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Jonathan Brazee (Author), Jeffrey Kafer (Narrator), J. N. Chaney (Author),

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Sit in prison or join the military. The choice is yours.

Convicted of a minor traffic violation, Rev Pelletier is conscripted into the Perseus Union Marine Corps...for up to a 30-year term of service.

Anxious to get back to his civilian life and job, Rev opts for a shorter term as a Marine Raider taking the fight to the enemy.

But with extremely high mortality rates, can he and his friends survive until their term of service is over?

Download Sentenced to War now to follow Rev through perilous battles as he fights to hold back the alien invasion. If you're a fan of Old Man's War, Starship Troopers, or Armor, you'll love this military-sci-fi thrill ride.

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9 hours
Author

Jonathan Brazee, see all
Narrator

Jeffrey Kafer
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April 2, 2021
Language

English
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B091J4JRR8
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	9 hours
Author	Jonathan Brazee, J. N. Chaney
Narrator	Jeffrey Kafer
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	April 02, 2021
Publisher	Variant Publications
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B091J4JRR8
Best Sellers Rank	#6,106 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #123 in Military Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #266 in Adventure Science Fiction #508 in Military Science Fiction (Books)

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Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2021

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Searched for a colloquial word for feces. Many hits. Book is disappointing and deleted.

Note: last time I actually quoted an objectionable word in a review, the review was rejected. So, it is not like Amazon finds the language acceptable to them either. But they'll sell it to us.

35 people found this helpful

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moreld

Marines Always Will Be Marines

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2021

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While this book is not heavy into the nuts and bolts of ground contact, which is a shame; it does an excellent job of portraying the bonds that binds young men and women together in the fraternity of combat. Rev, as the main character finds himself facing what amounts to a life sentence in the military after a sham trial for a minor traffic infraction [yes, the war is going that badly]. This is the story of him finding himself and his place in the world. Looking forward to the next in the series and a definite recommend for this book.

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Gregory Kelly

Great read

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2021

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I could not put this book down! It was what every person who enjoys military Sci Fi looks for. And as a retired Army Infantry NCO of 30 years it has what military types look for to take their minds off those long deployments during their rare down times. Believable humanity advancements while keeping with our history. The character's take on very human traits and complexities. And best of all there were no military slang errors that make many military types like me crazy such as the use of "Over and Out" and the word "repeat" used in the wrong context. Great Job Gentlemen hurry up with those books now.

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A page-turning coming of age story with just enough tech and terrible aliens

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2021

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Sentenced to War by J.N. Chaney and Jonathan P. Brazee is a page-turning coming of age story that I made the mistake of starting at 10pm. When I got to the last page at 3am, I immediately checked to see if the next book was available. The next TWO are available, glory be. (It doesn’t end on a cliffhanger, it’s just that good.)

I love military scifi and coming of age stories, and found Sentenced to War a good mix of the two. Our main character, hopped up on hormones, gets himself sentenced to a stint in the military as a conscript. Humanity is at war with technologically advanced aliens. It isn’t going well, and we need more cannon fodder, which is why even a traffic ticket gets you drafted for a term of service.

Aspects of this story reminded me favorably of Old Man’s War by John Scalzi, and Orphanage by Robert Buettner. While it does follow a “formula” in which our character goes through boot camp, training, battles, etc, it never becomes formulaic. I had no idea what was going to happen next, and there was never a TSTL moment.

I like Rev Pelletier, our main character, who is a believable product of his culture and upbringing. He’s got good bones, as they say, if only he can grow up before he gets blown up.

I’m not former military, and I don’t care about tables of organization, rank, proper military speak, and so on. I’m also happy to assume that in the far future, when humanity has spread out to multiple new planets with hundreds of billions of us floating around in multiple military organizations, that rank and structure will have changed. So I ignored the reviewers who railed against those things.

The technology was explained well enough I got the idea without ever descending to complete geek-speak and trumping character. At its heart, Sentenced to War is about a good guy learning how to make tough decisions and finding the place he belongs.

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Algesan

Weak Sauce Ending

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2021

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Decent enough story with an elegant way around the basic training rinse, repeat of the genre. Good backstory, but the ending was obvious (and a bit stupid given that the US military has had the no ETS during wartime for decades), except the MC being flat, maudlin and wimpy about getting the shaft when it obviously wasn't part of his sentence. Most especially when the MC got fetched out of not one, but two major medals without a promotion or anything. It would have been far better if the "needs of the service" clause had been invoked OR the MC had given them all the finger.
Ugh, now that I have typed it out, the second book had better be the Rambo version, where the MC is an insubordinate ass too good to let go. Otherwise, it is just too sickly sweet hung ho dreck.

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More military-focused than sci-fi-focused

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2021

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The story has enough action and character development to maintain reader interest. However, there is a lot of military life detail that over-balances the adventure aspect of the book. For someone who is not associated with the military, the mundane details and jargon blur a bit until the action happens. While the action scenes against the aliens are detailed and suspenseful, they are frustrating because they are limited by the protagonist’s limited POV. What he doesn’t know, the reader doesn’t know. Who are the aliens? What do they want? Shrug.

The limited POV does add suspense to the plot because Rev learns as he goes and so does the reader. BUT, like a low-ranking grunt, my guess is it will be a slow slog until big reveals happen.

I am not so in Love with Rev or his battle buddy to be compelled to HAVE to read to find out what happens next. Their personal stakes are just too low at the end of book one to draw me further into the series. Rev just seems to blow along where fate takes him without much personal ambition. This is rather boring for me and makes the book seem more like an impersonal video game than a highly engaging hero on a personal quest. Rev is likable and has a lot of good qualities, but his lack of thinking/use of wit is annoying. I’d rather he was clever instead of surviving due to dumb-luck.

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Mike In Tokyo

Innovative and action packed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2021

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Really well written too. When you add the character development to the tech, this is a brilliant beginning to a series. Enjoyed it enormously and I now find that I can read the next one too. Lucky me!

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2021

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Well written, good characters, absorbing story line.
The witty remarks between the characters were a little forced but in general I really enjoyed reading this and wanted to know what happened next.

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David Herbert

Great Storyline

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2021

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Well that was a great storyline took a little while to get going but when the fun started could not put it down. Found it a bit slow between the battles but can see and understand why.. Well worth 5 stars and looking forward to book 2

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Ron Robson

This is an exciting book with plenty of action.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2021

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I was unsure about this book when I purchased it. The blurb didn't set it out well enough. The book was very good with lots of action and a good storyline which flows throughout the book. Definitely good value for money. I will buy the next one.

roguetrooper

Modern Military space Fiction at its best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2021

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Modern Military space Fiction at its best and the plot and story is well written with characters that you can relate to an see develop as this book comes alive the next book will be delivered to me presently

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