Expeditionary Force ( )

Different but Good

Unlike the first two, we have two parallel stories here. Joe and The Flying Dutchman's journey through the stars and UNEF in Paradise. It's awesome.
Let's start with UNEF and Paradise. When we said goodbye to Paradise on book 1 there were a lot of stories that were left hanging. What happened to UNEF? What do the hamsters think happened with Joe, Adams, Desai and the rest of the original merry band of pirates? How is UNEF faring now that no one has access to Earth and the hamsters, who they consider their enemies, are in charge? This book answers those questions quite satisfactorily, but that's not the awesome part. The awesome part is that it answers them via Joe's friends, so you know you are going to have a good time.
Then, we have our favourite starship. The addition of Count Chokula was great as well. Joe has grown up a lot and has proven himself a good commander, but it would be unrealistic to think that burocrats on Earth would be happy with that. Chokula also offers a new perspective and a challenge that neither Joe nor Skippy had before and it's nice to see them try to work with him.

All in all, it's a good book. The change from first person to third person when telling us about Paradise was a bit weird at first, but it's really well done. It's hits all the good points of ExForce books, we have an unsolvable problem, an ingeniously clever idea, and all the complications that arise from being dumb monkeys in a galaxy of superinteligent, genetically enhanced aliens. ( )

Paradise
Expeditionary Force, Book 3
By: Craig Alanson
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Series: Expeditionary Force, Book 3
This continues the great fun and adventures of Skippy and Joe as they travel the universe again. This time they are cleverly saving the people on Paradise. It is always a lot of crazy situations, lots of humor, and great banter between the team. Lots of action, adventure, and suspense thrown in there too. I truly love this series. Of course I have to listen to the series so I can hear RC Bray do the voices that really make the story POP!!! I enjoy it so much more with the narration. He is awesomeness! This is my favorite sci-fi soap opera series!!! ( )