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The Merrimack Event

Shieldclads Series, Book 1

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The Merrimack Event

By: David A. Tatum
Narrated by: Troy Duran
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Once every four years, the Earth Alliance Naval Academy is included in a war game...or rather, the Wargame: On a distant frontier colony, cadets must repair, recommission, and crew a fleet of old, mothballed warships for a simulated fleet action against a group of seasoned veterans using top-of-the-line warships.

After some meddling on the part of the Admiralty, many of the Academy's best are assigned to the oldest, smallest hulk in the Wargame, the unfortunately named corvette, Chihuahua. Thanks to a genius engineer, an Army veteran loaned to the Navy for the war game, and an unconventional captain, they make a new discovery which turns her into the most valuable warship in the fleet: the first ever Shieldclad warship.

The crew abruptly finds itself center stage in a real combat action, however, when Earth is attacked by an unknown foe, and a lone squadron of these once-mothballed ships is the Alliance's only hope to respond....

©2017 David A. Tatum (P)2018 Tantor Adventure Military Science Fiction Fiction War Veteran Game
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Story was OK, if felt a little dialogue heavy in parts but wasn’t to bad. I’d listen to book 2.

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A well constructed story with some good characters. The narrator does a great job. An enjoyable listen.

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A muddled story with pacing issues, some characters had annoying traits, needed a good edit to streamline the story.
So much build up to the war game element of the story and then it just didn’t happen 🤷🏻‍♂️

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