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Renegades (Expeditionary Force Book 7) Kindle Edition

by Craig Alanson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The battle-scarred star carrier Flying Dutchman is finally on her way back to Earth, after an exceptionally successful series of missions that have once again Saved The World. The ship needs a serious refit, and her exhausted crew just wants a break from constant clandestine warfare against a vicious and superior enemy. Wishes come true, right? Not for the Merry Band of Pirates.
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    Expeditionary Force
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    November 15, 2018
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07KMCKYRM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (November 15, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 15, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2019 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 316 pages
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Shawn
5.0 out of 5 stars As always this book series brings the fun and intrigue
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023
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I started this series in audiobook form. This is the first time reading the print and I liked it. I still couldn’t get RC Bray’s voice for Bishop out of my head, though. Fantastic series. Imaginative, serious where it counts and fun and playful everywhere else.

Humanity facile a dark threat and this is handled in a way without the book becoming morose. Every page stings to the next and it is a captivating read. Occasionally the dialogue between Bishop and Slippy gets a little routine but isn’t that how dialogue with a friend often goes?

If you are a fan of imaginative sci if that still gives you the tech stuff without going overboard then you will love this.
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Jack Chappelear
4.0 out of 5 stars Renegade
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024
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Still a good read, but was more formulaic and less character development than the previous books. Still entertaining. Hopefully the next book will go back in the direction of more of a character development and interactions. Also, hopefully more diverse interactions between Skippy and Joe, that seemed to come back more towards the latter part of the book.
Onward to book 8.
Oh! And if you have the option, the unabridged audiobooks are truly wonderful.
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E. Nolan
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Series
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2019
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This review is a general one for books 3 through 7 there may be some spoilers for earlier books, but if you are
here, you probably read them.

I reviewed the first two of these books last month. This is the
remainder of the series to this point.

To reiterate, the basic setup of the series is that in the aftermath
of the departure of the Elders, there is an ongoing, apparently
endless, interstellar war drawing in all the known intelligent races
of the galaxy. There are two coalitions, each headed by a senior
species which has mastered some of the Elders' toys, with a pyramid
of technologically inferior species under each senior race. One
side is, basically, the bad guys and each species in that coalition
works as much to screw over their supposed mentors and allies as
they do against the good guys. Unfortunately Earth got chosen to
fight on this side, and we are so far down on the tech pole that
we barely even count as cannon fodder.

Sent with the UNEF to the planet Paradise by our Kristang "allies"
to do essentially mall-cop level duties by evacuating Ruhar "enemy"
civilians from Paradise after it changed hand from Ruhar to Kristang,
US Army enlisted man Joe Bishop comes into contact with a still
functional (though somewhat arrogant and ADD) Elder AI he christens
"Skippy" who will help Joe, and by extension, Earth if Joe will get
the (non-self-mobile) AI off of Paradise.

With an unlikely team, and monkey cunning, Joe's "Merry Band of
Pirates" have managed to exterminate the Kristang occupying Earth.
Unfortunately it is vitally important that no race of either coalition
come to realize that Earth is a) free & b) has a spaceship and
limited Elder tech. This leads to wilder and iffier missions to
keep the secret, and means that the UNEF on Paradise can never be
told that the homeworld is OK.

Two books & a novella here basically deal with the situation on
Paradise: _Paradise_, "Trouble On Paradise" and _Mavericks_.
Basically, without ever contacting anyone on Paradise, Joe's team
must maneuver events so that the Ruhar take back the planet, because
otherwise the Kristang will massacre the humans of UNEF as traitorous
allies. With that done, a tenuous detente trending towards friendship
blossoms there (the Ruhar are basically OK guys, though there are
some jerks of course) and may lead to something new in the age old
war. This sequence is generally well done, though the framing story
of Joe's Pirates in _Mavericks_ is a bit forced.

The other books are tales of the increasingly frantic efforts by Joe's
team to keep the rest of the universe from noticing that there is anything
at all going on on Earth. This is not helped by Skippy being taken down
several notches and dealing with species several steps higher on the
tech tree. Along the way, the team gathers alarming information on
the state of the Universe, and indications that "Everything Skippy knows
may be wrong". The final (as yet) tale deals with Joe's decision to
go it alone after being a consummate team player, something that can't help
but have major repercussions.

