Galactic Marine

The Traveler, Book 1

By: Vaughn Heppner

Narrated by: Michael Braun

You ever have one of those days?

U.S. Marine Sergeant Jake Bayard did when he has to cancel a hot date to board a transport plane to the South Pole, which is hijacked by aliens with hostile intent to Earth.

Bayard escapes into tunnels deep under the ice and stumbles upon advanced technology that teleports him to Epsilon Eridani.

Desperately alone and on the run, Bayard falls back onto his combat training, soon discovering that these aliens keep human herds for meat. That’s it. He enlists some of the downtrodden and declares war against the hungry oppressors.

Galactic Marine is the story of a gung-ho Terran taking on the masters of an insidious and ancient alien conspiracy.

©2022 Vaughn Heppner (P)2022 Podium Audio

Decent book

Decent take on a Stargate like series.

My main reason for not giving it 5 stars though is that it felt like the main character needed a little bit more fleshing out in character development. It feels like the main character is a bit two dimensional in his outlook. Additionally, the relationship with the Neanderthals seems a bit rushed.

All in all though I like where the story seems to be headed and look forward to see where this goes.

1950s book rewrite

The book written like twilight zone book. It's pretty boring with m.c just thinking for hours with nothing really happening. This a definite rewrite from the 50s or 60s.

Great story. Had my full interest.

Pulled me solidly along always engaged and pleased as the story unfolded. Overall, an enjoyable listen.

Dime store gold

Don’t expect Heinlein or Banks level writing. If you accept that then this is enjoyable and passes the miles while driving. I think anything under 10 hours should only cost 1/2 credit btw.

Good start. interesting premise

pretty good book. I didn't have any problem listening to the whole thing without much pause.
I didn't lose interest in it at any time and you get a strong bond to the main character.