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title: "Columbus Day: Expeditionary Force, Book 1"
brand: "craig alanson"
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# Columbus Day: Expeditionary Force, Book 1

**Brand:** craig alanson
**Price:** 4930 som
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- **What is this?** Columbus Day: Expeditionary Force, Book 1 by craig alanson
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Columbus Day: Expeditionary Force, Book 1

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Well done, great story, lol humor....
  

*by D***E on Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024*

Craig Alanson tells a great story coupled with brutally honest insights and humor about or species. Loved it and highly recommend the read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The first page or so of this I was thinking this was going to be really cliche and entertainingly bad. By the end of the sample
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2016*

I was browsing Amazon for military sci-fi, and was reading samples of a bunch.  The first page or so of this I was thinking this was going to be really cliche and entertainingly bad.  By the end of the sample I was grabbed enough that I figured at $0.99 why the hell not.  About half way through I had an epiphany in which I realized I was actually reading a very well put together sci-fi novel, and I ended up staying up until five in the morning reading.The biggest strength is the humor, it's a first person narration where the main character has great commentary that really grabs you.  The depiction of military life is also one of the best I've seen, with far less of the values based bulls*** that so many other authors put out.  Instead it presents it the way that the military is, which is a bunch of guys trying to make the best of a s***ty situation.  There's a lot of humor (ex. the acronym BOHICA) that just doesn't get portrayed enough, so I'm glad the author gave it a lot of attention.Additionally it has enough military and tech details to make it a proper sci-fi, but not so much that you get bogged down.  It's all through the lens of a guy that knows he doesn't understand any of it, so it's all pretty down to earth explanations.  You understand what the technology does without all the technobabble you'd get on Star Trek.  There's a lot of military slang and terminology, but most of it is quickly explained well enough that you don't have to be a veteran to have a pretty good idea what's being said.  It feels like you're listening to a soldier tell a story, but from a guy that understands you don't know everything he does.  It's a good balance.As far as characters go the main character, Joe Bishop, was very relatable and comes off as the kind of guy you'd want to grab a beer with.  He's far from the smartest protagonist, but he's creative and has good people skills which makes him fun to read.  Unfortunately a lot of the other characters aren't as well fleshed out.  I think a lot of it is because Bishop moves around a lot meeting new people, so a lot of people show up and then leave the story.  Almost no one from the first half of the book is present during the second half.  There's also a couple of characters that get thrown in as butt monkeys that come off a bit too one dimensional, but they don't stick around for long.  That said, I'm not going to spoil the surprise but there's a character named Skippy who is incredibly fun and awesome.  He's got humor to match Bishop, but is also very well rounded.The story isn't especially original, but the most part it's not cliche either.  There's a few cliches here and there, but not enough to be too distracting.  The plot is a bit predictable, but it does pretty much tell you how it's going to turn out from the get go.  So it's not like it pretends to be mysterious or promise a lot of plot twists.  It's pretty straight forward, but it at least avoids a lot of cliches that way.  I guess you could say the story use's tropes, but doesn't abuse them.  Overall, even though the destination is pretty well known the journey there is very enjoyable.As far as how well put together it is, I'd say very well.  Not quite up to the standards you'd expect from a publisher with a professional editor, but not far off.  There's a few typos here and there, but far less than you typically see in a self published book.Overall it's a pretty great novel, and an absolute steal at $0.99, this is worth far more than it's currently priced at.  It could use a bit more polishing, but it's still considerably better than a lot of stuff I read coming out of the major publishers from well recognized authors.  Maybe it'll never win a literary award, but its very entertaining and at the very least well worth the price.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Entertaining!
  

*by G***! on Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024*

The author created an entertaining story line with relatable characters. With a simple plot line to follow. Really quite enjoyable!

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