
Flight of the Javelin
The Complete Series: A Space Opera Box Set
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Narrated by:
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Emily Woo Zeller
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By:
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Rachel Aukes
Get the Flight of the Javelin box set, featuring all three books in the Amazon best-selling series. Space opera action perfect for fans of Jay Allan, Jennifer Foehner Wells, and JN Chaney.
Fifteen years into a 20-year voyage, war veteran Captain Throttle Reyne is looking forward to taking a break from dealing with malfunctions, glitches, and the hassles of monitoring a thousand colonists in cryo-sleep.
But when her colony ship breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Throttle and her crew must leave the colonists behind to search for help. They find a ship that's not only missing a crew...it's clearly not from their star system.
It's the discovery of a lifetime. All they need to do is tow the mysterious vessel back to their colony ship for further study, and Throttle won't ever have to work again. One problem. While they're away, the colony ship is stolen - with the colonists still on board.
Throttle gives chase to a lawless star system on the outer rim. To get their colonists back, they must take on the pirates and ganglords who will do anything - and sell anyone - to make a buck.
They play dirty. But Throttle and her crew play dirtier.
Don't miss your chance to experience this space opera thrill ride in this special edition omnibus. Fast-paced, action-packed, and full of unforgettable characters both human and alien.
Books included in the set:
Book One: Black Sheep
Book Two: Free Station
Book Three: Rogue Planet
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It’s ok
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great series. let down at end.
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TV level-straightforward.
After three books, I couldn't tell you the color of any characters' hair or skin (except that the A.I. has an Irish brogue because...? no reason). Most characters have 1 quality and only any backstory if its necessary for the story. Throttle: bum legs and veteran (and the leg issue is ignored and contributes nothing by book 2). Burke: former pirate (no, none of his former days are ever described). Chief Rue: Grizzled old guy. Eddie: tech schlub. Mutt: ruthless gutter-rat king.
I liked the concepts and plots, and give the author props for being willing to sacrifice major characters, but all the way through and I never came to care for the characters, victories, or losses. Contributing to the bland picture was the narration, which played like the annoying volume control issues between TV shows and commercials. I've liked Ms. Woo Zeller in other books (and she does a phenomenal kid voice in book 3), but she has this tendency to whisper the story, then yell the dialogue, then whisper the story; depending where I kept the volume the narration either lulled me sleep or hurt my ears.
Finally, there's a Flash Gordon epilogue in book 3 that sets up an apparently never forthcoming book 4. Frankly, not sure I'd listen to a book 4 unless it was on sale or part of another 3-pack.
For better military action with a legless veteran, go with books 2-5 of Extinction Cycle by N Sansbury Smith (books 1-6 can be had in two collections, and the series ends at book 7, but the original arc of five books is the best).
For space opera, stick with the Firefly series or try the Fallen Kingdom series by L Buroker (little campier, but a lot more engaging).
Closer to screenplays than books
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I do wish the author had reduced the repetitive "she said" statements after quotes as when spoken out loud it is jarring especially when multiple characters of the same gender are speaking with each other in rapid fire phrases. Mixing it up a bit by replacing pronouns with names and using other verbs would be smoother like
she said
Susan replied
The pilot retorted
she asked
or occasionally putting it at the beginning of statement like
She asked, "what do you think".
It's a nitpicky comment but there are many sections of dialog that go like this:
"short phrase", she said.
"short reply", she said.
"are you sure?", she said.
"yes", she said.
With such good voice narration it's easy tell characters apart by pitch and accent so in quick action scenes with tension and excitement a bunch of "she saids" in the neutral narrator voice breaking up a string of short statements in character voices sort of pulls you out of the excitement.
I hope that another series exists or will soon be created to explain what happens next and tell a lot more about Macy.
Well done sci-fi with great narration
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I love the way this author tells a story.
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a truthful review
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And then there's the Pirates, a ghost ship with an AI, and a Space Station where lots of shady deals go down! If that's not enough to titillate you, I really don't know what will! The book reminds me a little of the works of Nathan Lowell, Jennifer Foehner Wells or Rebecca Chambers 1st book... the way they write about the crew, and the camaraderie. But there's also a space battle too!
To top it off you have Emily Woo Zeller doing a Bang-up job of narration!
You're definitely gonna wanna get the boxed set because all 3 books are dynamite!
You'll be able to see all my reviews under the individual titles!
Really fun, Space Opera!
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Great series.
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Rachel Aukes
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The story was highly enjoyable and the performance was excellent.
"Complete set" is a misnomer.
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