Firefly: Magnificent Nine

The Firefly Series, Book 2

By: James Lovegrove

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's Summary

The second original novel from the much-missed Space Western Firefly, produced with Joss Whedon as consulting editor, set between the TV series and the movie Serenity

A cosmic cry for help

Captain Mal Reynolds is in a fix. He’d like nothing more than to find honest smuggling work that stays under the Alliance’s radar and keeps the good ship Serenity in the sky. But when an old flame of Jayne Cobb’s sends a desperate plea across the galaxy, his crew has other ideas.

A cutthroat bandit

On the arid, far-flung world of Thetis, the terrifying Elias Vandal is threatening to overrun the town of Coogan’s Bluff with his trigger-happy army. He wants control of the only thing standing between its people and dustbowl ruin: their water supply.

The magnificent nine

When the crew land at the hardscrabble desert outpost, they discover two things: a savage outlaw gang who will stop at nothing to get what they want, and that Jayne’s former girlfriend, Temperance, is single-handedly raising a teenage daughter, born less than a year after she and Jayne parted ways. A daughter by the name of Jane McCloud....

©2019 James Lovegrove (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

A must for browncoat fans

A lot more story to help ease the ending of the tv show and it has the feel of it too

better than the 1st

I hope the make more, to fill in the gap between the show and the movie. the narrator does great. but having the original cast read it would be awesome!

Love Firefly?

This book reads exactly like a Firefly episode. The narrator doesn't try to sound like the actors with the dialogue; but differentiates the voices enough that allows you to picture them in your head. The only thing I find distracting is that the author seems to have a checklist of saying or reminders from the TV series. Otherwise the story is very enjoyable for anyone who enjoyed and misses the Firefly 'Verse.

could not even finish

I LOVED the series tried hard on first book, this is horrible. so bad I couldn't finish

A Real Treat for Firefly Fans

If you loved the Firefly series, you'll enjoy this. The whole gang is involved in another adventure, only this time the story revolves around Jayne, and we discover a side of him never before revealed.

The writing is pitch-perfect, and the reading keeps the characters as quirky and distinct as they were on the screen. You won't regret your time spent with these old friends.

Distracting but bad sci-fi

This is bad sci-fi, these tie-ins (not sure I recognized it in the first) make a mistake that the series corrected early on. The Firefly saga doesn't take place in a galaxy but in solar system (albeit with many planets and moons) or a close conglomeration of stars. The reason it changed in the series is probably because it occurred to someone (or was brought to their attention) a galactic yarn required faster-than-light travel and any society with tech that advanced (and energy hungry) is not believable as having such hard scrabble property (and marginal tech too). The author also doesn't apparently know how agriculture works either.
In short, this is Western patische not sci-fi (or perhaps howlingly bad sci-fi), which makes it limited and not able to live up to the ambitions of the series.

Another Firefly Adventure

The story was entertaining and the characters came to life in my mind. I enjoyed a very bit of it.

follows original TV show

good story, easy listening, recommend it. very much in character with TV show. . .

Another great entry into the verse.

The story was pretty fantastic. Good humor and I enjoyed the more Jayne-centric story. He’s a fun character.

Good story, not as cookie cutter as i had expected

I'm really enjoying these books. i can really see the TV show in my head. Well done.

Just like Nathan

The narrator was excellent as Mal Reynolds, he sounded just like Nathan Fillion. He wasn't perfect however, for instance the 'Janes' sounded too much alike, that said, I would have given him 4.5 if I could. Apart from the comment below which I suggest you probably shouldn't read and which cost it a point, the story was actually really good and i would recommend it.

SPOILER ALERT!!
The so called twist in the story was the worst I have ever read. It was so blatantly obvious from the beginning what the outcome was going to be regarding Jane 2, the story would actually have been better without the twist.

Wonderful

Decent paced and full of life. A must read for Firefly fans. Can't wait to read the next

Lots of fun

Lots of fun in the Firefly vein. More exposition than an hour of TV could ever give, so it’s a little like a mini series version of a single episode.

If you’re not already sold on Firefly, watch the series first. This book appears somewhere between the series and the Serenity film.

A must for Firefly lovers..

This book was an incredible ride with the people we know and love. The story no doubt has been done before in similar ways, but this didn't detract from the audio or text story presented here.. the character building is solid, and each Firefly character is well voiced from the start. Bittersweet that it's ended in mainstream media, but there is legs for Firefly/Serenity to continue in books if the calibre is this high. thank you.

The fly, flying once again!

A much missed show, brought to life every well indeed!

A third one please, perhaps leading us up to the film. would make these a very good trilogy!

Fantastic

Please make more! This and the previous book are both superb in story and in performance. The way the voice actor finely recreates each memorable character's subtle speech styles is so immersive. These books are by far the most shiny thing 'Firefly' since it was on the screen.

Keep flying

If you like the TV show then you will like this great story and excellent characters I love it

Why did they cancel the TV series?

while I miss the series the books a good second best. loved it, feel like I want to listen to another one now.

Season 2 of Firefly continues...

Great to be back with these characters, and the author does a great job with them.

That said, the story here does suffer a little to begin with, with the obvious Magnificent 7 tropes and its only when it moves away from that I found myself getting more invested. There also seems to be little for some of the crew to do in this "episode" but in all fairness that was occasionally true in the series.

Narrator does a great job at keeping the feel of the 'verse and it really does feel like the season 2 we were all missing.

Shiny!

Jing tsai for any Browncoat missing the 'verse! Writing was very gao guhn and I do reckon the narrator did a fantastic job. I always know who's speaking and I'm very happy I found out that these audiobooks exist.