Duty, Honor, Planet

A Military Sci-Fi Series

By: Rick Partlow

Narrated by: Ryan Burke

We thought we were alone....

We’re going to wish we were.

Jason McKay and Shannon Stark, two young Republic Space Fleet Intelligence officers, are given the leadership of a new special ops unit. The mission? Guard the spoiled daughter of an important senator on a tour of the colonies.

Neither of them thought the mission would be anything more than babysitting...until the aliens invaded the colony.

Implacable, relentless, merciless, the armored creatures slaughter everyone who gets in their way. The team is forced to go on the run with the people they’re supposed to protect.

But survival will be the least of their challenges. Because it’s not as simple as an alien invasion, and the truth may be even stranger than they can imagine.

Jason and Shannon are forced to weigh the lives of the people they lead - and the ones they love - against their duty, honor, and planet.

Don't miss this thrilling military sci-fi series from the best-selling author of the Drop Trooper series. Grab your copy today!

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Wrong place at the right time.

It was a great listen. Twists and turns, great character development and a few surprises. Can't wait till the next one comes out!

A pretty good story, but

Why do authors have to mess up their stories with unrealistic love interest encounters? It just makes me shake my head and think that the author needed to try harder. Still, I’ll probably spring for book 2.

Not Bad, not great, but not bad...

Firstly, you NEVER, NEVER EVER sleep with ANYONE under your command!!! That is so wrong it is up there with incest. It is like driving over an ied. If it blows, you might survive it, but not likely.
Once a Marine, always a Marine. That will ALWAYS be a fact as long as there is a Marine Corps that is or will evolve from the United States Marine Corps. One other thing, Marines DO NOT SAY SARG!!! We EARN our ranks, and the Army says Sarg. So as much as we love the Army when SHTF, we do not like being confused with them. Any of my Marines would have called me Sarg and they would have got a painful wall 2 wall counseling.
As for the book, it is good, as is most of Partlow's work. It is his usual military sci-fi, space alien slaying hero protagonist saves the day. Rick Partlow has made the main character Lt. McKay about as close to dumb as one can get. He is caught multiple times where his situational awareness was below complacent when it should have been dialed to the max. I can tell Partlow was definitely Army and probably never had to fire his weapon or had a weapon fired at him in combat. In all his work he actually has special forces style characters doing ignorant crap that a cook would do and not the actions of highly trained infantrymen. One irritating thing, shrapnel does not make scraping sounds on the roof of a vehicle that was not in the blast radius of an explosion. That is the worst line I've ever read (or listened to) in any of Partlow's books.
Oh, you NEVER jerk a trigger! I don't care what you are firing. You squeeze a trigger with ONLY your trigger finger. When you JERK a trigger, you use muscles in your shoulders and arms and pulls the muzzle out of your natural point of aim. Boot ignorance is unacceptable in actual former military authors. Pitiful, Partlow. Do better next time.

Pretty good🧡

Duty Honer Planet had plenty of action, unpredictability and suspense to keep me interested. I though it improved as the story progressed. The reason I didnt give it 5 stars was the lack of formality/discipline by the military characters. 
Narration was good

Thank you to Aethon Books who provided me this book free of charge at my request

Run, do not walk, to get this book

Rich characters, crisp descriptive prose, engrossing action, thought provoking philosophical concepts!
Rick Partlow has done it again. A new series in a coherent universe, Duty, Honor, Planet explores human motivations in a fashion not often encountered in mil sci-fi. Ryan Burke performs Partlow’s new book quite well. I’m looking forward to seeing/hearing further additions in this series.
Rick Partlow is becoming a giant among the modern sci-fi authors.

Another big score

Rick Partlow has been delivering quality sci-fi for a couple of years. Wholesale Slaughter, Drop Trooper and now Duty, Honor, Planet. I’ve found my new favorite author.

Good scifi story

I think this is great as a stand alone book. As part of a series I'm not sure where they will go from here. Story is interesting and flows well throughout the book. The author does a great job of mixing the story up enough that it doesn't feel boring, repetitive, or overly suspenseful.

Was entertaining

The book overall was good. the story was mostly engaging by lacked imagery. Battle scenes were not too great and seemed to miss details but was mostly good. rated 4 stars because the love story is so bad that it should just be left out. there's no reason for a baby to be included or love to feel so lackluster. reminds me of middle school.

Enjoyable and a fun listen

Not the most complex ploy but creative enough to truly keep you listening. Details are good, characters are well developed and the narration holds the story together. This is a worthwhile listen and I will look forward to its sequel.

Stoked to start a new one

Just came off of Drop Trooper. Book one here is awesome. I loved the narrator on Drop Trooper, so the transition was tough, but Burke does a fine job as well.