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# Armageddon (Expeditionary Force)

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Review: A Journey of Stellar Proportions - This book was wonderful. Some people think this series is getting stale, and that there's always some crazy event to react to. This book ups the stakes. There's a reason why this book is called "Armageddon". There are some revelations, and ideas I haven't heard of in other science fiction series. Craig Alanson really portrayed the rivalries between different countries in his series quite well. This series has really good representation and diversity, and alien species feel very unique. This series also has some good character development. Joe Bishop often questions himself and has many doubts, and it makes him human. There have been so many events that the Expeditionary Force had to deal with, that every time the author references them, I start getting them mixed up. It would be nice if there was a list of events that have happened so far. A timeline would be nice. Maybe a map of the galaxy would also help us imagine different locations in space. Overall, there were some moments that were confusing, such as why the main characters had to cancel a cover story. However, there is an event mentioned in this book that is quite confusing. There is mention of a Kristang attack on Wright-Patterson Air Force base, but I don't recall any such attack happening at the end of Book 7. If Craig Alanson meant for this to be backstory of what happened between books 7 and 8, he could have explained it in a clearer manner. There are also many typos in this book. I feel like the quality of the editing dropped a little from the previous books in the series. There were probably about 20-40 typos in the book, and while it didn't take me out of the story, it was a small hindrance. The beginning of the book was also a little slow, and lacked action. There was also one frustrating moment, which is a series of frustrating moments in this series. The main character, Joe, had the chance to pick up some advanced alien technology, yet didn't. I'd like to see a progression of technology, for characters and humanity to grow, to better be able to handle the alien threats out there. It keeps the story interesting and the plot moving. I felt like this was just an excuse to not write some more imaginative alien technology. However, there are advances in the technology in other ways, so that's nice. The author also had the main character say "I avoided using the temporary name 'Avalon' because part of the team resented that Eurocentric Anglo-Saxon name, or some politically correct ... I didn't care about (location 2769). While Craig Alanson has done a great job including diversity and country rivalries in his series, this comment was a little off the mark. He could have shown different countries having different opinions about what to name Avalon (I won't say what it is because I don't want to spoil it for you), but Joe's thought, above, just didn't make sense. Finally, Craig Alanson does a great job bringing his world to life. Even inanimate objects are brought to life, such as in the case of missiles that "talk" to each other. Can't wait for the next book in the series. I'm currently trying to read the Mavericks book, which is supposed to be read before this book. But that book is hard to get through because it has way too many typos and is pretty boring to read compared to book 3.5 in this series about the ExForce team stuck on Paradise.
Review: Hold my beer. - Characters are finally showing off character development then boom, half of them are dead. All at once, or in super critical condition. I can't really seem to put it in to words how frustrating this series is with actual meaningful character development. While overall I love this series, the characters at times, and the interactions of characters and advancements of getting a new starship/s greatly disappoints me. The only time it seems like Joe and skippy or any character development at all is when they get the flower, and when they get the valkyrie. Humor is a 9/10 in this series for me Character development is a 1/10 Cool factor 8/10 Flow of story 8.5/10 Danger factor 5/10 The pirates may mainly be military, but it's like most of the time they seem to be acting almost exactly the same as the beginning of the series. It's been YEARS in this story easily six years easily, and huge events keep happening yet, the main characters have very minor changes. Not only that, but while there are breaking moments it's in a way that's only semi realistic to me I suppose, or when characters I kinda know die, and a buncha randoms it's like "eh whatever.*. I want to be able to say these main characters mean alot to me but I would of needed more heartfelt moments etc. Because I want a character to get me emotional when they die because it's like i KNOW them. Overall very good book, good or decent in some ways, disappointing in others. But overall I think that the ups of this series makes it worth atleast considering a buy. That's why I'm giving it a 4 out of 5. If I thought it would be a absolutely fantastic purchase I would 5/5 it... Also if you have a kindle unlimited subscription just use that to read it, and decide for yourself if you want to support Craig.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #432,906 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #146 in Science Fiction Adventures #205 in Alien Invasion Science Fiction #246 in Space Fleet Science Fiction |
| Book 8 of 18  | Expeditionary Force |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (5,755) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.92 x 9 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 169557866X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1695578661 |
| Item Weight  | 1.22 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 366 pages |
| Publication date  | September 25, 2019 |
| Publisher  | Independently published |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Journey of Stellar Proportions
*by S***I on September 23, 2019*

