Shattered Galaxy

The Complete After the Galaxy Series Box Set

By: Scott Bartlett

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

Enlisting was his only ticket out.

Raised fatherless in a galactic Brinktown, Joe Pikeman only ever wanted to escape.

The Galactic Guard offered that escape, with the promise of regular meals to boot. Now Joe is a full Guardsman, with his own ship and a snide partner bot who hates humans almost as much as he hates other bots.

To the pirates he hunts, Joe is known as the Butcher. His bloody reputation has landed him in the center of a sweeping conspiracy that threatens to stamp out the galaxy’s last surviving human settlements.

As Joe races against time to salvage what’s left of his species, one thing becomes crystal clear: You can never escape your past.

It all starts on Earth, humanity’s deserted homeworld....

©2020 Scott Bartlett (P)2020 Scott Bartlett

Utterly bonkers

I first discovered Scott Bartlett through his Ixan universe, hard military SF. I loved it. This was so very different and I loved it even more. An unholy combination of military SF, fantasy, cyberpunk, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Cranky Gandalf, Ready Player One, and the Stainless Steel Rat, this series hit the ground running and never stopped.

I can't describe it with any other word than this: bonkers. Utterly bonkers, and so much fun. Mark Boyett lent his usual gravitas to the proceedings which made it even better. Highly recommended. I hope there's more to come in this universe.

Good Enough

Great narration. Good story. Some lazy writing. Small spoiler: The hero makes it through, well everything, by killing anyone who gets in his way. Then as the bad guy lays at his feet...He lets him go. There are a few places where the author has the hero act out of character just, seemingly to advance the plot. Of course I am only half of the book.

Update: Having listened to more of the book I have something else I do not understand. Not only did the hero chose not to kill the bad guy (really bad) he has since then found out the universe is about to be taken over by that bad guy he hasn't told anyone about it. And he's had plenty of time. Just wierd.

not my favorite

the story was not particularly interesting to me. it just lacked excitement. why is it 300 years in the future we are not living hundreds of years but can fly at ftl speed and can regrow limbs.

Ehh, it’s mostly a defense of Comic-Con’s. At least in the first hour I managed. The guy can write okay.

The author can write okay. But it’s just Comic-Con in space. I hope they come up with more original work. God speed brother.

Another amazing series by Scott

I've been obsessed with Scott's books since I first discovered them in March, and this series is no exception. Scott does an amazing job bringing you into the universe and developing his characters. Any fan or sci-fi should read this. Can't wait to read more of his books!

Mark Boyett does an amazing job narrating the books as usual, an excellent choice I'm happy to see used in all of Scott's books that I've listened to.