Blanchland Blues

The John and Alvis Sessions, Book 1

De: Tom Dell'Aringa

Narrado por: Connor Brannigan

He’s a disgraced Star Corps pilot with a robot partner fresh off the junk heap. She’s a runaway with no future. And they’re the good guys.

Since being dishonorably discharged from the Star Corps, pilot John MacAlister has struggled to make ends meet with less-than-legal cargo runs across the cosmos. He’s desperate to get his life back, but every time John thinks he’s found that “one last job,” some new disaster lands him back at square one.

After an ill-fated smuggling run ends with a disastrous crash landing on the moon (and an even more disastrous landing in the local lunar lockup), John is offered a choice: rot in a Galactic Union prison forever, or locate a teenage runaway named Ril and bring her back to the authorities.

It seems like an easy decision—until John actually meets Ril, and discovers the scrappy teen isn’t just a runaway; she’s the only witness to a murder. And the killer? Why, none other than the very man who got John kicked out of the Star Corps: Captain James Kedron, a ruthless, power-hungry officer who will stop at nothing to silence Ril forever.

For the first time since his dishonorable discharge, John has a purpose. Despite facing impossible odds, he vows to protect Ril and expose his former commander’s corruption no matter the cost.

The only challenge? Living long enough to actually do it.

Pick up BLANCHLAND BLUES because you love upbeat, character-driven SF with humor and drama. Suggested for fans of Firefly, Douglas Adams, or the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers.

©2022 Tom Dell'Aringa (P)2024 Tom Dell'Aringa

Space Westerns! I love 'em

The story was great, and the interaction between the characters was hilarious at times. I'm looking forward to listening to more in this series.
That being said, I do have to add that the narrator has a bad habit of inhaling audibly, constantly. It sounds like a gasp, and it is constant. It's not for dramatic effect either. It doesn't matter what the words are, or what the tone is, or even if it's description or dialog.
Blah blah description description. ::gasp:: .blah, blah, description description.
or
"dialogue dialogue." ::gasp:: so and so said.
And it didn't matter if they were being angry, or snarky, or just simply talking about the weather.
It got old quick. But, the story was good.

Top notch

BlancheLand Blues was everything I hoped for. A great story well told and well narrated.

story

damn good time with laughs and moments of hell no. need more of these two and their lives

Vivid characters, hilarious banter 👍🏼👍🏼

Loved it. I actually bought the sequel in paperback because I couldn’t wait for Audible. Got some good jazz references too. Excellent!

Developing relationship between John and Alvie.

Good story arc and character development. I could understand the anxiety John felt as he got to know Ril.

Awesome book!

I really enjoyed this book! I strongly recommend it! Starts out strong and finishes stronger, I look forward to more

Fun and well developed characters.

I thought the characters were well developed. So often, characters act without any logical motivation, these fun guys were all given a true motivation for their feelings and actions. The world was fun and not just a copy paste version of generic sci fi. My only cringe was Hogan. He just felt too over the top at times. Maybe he just needs a little balancing. Thanks for a fun read.