He’s the narrator of all the Audible books in the series.

I didn’t want to hear actors portray the characters I loved by anyone other than the great R.C. Secondly, I didn’t want to partake in the audio drama because it didn’t appeal to me.

Almost all of the books I buy on Audible are at least ten hours in length. To begin with, I didn’t want to use one of my Audible credits to buy a six-hour story. The audio drama was now described as book 7.5 in the series. I inferred I would not have to listen to the audio drama to keep up with the story. When the audio drama was announced, it was implied this was a stand-alone story. I began scrolling down in the group’s posts and discovered I needed to first listen to Homefront, an audio drama based on the Expeditionary Force universe. Why then was I reading about events that somehow took place between book seven and book eight? I was a member of the Expeditionary Force By Craig Alanson Facebook group. I listened to the seventh book in the series, Renegades. It was as though I had missed a book in the series. Things were going on that made no sense to me. I didn’t want to wait for the Audible version.Īs soon as I began reading it, I felt lost. The Audible version will not be available until sometime later next month. With nearly every book after that, I listened to it through Audible.īefore the eighth book in the series, Armageddon, came out on August 8, and I pre-purchased the Kindle version. I began reading the series shortly after the first book was available on Kindle. Unfortunately, I’ve reached the point where I have to call it quits on the series. The ExForce series, as it is known to fans, has gone on to 15 books/audiobooks, many of which have hit the Audible and New York Times bestseller lists.Ĭraig has also published a spin-off series, ExForce: Mavericks an ExForce audio drama, Homefront a fantasy trilogy, Ascendent a young adult space opera, Aces and most recently a thrilling new series that melds action-packed urban fantasy with his signature humor called Convergence.Ĭraig lives in Virginia with his wife, who loves him even though he perpetually refuses to clean the garage.I was a big fan of the science fiction Expeditionary Force book series written by Craig Alanson. The Columbus Day audiobook was a huge hit, and a finalist for an Audie Award as Audiobook of the Year. The breakout success of Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, Book 1) reached new heights when Podium Audio released it in audio format, narrated by Audie Award Winner R.C. Within 6 months of his first ebook release, he was able to quit his day job and pursue a full-time writing career. Writing fiction at nights and on weekends, he finally independently published three novels on Amazon. Craig Alanson used to create financial reports for a large IT services company.

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