... can't believe the plot is still commandi my attention so many books into a sries

Fantastic narration of an always evolving plot

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So good.to have the voice of Joe and Skippy back in my ears again. But damn if Joe doesn't get bitchslapped by the law of unintended consequences again.

Still as good as ever.

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Wish this would be made into a TV series. It would be better than anything since Firefly!

This series of books is just too good!

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I'd love Skippy coconut singing so far it's the best one of Skippy songs I need a full track release please

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First their is at least one more book, secondly you can clearly tell that Craig has developed as a writer cause he is no longer talking about what has happened in previous books only talking about what is actually relevant to this book and the actions of this book. The humor is still spot on with an understanding that Joe job isn't simple anymore and that his age and maturity is properly showing itself and with Joe understanding that his role can't solve all the problems.

I'm truly looking forward to more books from Craig Alanson if he can keep up this quality of work.

Another great book

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