The Ramal Extraction

Cutter’s Wars, Book 1

By: Steve Perry

Narrated by: R.C. Bray

Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

At the close of the 24th century, a series of revolutions has caused the galaxy to descend into chaos. With the Galactic Union’s army stretched thin, mercenary units have arisen for those who have the need - and the means - to hire them.

Captained by former Detached Guerrilla Forces Colonel R. A. "Rags" Cutter, the Cutter Force Initiative is one of the best. A specialized team consisting of both aliens and humans, the Cutters offer services ranging from combat training and protection to extraction and assassination - as long as the target deserves it and their employer makes good on payday.

When they're hired to find and rescue Indira, the soon-to-be-married daughter of Rajah Ramal of New Mumbai, the team's first task is to identify the kidnapper. The obvious suspects are insurgents who want to overthrow the rajahnate, but as other forces enter the game and an assassination attempt is made on Ramal, the Cutters realize that their in-and-out extraction job is about to get a lot more interesting - and a lot more lethal.

Steve Perry is a New York Times best-selling author who has collaborated on novels in Tom Clancy’s Net Force series. A recipient of the Willamette Writers Lifetime Achievement Award, he also won an Emmy for his work on Batman: The Animated Series.

©2012 Steve Perry (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A razor-sharp novel by a master of military science fiction." (William C. Deitz, New York Times best-selling author)

"Perry excels at hard-boiled writing, flashing dialog, and stripped-down action." ( Oregonian)

Very Good Military SciFi.

like all good yarns this one is twisted and complex. Though I had suspicions how it would end it was still twisted, really a fun listen. so on to book two.
C Wright.
Somewhere in the hills of Northern California.

GOOD START TO THE SERIES

This book was a good start to the three book series Cutter's Wars. It had good charter devolvement and the story line was interesting. kinda follows the same path as other books that deal with a special pop's team of shoulders doing freelance work. As with all the books he narrates R.C Bray was a pleasure to listen to. I do recommend this book if you are a space military junkie like me. GOD Bless.

The Lies We Weave

Hired to find the Daughter of a Raja. Taken around in circles that are ever tightening only to find out that..... Nevermind that would spoil the whole story. This group of "Mercenaries" is closer than family. Definetly a must listen. R.C. Bray brings this tale to life.

Steve Perry always delivers.

I've long been a fan of Steve Perry. He writes great action scenes and flashy dialog. The first chapter in a new saga that promises great entertainment.

Fantastic book, get over the pro nouns folks

The books series is really well written and alot of fun, if you have a problem with pro nouns get over it, The whole pro nouns thing applies to two aliens in the book series , if you can't get past the fact that they are not even human an are so hung up on the pro nouns then your honestly missing out on a really fun series .

Solid story telling - yet ...

I enjoyed the story generally with great hand to hand and firefight scenes. Yet I felt the bigger picture hints were under thought through and the hooks for the next books was clunky.
I admit to being a fan of RC Bray narrating first person action stories and I think the performance helped lift the tale overall - BUT - RC - please please please do not attempt Australian or New Zealand accents, also for Australian and New Zealand place names, google the pronounciation, particularly the Te Reo Maori & NZ place names.

rcbray makes it real.

the story is compelling and fun it is greatly enhanced by the reading of mr. r c Bray

Mystery within a Merc Adventure

Nice adventure in a military sci-fi tale. Clue we’re nicely convoluted and kept me guessing the whole time. The battles were neat and the characters were unique. RC Bray is great as always and I’m am going to continue the series myself. I recommend it to military sci-fi fans.

Not as bad as they say.

Everyone giving this title a one star and throwing tantrums over new pronouns should really get over themselves. The author did a great job of implementing new ideas for THEIR WORLD. I enjoyed how the story would bounce between the teams perspective of events happening and not just follow a single character. I have no regrets for the quick 8 hour listen and look forward to the next books. Giving an author bad reviews just becuase you can only listen to R.C. Bray, while solely chasing what he reads, does not make you a critic.

pretty good start

i liked this book. def a good start to a series. also, def made the audio version great with T.C. Brey as the narrator. he is my favorite