Buying Options

Read for Free

OR

Kindle Price: $2.99

Deliver to your Kindle or other device

You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.

Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

There was an error. We were unable to process your subscription due to an error. Please refresh and try again.

Enter a promotion code or Gift Card

Share <Embed>

Admiral Bob (Bob and Nikki Book 15) by [Jerry Boyd]

Follow the Author

Jerry Boyd

Admiral Bob (Bob and Nikki Book 15) Kindle Edition

by Jerry Boyd (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

1,005 ratings

Book 15 of 26: Bob and Nikki

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$2.99

—

Kindle
$0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 1 million more titles $2.99 to buy

Sally and the rest of the captains finally get Bob to take that promotion he’s been avoiding. That leaves him with a question, just what is an Admiral supposed to do? Soon enough, the folks back on Earth cause bigger problems. Sit back and enjoy the ride, with Admiral Bob and the rest of the crew.

Print length

364 pages
Language

English
Publication date

March 13, 2021
File size

972 KB
Page Flip

Enabled
Word Wise

Enabled
Enhanced typesetting

Enabled
See all details

Next 5 for you in this series See full series

Total Price: $14.95

By clicking on the above button, you agree to Amazon's Kindle Store Terms of Use

Jerry Boyd
1,423
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $2.99
Jerry Boyd
1,750
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $2.99
Jerry Boyd
1,852
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $2.99
Jerry Boyd
1,059
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $2.99
Jerry Boyd
1,014
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $2.99
Jerry Boyd
1,066
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $2.99

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08YY16KT3
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 13, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 972 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 364 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #26,835 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #67 in Humorous Science Fiction (Books)
- #363 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #476 in General Humorous Fiction

Customer Reviews:
1,005 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Jerry Boyd

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

I’m a house husband. I keep things together while my wonderful wife makes our living. I’ve worked as a machinist, short order cook, electronics assembly tech, and several other jobs. My hobbies include vehicle maintenance, (I’ve had the transmission out of my truck. Twice) free flight airplanes, electronics, and shooting.

I was born and raised in the Ozarks, and now live in Mid-Missouri.

Customer reviews

5 star		73%
4 star		21%
3 star		4%
2 star		1%
1 star		1%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

It just seemed like a step backward.

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2021

Verified Purchase

I know, I've been writing shining reviews of the books in this series and then suddenly drop a 3 star bomb on this one. Honestly, its not a bad book. If this had been part of another series I might give it a very low 4 star rating. But this was the 15th book in a long running series that had been blessed with high quality plots and characters.

And suddenly, the first half of this book felt like mostly recycled plots, and old jokes that had been worn thin in previous books in the series. The adventure was almost put on hold until Bob and company finally left the planet of the half-squatch and were able to once again find new and truly interesting problems to deal with.

I think it has to do with the nature of the story. Bob works best when there is a living villain to deal with. He needs a squirrel with an attitude to banter with, or a patrol colonel to verbally spar with as he dances around the problem of having bots without limiters in a Commonwealth where limiters are required. Sadly, the politics of him accepting the Admiral label and dealing with healing up a few half-squatches was far too mundane a problem for the 15th book in the series. Now taht does change in the second half, but the first half of this book were the slowest reading of any book in the series.

Not Jerry's best. its still fun, and I'll get book 16, but Jerry probably needs to expand the universe and plot a bit more. Bob is best when he has something dynamic to deal with, and this book seemed to deal with mundane problems.

4 people found this helpful

Helpful

Kindle Customer

Bob's descent into madness continues

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2022

Verified Purchase

Some major continuity errors in this one that I'll chalk up to Bob's increasingly illogical behavior. Bob's new method of solving any mystery is apparently to make a wild ass guess based on nothing but a hunch, which immediately makes that hunch the only possible explanation to all around him. Bad as that is, it pales compared to his apparently declining mental faculties. For example, he makes a point of calling out how dangerous it would be for him if Bucky eloped, then in the next breath presides over them eloping, then DOESN'T EVEN TELL his wife that her BEST FRIEND got married. At a different point he notes taking a certain bot with him on an away mission, only to have that bot waiting for him on the Gene at his return. He's either hallucinating or the bot can now teleport. Multiple times Bob has important conversations, only to seemingly forget those conversations happened only a day or two later (example: discussing the missing person with Max then the next day having no idea what the Patrol is talking about when they bring up the same missing person and saying "I'll have to see if Max knows anything."). He also spends the entire book vacilating between holding the current squirrel regime responsible for something that happened a thousand years ago and letting it slide. Add in his previous terrible handling of the Roos and it seems Bob is either losing his mind, or his subconscious grip on this whole fever dream is slipping and he is about to wake up soon.

