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  • Task Force Hammer

  • Expeditionary Force, Book 17
  • By: Craig Alanson
  • Narrated by: R.C. Bray
  • Length: 22 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (633 ratings)

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Task Force Hammer

By: Craig Alanson
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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Summary

The Merry Band of Pirates stopped the enemy from stealing a Sentinel, and destroyed its Elder starship, so why weren’t the Pirates planning a victory party?

The enemy was not what they thought it was.

It was much, much worse.

They had not a single clue how to defeat that enemy, or how to fight it, or whether fighting it was even possible. Only one thing was certain: the Pirates couldn’t handle this fight alone.

©2024 Craig Alanson (P)2024 Podium Audio
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I’m one happy filthy monkey

Words cannot describe just how much I love these books. I was gutted when I thought the story had ended and literally jumped for joy when it was announced there would be more. There was/is so much more to the story and I for one will buckle up and brace myself for the ride. Thanks Craig Alanson for bringing the awesomeness into my life and thanks RC Bray for bringing skippy, joe and the rest of the MBoP to life with your stellar performance

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My favourite

Best one yet in the series, really good pace and absolutely nailed the humour

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Excellent

Excellent stroy, well read. Throughly enjoyed and I'll be eagerly awaiting more books to contine tthe story

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I started listening to The Expeditionary Force series of books in early March 2024, as I type its midday 17/10/2024, and quickly decided I was going to listen to them all one after the other. 7 months later I just finished Task Force Hammer.

It'll come as no surprise from my ratings that I loved all 19 books, 17 full books and 2 .5's, and that is as much because of the narrator as it is the content. Before I buy a book to listen to I have to get on with the voice of whomever is narrating it and with R.C. Bray, they picked a good un. I will be actively going through his narration catalogue now to find more to listen to.

I will admit, I hated the Skippy character when he was first introduced and did think for a while he may put me off continuing to listen after Columbus Day but I stuck with him and he really grew on me. Yes he is annoying, and sometimes his distractions infuriated me, but of course, without Skippy there wouldn't be, currently, 19 books to listen to.

Despite my initial loathing of Skippy there wasn't a single character, that I can remember, that I wished hadn't been introduced with my 2 favourite characters being Scorandum & Kinsta. I'm hoping we get more of them, and their interactions, in the future.

I don't know what to listen to now. For 7 months every time I was in the car, cooking food, mowing the lawn and going for a walk somewhere I would be listening to the adventures of Bishop and Skippy and now I'm at a bit of a loss. To be fair Craig Allanson does appear to be quite the prolific writer so hopefully he has plenty more ideas for this series of books.

The biggest praise I can give for these books is at some point in the future I will listen to them again.

I hate writing reviews.

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Great ending

It’s the usual fare but very enjoyable all the same. Needed more Scarandan but a good audio book

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excitement of kive space battles. Skippy 100% cnat waitfor next book

that it didn't end. felt a bit cheated.
Story should gave finished and he could have left a hint on next chapter. but another book with no ending

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repeat

it does seem to repeat a lot of the stuff from previous books it's like they didn't have enough of a new story so filled it with suff we already knew. and ford myself knowing what they was gonna say before they said it. don't get me wrong I love these books and own every single one.

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A very gripping tale, that shows a great breath characters

A good story, great humour and gripping ending. This is a brilliant accompaniment to the events of Aftermath. I've enjoyed watching these characters grow, got to wait till 2025 for the conclusion :)

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More of the same

RC Bray's narration is always excellent and wonderfully soporific.
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intractable problem | Joe Bishop solution with Skippy idiocy and brilliance. I mostly use the books to help get to sleep and the predictable stories help.

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Loved the book, hated the end

Can we have kitties completely destroyed in the next book?
There were less jokes this time.

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