Narrator is good and I love the amazing mind of B.V. Larson, I finished his undeying mercenaries series and hoping another book comes out(if it hasent Already), till then I'm getting the second book for this series!

Not bad. Not good. Just Meh.
I was overall underwhelmed by the writing and have no plans to listen further.

Ultimately my journey with this series ends here. The story wasn't awful, and I got the book on sale for $5. It's not good enough for a credit but I would consider getting the second one if it was on sale.

It reminds me of a story a bunch of drunk teens might write if they were hanging out in their mom's basement.

A robot arm destroys some guys entire family and 5 minutes later he wants to get down and dirty with some stranger. That's just the kind of stuff that you write up while laughing like Beavis and Butthead.

Nothing wrong with some mindless action here and there, but it's sort of average. I'll keep looking for something more compelling.

Narrator was great. The whole "kids dying, so I'm gonna screw a coed" was a bit weird but overall a good story.

Great basis for starting a series. Detailed events and plausible scenarios.

Excellent narration. Recommended. Good road travel book. Looking forward to the second book in series.

Good action story, a little sexist. Page Turner. Nice hard science fiction. Starting to show its age.

Out of the 16 series and 54 books I have through audible, this saga has to be in the top three. Maybe two. The majority of my collection involve space opera and futuristic sci fi. I believe Hyperion book series still remains my number one but for different reasons. This is the best military/combat focused style futuristic sci fi.

I'd say Dan Simmons Hyperion, Undying Mercenaries, Peter Hamilton's Void series/Pandora's Star, D.J. Molles The Remaining series (zombie) and Alastair Reynolds Pushing Ice. It's a first person view of humanities experience sprinkled in with future tech, military combat and dominant leadership flaws/strengths.

Storytelling and narration is exceptional. Nothing annoying like a strong Scottish accent.

Without any spoilers, the main character overcomes many flaws in government and humanities culture when applied to space and interplanetary travel. The extreme loss and pain the main character experiences was not fluffed over as he works through his mistakes. A real good vs evil battle goes on throughout the series.

This review is for all books in this series. I only wish the books were longer than 11-13 hours.

Well paced, well-constructed alien invasion story which develops into a global battle with a militaristic feel. An engaging listen with a good narrator....BUT.....

Okay---how many books are out there which start out so promising, only to introduce some female characters in an end-of-the-world setting who just sit around, passively waiting for the male characters to take action?? It's so tiresome and ridiculously sexist. This is yet another one of them. The story structure and pace was so promising, but with this one element, it just ruined it. Having a fierce-personality female character who becomes clingy and stupid broke my enjoyment in the story.
I wonder if these writers even respect their wives/sisters/mothers/girlfriends....

I returned it. So disapointing.

My hands down favorite series! Amazing action, emotion, and imagination here. Really wish I could give it 10 stars!!!

Remember the movie: "Starship Troopers"? My experience for of this book, was a lot like that movie. Was this movie based on this book? Not a lot of thinking necessary. Just kinda grade "B" entertainment in my opinion.

I have read lots of SciFi before that really made me think about things. This didn't really do that for me. KInda' "fluff" storytelling. Not a lot of character development. Not a lot of fulfilling tech development. Not a lot of cultural/moral/ethical tension that for me makes a story interesting - even if I don't agree with the points the writer is trying to express or explore, I want a bit of a mental challenge in that way. For me, the SciFi genre needs to be used as a vehicle for something more. The book seemed to get started on some tact, and I was getting excited, thinking, "Ok, now it's going to take off!" and then, "Hmm, missed opportunity here."

I think Mr. Boyett did a decent job of narrating what he had to work with. It felt like he was having to work harder than usual, to make this story work. It was much of the time like experiencing someone overacting, but out of necessity.

Is this one of Mr. Larson's first works? A lack of experience maybe? I didn't think what had the potential of a very fresh and interesting premise, got the outcome it deserved. Lots of "gaps" and incomplete takes on things, in some the descriptions.

I'm sorry if my review sounds overly negative, because I realize I am in disagreement with many other reviewers. I actually feel kinda' bad, not to be able to give a glowing review. So much potential here. I know writing a book is not easy to do really well. I mean no disrespect to the author, the narrator or other reviewers.

Would I listen to another one from this author or this series? MAYBE, but I would need to be in the mood for something pretty light weight.

Here is hopes the next books are better.