This book was wonderful. Some people think this series is getting stale, and that there's always some crazy event to react to. This book ups the stakes. There's a reason why this book is called "Armageddon". There are some revelations, and ideas I haven't heard of in other science fiction series. Craig Alanson really portrayed the rivalries between different countries in his series quite well. This series has really good representation and diversity, and alien species feel very unique. This series also has some good character development. Joe Bishop often questions himself and has many doubts, and it makes him human. There have been so many events that the Expeditionary Force had to deal with, that every time the author references them, I start getting them mixed up. It would be nice if there was a list of events that have happened so far. A timeline would be nice. Maybe a map of the galaxy would also help us imagine different locations in space. Overall, there were some moments that were confusing, such as why the main characters had to cancel a cover story. However, there is an event mentioned in this book that is quite confusing. There is mention of a Kristang attack on Wright-Patterson Air Force base, but I don't recall any such attack happening at the end of Book 7. If Craig Alanson meant for this to be backstory of what happened between books 7 and 8, he could have explained it in a clearer manner. There are also many typos in this book. I feel like the quality of the editing dropped a little from the previous books in the series. There were probably about 20-40 typos in the book, and while it didn't take me out of the story, it was a small hindrance. The beginning of the book was also a little slow, and lacked action. There was also one frustrating moment, which is a series of frustrating moments in this series. The main character, Joe, had the chance to pick up some advanced alien technology, yet didn't. I'd like to see a progression of technology, for characters and humanity to grow, to better be able to handle the alien threats out there. It keeps the story interesting and the plot moving. I felt like this was just an excuse to not write some more imaginative alien technology. However, there are advances in the technology in other ways, so that's nice. The author also had the main character say "I avoided using the temporary name 'Avalon' because part of the team resented that Eurocentric Anglo-Saxon name, or some politically correct ... I didn't care about (location 2769). While Craig Alanson has done a great job including diversity and country rivalries in his series, this comment was a little off the mark. He could have shown different countries having different opinions about what to name Avalon (I won't say what it is because I don't want to spoil it for you), but Joe's thought, above, just didn't make sense. Finally, Craig Alanson does a great job bringing his world to life. Even inanimate objects are brought to life, such as in the case of missiles that "talk" to each other. Can't wait for the next book in the series. I'm currently trying to read the Mavericks book, which is supposed to be read before this book. But that book is hard to get through because it has way too many typos and is pretty boring to read compared to book 3.5 in this series about the ExForce team stuck on Paradise.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hold my beer.
*by J***R on October 8, 2019*

Characters are finally showing off character development then boom, half of them are dead. All at once, or in super critical condition. I can't really seem to put it in to words how frustrating this series is with actual meaningful character development. While overall I love this series, the characters at times, and the interactions of characters and advancements of getting a new starship/s greatly disappoints me. The only time it seems like Joe and skippy or any character development at all is when they get the flower, and when they get the valkyrie. Humor is a 9/10 in this series for me Character development is a 1/10 Cool factor 8/10 Flow of story 8.5/10 Danger factor 5/10 The pirates may mainly be military, but it's like most of the time they seem to be acting almost exactly the same as the beginning of the series. It's been YEARS in this story easily six years easily, and huge events keep happening yet, the main characters have very minor changes. Not only that, but while there are breaking moments it's in a way that's only semi realistic to me I suppose, or when characters I kinda know die, and a buncha randoms it's like "eh whatever.*. I want to be able to say these main characters mean alot to me but I would of needed more heartfelt moments etc. Because I want a character to get me emotional when they die because it's like i KNOW them. Overall very good book, good or decent in some ways, disappointing in others. But overall I think that the ups of this series makes it worth atleast considering a buy. That's why I'm giving it a 4 out of 5. If I thought it would be a absolutely fantastic purchase I would 5/5 it... Also if you have a kindle unlimited subscription just use that to read it, and decide for yourself if you want to support Craig.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Craig FTW, AGAIN!
*by A***R on August 16, 2019*

One of my favorite things about Expeditionary Force is Craig's ability to mix seat-of-the-pants nervous excitement about nearly continuous cliffhangers sprinkled throughout his books, with humor, a hint of legitimate science, and a great military Sci-fi story containing plenty of nerdy easter egg references to other famous sci-fi works. This book was my favorite of the series. I particularly loved how he defeated his own record of setting up each subsequent book with a bigger and jucier cliffhanger than the previous book in the series - Armageddon takes the cake. If he supersedes the cliffhanger in this book with one, much less each of the multiple stories left in this series, I'm not sure my emotions will be able to handle the intensity. The ending of this book foreshadowed potential short term problems at earth from a third tier species, acknowledged pending Armageddon for the humans at the hands of one or both apex species, left us wondering what scared the most powerful species in the history of the galaxy enough to run them off to a non-corporial existence (while insinuating Skippy and the humans could do something about a threat even the Elders fled from), and mentioned the need of the MBoP to do address both senior species possessing their own Elder AIs. The ending setup half a dozen more books with these unanswered questions. Craig, if you read this review. I HAAAAAATE you, you stupid monkey!!! I hope the universe comes back to kick you in the a$$ for what you do to us, the fans of your books. My heart can't take much more of this.

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