I get that these are light hearted books, with a thin plot, and plot wholes are going to happen. That's part of the appeal most of the time. But this episode just seems like nobody bothered to review the plot at all before publishing.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Mahatma Kane

Hail Bob!

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2021

Verified Purchase

This continues the wonderful story of Bob Wilson, a Missouri hillbilly who rapidly discovers galactic civilization and then becomes a major force in it. My primary reaction is despair when a book ends, and joy in knowing there's another one coming. While some volumes flow better than others the differences are minor, and readers would best start at #1 and flow forward like the rest of us. And don't forget the motto of Bob's Saucer Repair: "Murphy is Our Shepherd."

Seriously, though, I've been reading science fiction all my life, and I'm pretty jaded. This series has really impressed me, and it just keeps getting better. Above all, it's fun!

Further comment -- It looks like Bob's Saucer Repair will be coming back to Earth -- will they take it over? One can only hope!

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Larry Schroeder

More of the same.

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2021

Verified Purchase

I've mostly enjoyed this series. However, this book consists of re-hashed, rearranged dialog. I am tired of variations of "Aw shucks, I'm just a hillbilly","Snitz woke me", "Gosh Bob, how do you do that" and "I really don't know what I'm doing". I would estimate that over 90% of this book falls into that classification. Then, when the only really new challenge (saving Bob's mom) finally gets fleshed out the whole problem is easily solved in a couple of pages at the end. If this is not your first exposure to Bob and Nicki, you will miss nothing of consequence if you skip to 98% and read from there.

4 people found this helpful

Helpful

Sandman

Admiral Bob

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2021

Verified Purchase

Another fun read from Jerry Boyd! Light hearted, lots of inside jokes for you if you have a good grasp of music, pop culture, and old movies. I enjoy a relaxing read once in awhile, and the Bob and Nikki series are the cat’s meow. Thanks Jerry. And there is another book out now in the series. I highly recommend this series and strongly recommend starting with book 1.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

KL-VA

No table of contents. Good luck finding the beginning.

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2021

Verified Purchase

The first (TOO MANY) pages are character descriptions that could have been placed at the end of the book. Then we could go look something up if needed rather than forced to hunt in frustration for the actual beginning. Most other authors provide a table of contents with links to each chapter. Not this one. I did eventually find the beginning. Some of the Bob dialog has been abbreviated slightly in this volume. Perhaps the author is making an attempt to reduce repetition of old jokes that had simply become tedious. This book seemed to have a bit more action that the previous volume. I was really looking forward to the epic battle, then disappointed when it was over and done with too quickly.

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2021

Verified Purchase

This book flowed better than some of the previous although the end was telegraphed through the whole read. It seems that bob is not as humble or forgiving now that he is admiral. Probably the price of command. I know the feeling though, when i was a pfc i wanted to be sergeant so i would not have to do so much work, when i was sgt i wanted to be pfc so i would not have to do so much work. I dont know how many more books the author can come up with but i hope there are many. Already looking for #16.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Paul B (UK)

Book 15

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2021

Verified Purchase

As Iv written before this series gets better and better.
And now Bobs an Admiral.

Brynno

These books have gotten to be pretty formulaic; more and more of the same.

Reviewed in Australia on May 5, 2021

Verified Purchase

I haven't given up on them yet but they're getting harder to read and I'm skimming a lot more. Feeling a bit cheated by this one in particular. Not much happened in the first half then there's the steady and repetitive buildup in the second half before all the action happens in less than 5 minutes before an abrupt end. I'll read the next one when it comes out but it might be my last.

Kevin G Smith

A very good read

Reviewed in Australia on April 24, 2021

Verified Purchase

This story is very good read but it ended to abruptly. the story line built up well then came to a stop with the story unfinished and I was left with unanswered questions of what happens next. I think it is unfair to a reader to finish a book abruptly then make them wait for the next book to read what happens

A C Bennett

Okay

Reviewed in Australia on March 26, 2021

Verified Purchase

One Complaint, to damn short. It felt like a filler, lining every thing up then giving us about five minutes of action and then the customary Thanks. This will be following book 14 in number as well as favorite on my list. Still looking forward to the next book in this series.

Martin Pearson

Hard to put down.

Reviewed in Australia on April 30, 2021

Verified Purchase

The book, like the previous Bob and Nikki books is interesting, humorous and hard to put down. Jerry Boyd's writing style still irks me but it is not going to stop me buying more of the Bob and Nikki books. Some of his humour is a bit repetitive but it would be missed if it was stopped now.

See all reviews