Extinction

Star Force, Book 2

By: B. V. Larson

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Earth's Star Force Marines invade an alien world!

In the second book of the Star Force series, Kyle Riggs has another bad year. The Nano ships have a new mission - one that sentences their pilots to death. Meanwhile, the governments of Earth want to steal Star Force's Nano technology for their own. Worst of all, Earth has made a promise to the Macros, and the machines are coming to collect.

Extinction is the story of Earth's entry into an interstellar war between living creatures and machines. And to buy the peace, we've signed up with the machines.

Battle stations! Listen to another Star Force novel.

©2011 B. V. Larson (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

This Book Turns My Stomach!

The first book in this series was reasonably good. It was told from the standpoint of a guy who was put in a new situation, and how he reacted. But this second book is just ridiculous. The more I listened to it, the sicker I got.
The lead character is an arrogant, egotistical, selfish know-it-all and his girlfriend is a sex-crazed bimbo.
- How does some college professor all of a sudden have total control of the world's most dominant military force? Because he found it first?
- With all of the brilliant minds and governments all over the world, how does this guy speak for all of mankind and make deals on its behalf?
- How does he alone design star ships and tanks with no knowledge of industrial design? How arrogant is he to think he couldn't use the help of qualified engineers the world over?
- Why would seasoned military veterans follow him?
- How does he go to planets no one has ever seen and take no scientists with him, only vowing to "take tons of pictures for the spooks back home?"

His girlfriend is even worse. He says he loves her, but she has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. She's a whiny, complaining, possessive sidekick whose only asset seems to be her sexual prowess.

I've listened to more than 500 books on Audible, and I have never had a book affect me in this way. The sheer arrogance of a person who takes alien technology and keeps it for himself and from his country, essentially proclaiming himself the head of his own little nation. It's just sickening.

Enjoyable 2nd in Series.

The second book in this series measures up to the first. If you liked the first book then you will enjoy this one as well.

Great 2nd round in the Star Force Series!

Kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Can't wait to see what happens next!

DONT LISTEN TO THE BAD REVIEWS! THIS IS GREAT!!

If you could sum up Extinction in three words, what would they be?

RIGGS PIGGS BABY

What other book might you compare Extinction to and why?

SWARM lead right into this book. Not missing a beat.

Have you listened to any of Mark Boyett’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I love them all, this one included.

Great

The narrator was great, and the book is good for road trips and I want to listen to more.

book two of the star force series

preparing and fighting on an alian planet whole dealing with the macros. what a fight!

Great performance and "OK" story.

The story was OK, I've read better but I've read worse also. The performance was fantastic! Great use of accidents and emphasis when needed. I've been on a space battleship/futuristic story reading kick lately and this series looks promising. There are several sequels to this one and I think I'll keep going. It's very common for authors to get better with their writing as they get more and more experience. I'm sure this is true for Larson as well.

Maybe co-written by a horny 13 year old boy?

The character of Sandra takes up a good 15 to 20 percent of the first two books in this series and the author’s treatment of this main female character is actually appalling. Ok, I can’t actually believe I just typed the word “appalling”, but it was so bad that it pretty much ruined the book for me. Kyle leaves her in the ship, in a locked room and tucked away from every other Earthling in the universe until such time that he gets horny, takes her out of the closet and has his way with her. Then, when he’s done, he puts he back in a locked room where presumably she just sits there doing nothing until Kyle wants to have his way with her again. Ok, he did giver her medical training at one point so, maybe she’s more like a dog than a person; a dog that Kyle taught a couple of tricks to. In fact, maybe if you just picture Sandra as a dog, like she’s Kyle’s pet, maybe you won’t be so annoyed with the lack of depth to her character. I’m aware that I might sound like a lunatic here with all of this ranting, but it’s just hard for me to come to grips with the fact that an author who has put so much time and effort into developing a riveting plot with detailed military intrigue basically just took on the persona of a 13 year old fat boy going through puberty whenever he started to write any scenes with Sandra. It was….embarrassing. I hope no women ever read this book.

I'm hooked

great book.. great performance, cant wait to find out what happens in the next exciting chapter.

Very Middle of The Road

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

The narrator sounds a lot like Brian Cranston from Breaking Bad. Not that that is a bad thing or anything that is just how Kyle Riggs looks like to me now. I would definatley try the next book in the series just to finish the series but it did not blow me away.

Would you recommend Extinction to your friends? Why or why not?

No my friends don't like sci fi so if wanted to get them hooked i would not recommend this one.

What three words best describe Mark Boyett’s voice?

Heisenberg Breaking Bad

Did Extinction inspire you to do anything?

Yes get The Lost Fleet series

Any additional comments?

The story didn't blow me away and just getting the main character's perspective is getting old. I would love to have seen the humans attack from the the eyes of one of the aliens they went up against.