Storm World

Undying Mercenaries, Book 10

By: B. V. Larson

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

James McGill is sent to the Core Worlds!

In an unprecedented first, Earth sends a message to Mogwa Prime. Unfortunately, the messenger is not met with enthusiasm. Misunderstandings soon threaten all of Humanity. Forced to prove Earth can serve the Empire better than any rival, McGill does his best.

Eager to prove our worth to the Galactics, the frontier war between Rigel and Earth is expanded to Storm World. Circled by six moons, the planet is ravaged by wild storms and tides. Battles are fought in raging hurricanes, and death stalks the soldiers on both sides.

McGill grimly fights and dies in the mud until the job gets done, but will it be enough to satisfy the angry Mogwa?

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The Entertainment Goes On

B. V. Larson continues to uncover and explore fresh new veins of gold storytelling in Storm World. McGill and his antics continue to threaten and, somehow, save humankind from destruction; all the while treating us to hilarious situations along with informing us of new insights into the aged but still very dangerous Galactic Empire.

Fun listen

If you enjoyed the previous 9 books in the series you won't be disappointed. This was the first book in the series i listened to rather than read and I was pleasantly surprised.

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Again I love the continuing craziness. My only other note is the recording was off at times.

Too much time in between books, but good.

I'm not sure if it's becoming a standard for an entire series to hit Netflix, Hulu, etc where you can binge an entire season and not lose the momentum but I had to re-listen to book 9 before I could listen to this one and if I have to wait another 8 months while listening to at least 8 more storylines in other series... it's hard to be as entrenched with the interactions for the next one. I do like this series a lot, it's not without my gripes, but for the most part - love the action, the drama, the sci-fi, and storyline. I have a personal dislike of what I personally call the Captain America syndrome where they take a weak character and make them hulking, super buff, super intelligent lead character... I prefer a person to use their head without the need to take either an average or intelligent character and then make them into a football player... but that's me. Squanto is a nice addition to the series, and the imagery of the galactic center has my fingers crossed that the next book will go into detail about it. I'm pleased with the series and this doesn't stick out as the best book in the series but it is a nice continuation of the story and am interested in seeing where Larson takes us to in the next book. Note that there was some editing issues with Boyetts voice, at least as I got this book pre-order and so this is fresh off the digital recording but there were a few spots that had volume level issues or sounded like Boyette was too close to the microphone. On re-listening to other series, my guess it that this will be cleaned up at some point.

McGill does it again

The author continues with his general pattern for these books but adds new aliens, new situations, and allows our intrepid hero to get us into more danger yet again. Of course he also gets us out while managing to add something else looming on the horizon. If you like the previous books your love this one too.