Grimm's War: Books 1-3

By: Jeffery H. Haskell

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 36 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Three books of best-selling military sci-fi action. If you love heroes and starships, you will love to stand with Commander Jacob T. Grimm. You’re in the Navy now!

Idealistic Navy Lieutenant Jacob Grimm just wanted to honor his mother’s sacrifice in the last great war. When he’s forced to return fire and destroy a squadron of ships to save his own, he thinks he’s the hero....

Until they discover the ships are full of children.

Disgraced and denied promotion, Jacob’s career is over. That is until the head of ONI needs a disposable officer to command a battered destroyer on the rim.

There’s just one problem: Interceptor hasn’t had a CO in months, and the ship is a mess. Worse, the system he’s assigned to is corrupt and on the verge of all-out civil war with the Alliance.

However, no one told Jacob he was disposable.

Pirates, smugglers, and Caliphate spies complicate the situation and one captain with an old ship can’t enforce the law, let alone stop anyone.

The single greatest discovery of all time is about to change intergalactic politics forever. If Jacob doesn’t find a way to succeed, then it won’t just be the end of the Alliance, it will be the end of freedom for humanity.

From USA Today best-selling author Jeffery H. Haskell, you won't want to miss the special edition omnibus of books one to three in the hit Grimm's War series.

"Against All Odds is classic space fleet military science fiction in the tradition of David Weber, with memorable characters and thrilling action. Haskell is a new shining star in the genre." (Rick Partlow, author of Contact Front)

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Great story

Great story and character development. I enjoyed every minute of it. I’ll be looking forward to more adventures.

Classic military science fiction

I found the story to be enjoyable and look forward to continuing the series. I love classic military science fiction such as Starship Troopers, Dread Empire's Fall, The Forever War, The Expanse, etc. This series reminds me of Expeditionary Force, but better as the story has a faster pace and without all of the unnecessary filler. The battles feel accurate and the leap of faith required for the “Star Lanes” concept is not an issue. Character development is not too bad. It seems like there are hints in the third book of trying to expand upon who the characters are and to prevent them from being one dimensional. Narration was very good as well.

Some of the negative aspects were what I would call a lazy universe construction. I can’t remember which author said it (maybe William Gibson), but it is that much of science fiction is not about the future, but is a commentary (or product) of the present. So current cultural tropes are projected onto the future. Radical Islam as the bad guys, Asian people as being different and separate, Germanic people as being technologically advanced, Russian as being corrupt and western (or American) society as having the moral superiority. The other negative (which sort of comes with some military science fiction) is a strong authoritarian (almost Fascist) bent (military ignoring civilian rule, single military leadership vs democracy, anti-free press). I just think it was just a bit too in your face and would have been more enjoyable if not just copy-and-pasted from today. Also the main character Jason Grimm occasionally drifts off into longish inner monologues about the military, duty and how much he loves his job that doesn’t add anything to the story or character. It's just a bit over the top.

Great story and action

Really enjoyed this book and hope to see more from the author soon many hours of enjoyment!

awesome

Couldn't put it down. War a fun ride I loved every second of it. On to book 4

Great listening & More to Come

Loved the first two books. Book three should have been split up to provide a much more detailed ending. I suppose that book four will give a look back to look into the many unresolved issues. Time for another download.

Great milisci

Absolutely loved this series. The captain is what you want to see in a protagonist.

The story and creativity

I enjoyed the creativity of the story. Jeffrey knows his stuff and does well to make the novel very interesting

books 1-3 Leave the reader wanting more

Loved this series and want to keep seeing what comes next. This was weĺl worth the read.

A very enjoyable story…

A very enjoyable story with excellent narration and without all the woke nonsense. Thank you, Mr. Haskell.

Love Jacob Grimm

Grimms story is an interesting take on the underdog proving his worth. This series only gets better the more books you get in.