As before, these are engaging tales full of puzzles, humor, hair
brained plans that work, hair brained plans that don't work,
arrogance, humility and the continuous prospect of the end of the
world as we know it. Recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Let's break this down barney style!!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024
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You're trying to tell me the book is shipping sergeant Adam's with Joe, but then nothing. She was not even with him when he went back to space, not even the rest of the team, that was so upsetting. It took me so long to start enjoying the book after they gave me a little sneak peek of their emotional sexual tension. Urgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, the usual happened, they have to make up a crazy plan so that no one knows humans have advanced A.I. and flying in space.

This book focuses more on Apocalytic odds. However, certain scenes were so long and drawn out that it wasn't as exciting as the last book. Also, there are too many new people.

But still, I enjoyed this book so much. Another comfort reads of mine. I did dislike the Red Tape of the government.However, It enhanced the reading experience, and it actually makes sense.

I try reading this book a few chapters, and I am just not experiencing the same way when listening to the audible. This series literally has the best audio I've ever listened to.
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William S. Morris
5.0 out of 5 stars Joe and the Skippynauts?
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2019
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You see, Joe is rescued back to the Flying Dutchman along with some of the Merry Pirates and a few volunteers that were hanging around at the time, and with the help of Skippy, conscripts some delta force guys who were trying to take over the Dutchman on behalf of the USA. The Maxolhx are sending two warships to investigate strange things happening at the local wormhole. We know this is the fault of Joe and the gang from the previous adventures. Joe is given three impossible tasks to perform in order to save the Earth. This reminds me of Jason and the Argonauts. I personally would have tried to avoid the three challenges, and would have tried to incite a war between the Maxolhx and the Rindhalu, but no, our Skippynauts accept the three challenges which require the Skippynauts to sneak behind Maxolhx lines and invade unbreachable security to pick up a pixie, steal a Maxholhx dropship, and get word from an unmanned communication outpost that can only be approached by a Maxholhx ship with a pixie. Once these three challenges are met, the Skippynauts are to destroy the two Maxholhx warships using the decrepit Frankenstein ship known as the Flying Dutchman. You won't believe how all of this is accomplished through the awesomeness of a beer can and the ingenuity of a band of monkeys. He who can manipulate micro wormholes can do anything! The story is still exciting, and the Beer can is still amusing even though he's gotten a bit more mellow. I will be reading the two more follow-on books, but this one felt like a formula with the three challenges
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David Cooper
5.0 out of 5 stars Monkeys kick ass!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2024
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Another awesome installment in the series, after this one it's on to the audio drama (wish that was in book form also).
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Ruth Freese
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun read
Reviewed in Canada on June 20, 2019
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I shot through all seven books in this series in a couple of weeks. I couldn’t put them down. Finally, towards the end of book seven, it seems that we are about to learn a lot more about Skippy’s origins and the history of the galaxy. I’m hoping our intrepid pirates can figure out a way to end this long-drawn-out and unwinnable war. I can hardly wait for books 8&9.
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Aad Dekker
3.0 out of 5 stars Goed, maar het hobbelt wat voort
Reviewed in the Netherlands on February 6, 2019
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Het is leuk om te lezen wat er allemaal bedacht wordt om de Aarde op de lange termijn te beschermen. Dat is allemaal vlot beschreven en leest lekker weg. Er wordt weer een klein tipje van sluier opgelicht over de Elders en Skippy maar vooral dit interessante stuk blijft nog steeds wat in de achtergrond. Dat is jammer want het is veruit het interessantste deel. Ik hoop dat het in deel 7 aan de orde komt want die ga ik zeker ook weer lezen - ik blijf hopen en, zoals gezegd, het is prettig lezen...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Reviewed in Germany on November 27, 2018
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Craig Alan's on is one of the best Si Fi Writers I know. And the conversation between skipoy and Joe are what crack me up most of the times
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Mark Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars renegades keeps giving
Reviewed in Australia on February 3, 2024
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Another great yarn about skippy, Joe, and crew saving the world. I’m enjoying the gradual tease about skippy’s origin, and exploration of all the other species in the galaxy. It’s been a fun read.
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