
Valkyrie: Expeditionary Force, Book 9
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After saving the world many times, the Merry Band of Pirates have accepted the inevitable: Earth is doomed.
All they can do is try to bring a few thousand people to safety, before vicious aliens arrive to destroy humanity's home world.
No.
There is one other thing they can do: hit the enemy so hard that the aliens will regret they ever heard of humans.
- Listening Length19 hours and 45 minutes
- Audible release dateFebruary 4, 2020
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB082LRPKWD
- VersionUnabridged
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Listening Length | 19 hours and 45 minutes |
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Author | Craig Alanson |
Narrator | R.C. Bray |
Whispersync for Voice | Ready |
Audible.com Release Date | February 04, 2020 |
Publisher | Podium Audio |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Unabridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B082LRPKWD |
Best Sellers Rank | #1,066 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #21 in Military Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #27 in War & Military Action Fiction (Books) #42 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) |
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That's the question in ExFor 9, the last book in what's been a great ride. For the last eight books (and one REALLY must read in published order) we've had a formula -- our heroes find a new terrifying problem that threatens all humanity, the Elder AI Skippy finds new ways to tweak the powers of the universe, the meat-sacks think of something that Skippy could never conjure up, and viola! Problem solved and Earth is safe for a bit longer.
If you like that, you've had eight full books of fun space opera action. The first half of ExFor 9 starts us on a similar journey but if you're observant, you'll see that things are changing. Some old characters of course are gone thanks to Armageddon, new characters pop up, and Skippy continues his quest to understand who he is and how he came to be. Several of our favorite characters (e.g., Gunnery Sgt. Adams) have substantial new problems to overcome, and it's not pretty. Our main hero, Joe Bishop, comes to realize just how in over his head he is. His quest for vengeance -- to "hurt the MFers" as he refers to the Maxholx-- ultimately causes him to make bad decisions. He pays for that as does ExFor. It's a fine exploration of the law of unintended consequences.
That gets us to the second half where a new mission pops up. Without spoiling the details, if you read that new mission as a diversion from the main problem, well yes, it is, though the plot twist (once recognized as such) becomes just another business-as-usual for ExFor -- when do they ever get a break, right? But see what the author is doing -- he's putting our heroes into a real bind by posing a moral question that they must (of course) accept. It's one all of us would struggle with but in the end most of us would do what they do. This then pulls together just about every thread that's been out there in all the books -- where is humanity headed? Can we manage to survive without help? What's our obligation to others? And what in the world is Skippy? Be careful when, many light-years from home, you place your trust in an awesome but quirky, god-like alien AI, you may not like the final result.
There's the risk for the author and for all of us as readers. I'm very curious to see where this goes. If Ex For 9 had been just like the last eight books I might have quit reading -- you know, fun but golly let's move on because it's getting a little stale. Just like Jim Butcher had to do with the Dresden Files, Vince Flynn with Mitch Rapp, and Patrick O'Brien with Aubrey/Maturin, there comes a point where you depart from the formula. Craig Alanson is doing that and while the one-star reviews suggest that a lot of readers like formula, I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for ExFor 10.
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Those were my initial responses to reading the last line in the 9th novel of the excellent Expeditionary Force series written by Craig Alanson. Many a time a TV show has left you with a season finale cliffhanger that has you cursing the writers and producers but it's rare in a novel but Craig has managed to do so with Valkyrie. Naturally I am intensely interested in how our favoured characters are going to get out of this situation but it really did put a damper on the immediate joy of christmas after putting the kindle down. On the upside I needed a stiff drink so swings and roundabouts.
As for the novel itself, well after the terrible toll taken by Armageddon the Merry Band of Pirates have risen to the challenge and addressed the cold fact that Earth may indeed burn but any small victory is a victory when you consider the incredible obstacles a whole galaxy can throw up against them. I've got to admit the beginning of the novel had me laughing like an idiot which is no small feat given the low point (plot wise) we were in but it all kinda makes sense and that's something Craig proves himself capable of time and time again when creating situations and solutions to entertain us. Naturally Joe and the rest of the pirates face the dilemma of using their battlecruiser to maximum effect when faced with a senior species who begin to ask the right questions as to who is striking their ships but when intelligence indicates a few hundred human prisoners are being sold for bioweapon research there was never any doubt no matter what they risk they would find a way to help.
Valkyrie is without a doubt a valuable addition to the series and draws a line in the narrative, where is goes from now only Craig knows and while I have some trepidation I'm along for the ride.


Beware, this series is seriously addictive, as in if you get hooked you won't just read one, you'll want to read them all.


Honestly everything but the last 10% of this book is pointless and o ly pads out the story so that the cliffhanger can happen and we have to wait for the next book for the main plot to progress.