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Deathtrap

Expeditionary Force Mavericks, Book 1

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Deathtrap

By: Craig Alanson
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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The human soldiers stranded on the planet Paradise have been recruited into an alien legion to do the dirty jobs that the high-tech species won't do. Their first mission is to kick the enemy off a backwater planet no one cares about. It's a simple assignment, except everyone has a hidden agenda, and the planet could become a deathtrap.

©2019 Craig Alanson (P)2019 Blue Heron Audio
Adventure Military Science Fiction Fiction Solar System

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This is a amazing divergence from the Exforce core story

This latest book by Craig is fantastic!The storyline is very clever and left me hanging out for the next installment! I highly recommend any space sci-fi genre lovers to pick up the Expeditionary Force series I have not been disappointed with any of the books I think 8 in total so far. The Mavericks as an off shoot series sounds promising and if this first book is to go by then I am very excited about what Craig has in-store! Hopefully his wife will come up with more chores like cleaning the garage out to motivate him to carry on and produce more amazing works!

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Love it!

Another great side story to Expeditionary Forces going into more of a story line for the Mavericks. Colourful and fantastic writing. Can’t wait for more!

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Great storyline

Love the rollicking story and narration. The highlight of this book for me though is the sarcastic humour delivered by all characters. Even for an Australian I could contextualise pretty much all the punchlines. The only small downside is that occasionally the description of plot background info gets a too detailed, slowing up the pace of the narrative.

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the awesomeness goes on...

the universe which Craig Alanson has built for expeditionary force clearly still has plenty of potential for more action and adventure, and Deathtrap looks like the maverick series will have just as much of the awesomeness as the expeditionary force series.

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excellent and enjoyable

you will only understand this if you listen to the authors voice at the end. i cleaned out the garage listening to this first instalment or pissibly spin off from expeditionary force. so far i have listened to all the series in 2 weeks so yes it kept me wanting more. looking forward to the next two instalments of borh series.

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Chapter 18

Needed something to listen to (I drive trucks) and just picked this one randomly because it was book one. Glad I did. The parts describing what's happening can be a bit dry and I start to drift, but character parts pull me back in at light speed. Can't wait for book 2. Chapter 18 had me in hysterics, though. Just the random ... randomness ... was hilarious. You'll know what I mean when you hear it.

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Great addition

I left the main story when this book got referenced a bunch so some mild spoilers occured throughout the main story and I had to leave the main story right when it was getting interesting (questions being answered) but it was a treat to take a step back and get some gritty ontheground story telling

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fantastic

authours notes at the end give an amazing insite.
one of my favorite series on audible by far.

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Keep them coming

Just love all of these books. Lots of action and laughs, they do what books are meant to do entertain you. Can’t go by without saying that RC Bray is the best narrator!

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Wow! Didn't Darth Vader Say That?

Great splinter series. Just like Mavericks was a 40hr book.
Awesome to see what the other gang is getting up to. As well as some cracker lines.
Narration was spectacular.
Keep 'em coming.

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