The flaws of Book 1 (a book that was entertaining and a decent SciFi read), have totally sublimated the storyline and grown, making Book 2 barely readable. 'SpecOps,' Book 2 the sequel in the 'Expeditionary Force,' series, is a very disappointing and poor effort. Craig lives in Virginia with his wife, who loves him even though he perpetually refuses to clean the garage. The ExForce series, as it is known to fans, has gone on to 10 books/audiobooks, many of which have hit the NYT best-seller list, with a 11th book releasing June 2021 and 14 books planned.Ĭraig has also published a spin-off series, ExForce: Mavericks an ExForce audio drama, Homefront a fantasy trilogy, Ascendent and a young adult space opera, Aces. The Columbus Day audiobook was a huge hit, and a finalist for an Audie Award as Audiobook of the Year. The breakout success of Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, Book 1) reached new heights when Podium Audio released it in audio format, narrated by Audie Award Winner R.C. Within 6 months of his first ebook release, he was able to quit his day job and pursue a full-time writing career.

Writing fiction at nights and on weekends, he finally independently published three novels on Amazon. He is now one of Amazon’s top 10 best-selling American science fiction writers and one of their top-selling 100 writers overall.If you want to stay up to date on releases, receive promotion alerts and speak to me directly, please join my Facebook Page:Ĭraig Alanson used to create financial reports for a large IT services company. Joe Bishop has a distinctive Maine accent which Bray pulls off perfectly.īack in 2016, Craig Alanson was working in IT when his wife encouraged him to start self-publishing his stories on Amazon. Bray uses a range of voices to give life to a diverse lineup of characters, including humans and aliens. It takes a strong, visceral performance to be able to pull off the intense action scenes. The audiobook version of Columbus Day – the first book in Alanson’s Expeditionary Force series – was nominated for Audiobook of the Year 2018.īray is the ideal narrator for Joe and Skippy’s journey. Skippy might be able to help Joe on his mission and so humans everywhere in their hour of need.Ĭraig Alanson’s best-selling book series finds perfect audio expression thanks to award-winning narrator R.C.

He’s accompanied by Skippy, a belligerent, snarky but ultra-intelligent sentient, who also looks like a beer can. Joe finds himself leading 70 men in an epic mission around the galaxy. The first Expeditionary Force is created.

After forming an alliance with the lizard-like Kristang to defeat them, the humans join a galactic war to track them down and destroy the Ruhar in space. His age and inexperience are about to be tested as the earth is invaded by hamster-like aliens known as the Ruhar. Joe Bishop is a young army grunt from Maine.

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