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Mechanical Failure

Epic Failure, Book 1

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Mechanical Failure

By: Joe Zieja
Narrated by: Joe Zieja
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The 200 years' (and counting) peace was a time of tranquility that hasn't been seen since...well, ever. Mankind in the Galactic Age had finally conquered war, so what was left for the military to do but drink and barbecue? That's the kind of military that Sergeant R. Wilson Rogers lived in before he left the fleet to become a smuggler.

But it turns out that smuggling is hard. Like getting-arrested-for-dealing-with-pirates-and-forced-back-into-service kind of hard. It doesn't seem so bad - the military was a perpetual tiki party anyway - but when Rogers returns after only a year away, something has changed. These are soldiers - actual soldiers doing actual soldier things like preparing for a war that Rogers is sure doesn't exist. Rogers vows to put a stop to all this nonsense - even if it means doing actual work.

With an experienced ear for military doublespeak, Joe Zieja has created a remarkable and sarcastic adventure in Mechanical Failure.

©2016 Joseph Zieja (P)2016 Tantor Action & Adventure Adventure Fiction Military Romance Science Fiction Space Opera Solider War
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I found this only mildly funny but I did want to listen till the end. More like an episode of Space Quest or that other Trekkie knock off.

Annoyingly captivating

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I was laughing the whole way through. I am going to listen again straight away.

Absolutely LOVED it!

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A very funny take on life’s unexpected ups and down in the space military. Excellently narrated by the author.

A lot of fun

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This is Horatio Hornblower meets Catch 22 crossed with We Are Legion in the style of Douglas Adams.
A rip-roaring comedic space opera full of heroic clichès and bumbling fools that stumble their way to successfully avoiding disaster.
Laughed out loud and loved every second of it...

Outrageously Entertaining Space Farce

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it's rubbish one of the worst books I've ever listened to other rubbish no wonder why it's free

it's a rubbish book

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