Annihilation

Star Force, Book 7

By: B. V. Larson

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Kyle Riggs is in for a rough ride.

In Annihilation, the seventh book of the Star Force Series, nothing goes as planned. The three fledgling human colonies in the Eden System are beginning to take hold, but the forces threatening to root them out are many. The Crustaceans are calling for help, despite the fact they are the sworn enemies of Star Force. Are they potential allies, or vicious tricksters? And why are the oceans of their world heating up?

Even as Riggs flies out to investigate the situation, more mysteries arise. The Blues are making vague threats, and Earth is suing for peace. Who is to be trusted, and who holds a dagger behind their backs?

Annihilation is a military science fiction novel by best-selling author B. V. Larson. To find the first book in the series, search for Swarm. Annihilation is the longest book in the series so far....

©2013 B. V. Larson (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Went on binge w/ this very good series.4-4.5 stars

Went on binge w/ this very good series.4-4.5 stars on average. I'm catching up on reviews for books #4-11. At this point I'm ready for a break from the series, but will surely return for more. It's hard to make battle after battle interesting for this sort of space sci-fi book, but this series seems more creative than several similar books, and the overall story is good.

Better with every book!

With each book, the story gains new complexity and depth. This book was even more enthralling than the last.

Annihilation

This book is book 7 in the series. Colonel Riggs seems to be in the middle of trouble. We see a race called the Crustaceans and the Blues appear to seek help or try to bring on threats to Riggs and the three fledgling human colonies struggling in a new system. It keeps you in in the middle wondering how these problems will be solved.

Amazing!

Love this series and Undying Mercenaries! This is great to listen to while waiting for the next Undying Mercenaries to release. Amazing story and characters cannot get enough!

Almost unbearable. Kyle Riggs is stuck on stupid

Would you try another book from B. V. Larson and/or Mark Boyett?

Yes. Still have faith in Larson and Boyett is fantastic.

What character would you cut from Annihilation?

Kyle Riggs

Any additional comments?

Let me cut to the chase. It was almost maddening to listen to Riggs make stupid decisions. By modern leadership standards he is horrible. He was a great tactician up until now. But he makes awful strategic choices based on, of all things, his naivety! He refuses to learn from past mistakes. It is infuriating listening to him make a choice that you know is going to come back to bite him in the ass. And those once cold hearted choices he had to make early in the series to save humanity? He can't do it now because he is willing to risk everything to work with (save) untrustworthy alien races!

And it is just bad writing when the author forgets which characters were on which side of an argument! Riggs will be arguing against his staff over something (because he always knows best right) and not 2 minutes later he is suddenly arguing the same case his staff was trying to make. That is just bad.

I read the bad review and listened anyways because I am now more interested in the overall story than the main character. I sure hope the next book is better.

It could be so much better!!!

I have, of course, read all the other book in this series and it is slipping. I hope B.V. Larson or one of his associates read these reviews. The character, Kyle Riggs, is becoming juvenile and just as much a dictator as his hated foe, Crowe. I don't understand. Col. Riggs is generally an idiot, and therefore, I'm losing interest in him and almost wish he would be killed off. When, after how many years in space and countless battlefields, do Kyle Riggs suppose to learn from his mistakes. It's becoming frustrating to read/listen to. The narrator is good though. I like him.

very disappointing

this was by far the worst book in the series. I'm glad he killed Sandra off, even though it was a pretty rough moment but she was the worst character in any book I've ever read. that being said, Riggs character is getting completely outlandish. not only is he an amazing ground commander, he's the best fleet commander ever, and now he's a fantastic fighter pilot (with zero training), it's ridiculous. larson's writing is getting lazy and characters flip their opinions on things from moment to moment just to have some dialogue (ie; one moment any character will be like "screw the lobster people, they don't want our help" the next "we can't let them die! do something kyle!!"). furthermore, Kyle is blaming himself for the destruction of the lobster people but it's magically overlooked how THEY called for help in the first place but his attitude of "ooh no! I killed them all" is completely ridiculous.
I'm going to finish the series because I'm so far into it BUT this book could have been left out of the series and almost NOTHING would have been missed. it didn't do anything positive for the series at all and was just a pointless and lazy money grab on larson's part

it's just too stupid to listen to!

it's not just that it keeps getting his science facts wrong, his hero Kyle Riggs is the stupidest person on the entire planet! one stupid stunt after another stupid stunt and the same thing over and over again! this guy couldn't learn from a mistake if it is face off, and a couple of them have already bit his face off! Yet, he keeps doing it over and over! I want to be the assassin that kills him!

Make it stop!

What would have made Annihilation better?

Drop the cheap romance: it sounded like a 15-year-old's writing. The phrase "my girl" should have died in the 50s.

What could B. V. Larson have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Restraint from wild, sudden narrative archs and dramatic irony that is painful to endure. Cut the childish, insulting dialogue. Downplay the casual domestic abuse and the frequency of shower stall "love making."

What didn’t you like about Mark Boyett’s performance?

The Latina accent was painful to hear. His black accent was stereotypical and horrendous, though suited with the general tone of the writing.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Annihilation?

Sandra would have never been introduced into the book.

Any additional comments?

It's a creative an gripping premise with so much potential. I went 7 books in before the cheapness of the writing became too much.

He killed her off, I can't F@#*'n believe it

It's like David Weber killing off Nimitz. I don't know how to take this. Rigs is not at his best. Not many writers can keep a series going for seven books.