( Format : Audiobook ) "The Butcher of Pascal。" After his promising career is torpedoed by the defensive move which saved lives but killed childfen, Lieutenant Jacob Grimm is sent to captain the Interceptor, an old Hellcat, now a wreck in orbit around the dockyard, Kremlin Station, three months without even a space drive, the crew without a captain all that time and resentful at his appointment。 He did not know it but this was a political assignment, an attempt to shake things up。 And it worked。 ( Format : Audiobook ) "The Butcher of Pascal。" After his promising career is torpedoed by the defensive move which saved lives but killed childfen, Lieutenant Jacob Grimm is sent to captain the Interceptor, an old Hellcat, now a wreck in orbit around the dockyard, Kremlin Station, three months without even a space drive, the crew without a captain all that time and resentful at his appointment。 He did not know it but this was a political assignment, an attempt to shake things up。 And it worked。An unusual storyline, with good characterization and exciting action - a good balance between the two。 Recommended to all S。F。 fans, not just military。 I'm looking forward to book 2 in the series, With Grimm Resolve。 。。。more
Danny Cannon,
The hero we needed!This is one of the best books I’ve read in a LONG time。 This is what it felt like when I read the first book of ExForce。 This is ExForce without the annoying AI。 This is like Galaxy’s Edge without the “special powers”。 Grimm is like the love child of Kirk and Pickard, but smarter。 Are you tired of “stupid MCs”? Here is a guy you can root for! As soon as I was done, I preordered the hardcopy。 There were several times where I’d be listening and my wife would come in to check on The hero we needed!This is one of the best books I’ve read in a LONG time。 This is what it felt like when I read the first book of ExForce。 This is ExForce without the annoying AI。 This is like Galaxy’s Edge without the “special powers”。 Grimm is like the love child of Kirk and Pickard, but smarter。 Are you tired of “stupid MCs”? Here is a guy you can root for! As soon as I was done, I preordered the hardcopy。 There were several times where I’d be listening and my wife would come in to check on me because I’d yelled, “Heck Yeah!” entirely too loudly。 I am fully invested in the future of Jacob Grimm。 Mr。 Jeff Haskell, you hit a home run with this one, sir! Wow。 Just, wow。Peter Berkrot absolutely nails the performance! I listen and read on Kindle and he definitely enhances the book with his reading。 This…, I can’t say enough good about this!I probably going to read/listen to this one a few times。 I recommend this very highly! 。。。more
Wendy Wallace,
I read a lot of books and usually rate them as good, very good and excellent。 However, there are some which I consider outstanding and this book is one of them。 Aethon Books sent me this book as an ARC and I thank them so much for such an excellent read。I devoured this book。 It is full of action, fun, excitement, suspense, horror, heroes and just plain easy to read。Poor Jacob Grimm。 He previously had a bad time accused of being a butcher when a load of dead children was found in a ship he destro I read a lot of books and usually rate them as good, very good and excellent。 However, there are some which I consider outstanding and this book is one of them。 Aethon Books sent me this book as an ARC and I thank them so much for such an excellent read。I devoured this book。 It is full of action, fun, excitement, suspense, horror, heroes and just plain easy to read。Poor Jacob Grimm。 He previously had a bad time accused of being a butcher when a load of dead children was found in a ship he destroyed。 Everyone seemed to be against him。 However, he had saved his ship and other ships from being blown out of space by the three ships attacking them, but that didn't seem to matter to the press or the Navy。He is sent to Zuckabar as temporary captain in charge of the USS Interceptor。 However, Interceptor had been in orbit with no drive for three months and nobody had been able to find out where their drive was currently located。 The ship was in terrible disrepair。 The crew were lax and lacking discipline。No-one told Jacob that he wasn't expected to succeed or that he was considered expendible。 Nevertheless, he was not someone to let things get to him and eventually he and his crew save the day。 The author has written a devious ending to this book and I loved it。It is part of a series but can be read as a stand alone book。This is a book I highly recommend to anyone who likes the space travel genre。 。。。more