Imperial Privateer
Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire, Book 5
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Christopher Grove
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Andrew Moriarty
About this listen
Dirk's old problems are gone. New ones are moving in!
Dirk and company can rest easy. The ship isn't listed as stolen, Dirk's warrant is cancelled, and in return they just have to do a tiny favor for Tribune Devin. How difficult can it be to update his ship's weapons, find out what's going on core ward, and help look into Scruggs's warrant—and meet up with an ex-girlfriend? What could possibly go wrong? But when a botched heist, a crooked repair deal, and the sudden appearance of an enemy warship complicate things, Dirk has to decide. Is he a mercenary, a privateer, or a loyal servant of the Empire? Or can he be all three a once . . .
If you like Galactic Empires, honorable enemies, and snappy dialog, this one's for you!
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- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
By: Andy Weir
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Hitchhikers
- By: Ben H. Winters
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,637
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,616
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,616
Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She loves her fiancé, Greg–doesn’t she? She’s going to get her degree and open her own business–won’t she? Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. An awful lot. Annie could tell the old woman to get lost. Yet there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake. And what she learns could change her life forever–but is it the life she envisioned?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good
- By Anne on 03-18-25
By: Ben H. Winters
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The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 38,805
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34,515
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34,411
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I love Wil Wheaton but why not R. C. Bray?
- By L. Newman on 01-11-20
By: Andy Weir
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Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,035
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,686
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,680
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- By C. White on 09-19-23
By: John Scalzi
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When the Moon Hits Your Eye
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 433
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Story4 out of 5 stars 406
For some it’s an opportunity. For others it’s a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now... something absolutely impossible.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Buyer's Remorse
- By Amy on 03-31-25
By: John Scalzi
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- joe
- 01-09-25
Each book is somehow better than the last!
I love this series of space adventure. The characters and the story are fresh and fun. Light hearted without being silly. Read these if you like fun space adventure.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Dan
- 01-28-25
A mix of extreme personalities somehow get along together and keep getting on, with madcap and exciting results.
This series, which probably should have been called Dirk's Dirty Seven (I'm including the dog), continues to be Andrew Moriarty's best work and even more fun than the Jump Space Accountant series. The chapters jump back and forth between the crews of three different ships, and I rather preferred the earlier volumes that focused more on Dirk and his crew. I still give it two thumbs up.
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