The Anvil of Dust and Stars
Dark Seas, Volume 1
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Lessa Lamb
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Damon Alan
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A relentless enemy eats away at the frontier of human-occupied space, altering human colonists to their purpose in the process. Ahead of the invasion front, a young girl is forced to flee from her home world. On the starliner carrying her family to safety, she vows to her father to defend their new home, and 20 years later, she gets the chance. Book one in the Dark Seas series chronicles the rise of Sarah Dayson from determined young lady to the command of a fleet of powerful warships. Worlds fall; battles are lost and won. As each phase of the conflict forges her into the next stage of her life, she becomes a commander the enemy learns to fear.
Sarah finds a solution to her problems in an unexpected place, and in an unexpected way, one that satisfies her need to save humanity and to find a safe home. Safety, however, can be so transient....
Follow the rise of Sarah Dayson from new officer to determined commander of a fleet. Sometimes she is driven by darker motivations, such as revenge and retribution. Sometimes by altruism and friendship. Regardless of motivation, Sarah rises to the defense of humanity with the vigor required to win against a foe who kills in a merciless and terrible way.
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Battleship: Leviathan
- Battleship Leviathan Series, Book 1
- By: Craig Martelle
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 604
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 549
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Story4 out of 5 stars 550
A derelict warship, ancient but still alive. A small team of humans fighting for all humanity. Built for a time when the races were just finding their way to the stars, finding that they could dominate others. The galactic conquests created the arms race and the ancients, the Progenitors had to protect their own. They built a ship to drive the others away.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great start to this series!
- By Anders on 01-03-22
By: Craig Martelle
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The Terran Privateer
- The Duchy of Terra, Book 1
- By: Glynn Stewart
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,933
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,785
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,785
Earth is conquered. Sol is lost. One ship is tasked to free them. One Captain to save them all. When an alien armada destroys the United Earth Space Force and takes control of the human homeworld, newly reinstated Captain Annette Bond must take her experimental hyperspace cruiser Tornado into exile as Terra's only interstellar privateer. She has inferior technology, crude maps, and no concept of her enemy, but the seedy underbelly of galactic society welcomes her so long as she has prizes to sell and money to spend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Annoying and predictable and endlessly repetitive
- By Chris H on 08-21-17
By: Glynn Stewart
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Starship's Mage
- Starship's Mage, Book 1
- By: Glynn Stewart
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Damien Montgomery is as much a nobody as a Mage of the star-spanning Protectorate of Mars can be. Trained as a Jump Mage, one of the elite who teleport ships across interstellar space, he lacks the connections to find a ship that will take him. Until pirates and politics strand Captain David White of the jump freighter Blue Jayin his home system. The two men's matching needs birth a choice and a partnership that will take them from high-end orbitals to prisons to alien graveyards in forgotten star systems.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I used to love it, now it sucks.
- By Bryan C Russell on 10-10-24
By: Glynn Stewart
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Legend
- Four Horsemen Tales, Book 1
- By: Christopher Woods
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 878
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 805
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 801
At a time when Humans were just starting to venture forth into the Galactic Union as mercenaries, Martin Quincy survived long enough to do something no one else had - he retired. There was only one problem: He got bored. After battling aliens for many years - killing aliens and getting paid - retirement didn’t suit him, and he decided to strap on the combat armor and go back to the stars. Along with his old friend Kal, Martin joined Cartwright’s Cavaliers, humanity’s best merc company. Life was exciting! But he got bored. Again.
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2 out of 5 stars
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- By Brent on 04-08-21
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Starship Liberator
- Galactic Liberation, Book 1
- By: David VanDyke, B. V. Larson
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,816
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,541
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,525
The Hundred Worlds have withstood invasion by the relentless Hok for decades. The human worlds are strong, but the Hok have the resources of a thousand planets behind them, and their fleets attack in endless waves. The long war has transformed the Hundred Worlds into heavily fortified star systems. Their economies are geared for military output, and they raise specialized soldiers to save our species. Assault Captain Derek Straker is one such man among many.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Super author team fails
- By Jesper on 05-03-17
By: David VanDyke, and others
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The Acheron: Publisher's Pack
- The Acheron, Books 1-2
- By: Rick Partlow
- Narrated by: Tess Irondale
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
Contains books one and two of The Acheron series: The Acheron and The Prodigal. Sandi and Ash never set out to be heroes. She joined the Fleet to please her mother, the Admiral. He signed up to escape the grinding poverty of the Housing Blocks. And the unlikely friends envisioned boring, peacetime careers as shuttle pilots. The Tahni Imperium had other ideas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gritty and Dank. Just how war stories should be..
- By European on 10-20-20
By: Rick Partlow
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Wholesale Slaughter
- By: Rick Partlow
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 458
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 420
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 417
Logan Conner is the son of a king, the heir to the largest of the five star-dominions, and the best mech pilot in the galaxy. His people are plagued by pirates and raiders, surrounded by enemies, and not even his father can fight them all. Logan gives up his position, his rank, even his name, and becomes Jonathan Slaughter, leader of a rough-and-ready band of mercenary mech-jocks bent on taking the battle to the enemy on their own terms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't Judge It By The Title
- By Gryffen on 07-26-19
By: Rick Partlow
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New Frontiers
- The Expansion Wars Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Joshua Dalzelle
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,673
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,383
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,365
The Phage War had been a devastating conflict for the Terran Confederacy. Even with the destruction of their terrifying, implacable foe, humanity is still reeling. Political alliances are crumbling, and their mighty fleet is in tatters. There is nothing to celebrate, even after such a complete victory. They soon learn that there are other stellar neighbors - and they've been watching the conflict with great interest. One species comes with an offer of friendship and alliance, but humanity is weary and distrustful.
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3 out of 5 stars
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read black fleet first!
- By Audun Arly Lund on 09-09-17
By: Joshua Dalzelle
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Columbus Day
- Expeditionary Force, Book 1
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48,546
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 44,710
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44,605
We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-04-17
By: Craig Alanson
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Warship
- Black Fleet Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Joshua Dalzelle
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,007
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,995
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,941
In the 25th century, humans have conquered space. The advent of faster-than-light travel has opened up hundreds of habitable planets for colonization, and humans have exploited the virtually limitless space and resources for hundreds of years with impunity. So complacent have they become with the overabundance that armed conflict is a thing of the past, and their machines of war are obsolete and decrepit. What would happen if they were suddenly threatened by a terrifying new enemy?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good delivery of a very mediocre story
- By John on 04-19-16
By: Joshua Dalzelle
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Earth Strike
- Star Carrier, Book One
- By: Ian Douglas
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,656
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,491
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,501
There is a milestone in the evolution of every sentient race, a Tech Singularity Event, when the species achieves transcendence through its technological advances. Now the creatures known as humans are near this momentous turning point. But an armed threat is approaching from deepest space, determined to prevent humankind from crossing over that boundary - by total annihilation if necessary.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Forget the Characters, Just Bring on the Action!
- By Grace Ausley on 05-29-13
By: Ian Douglas
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Discovery of the Saiph
- Saiph, Book 1
- By: P. P. Corcoran
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 416
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Story4 out of 5 stars 394
The TDF Marco Polo embarks on its maiden voyage outside Earth's solar system, leading to the discovery of an extinct civilization destroyed by orbital bombardment. Deep underground is a mysterious library of alien secrets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Space Opera
- By Michael Jacobi on 07-19-15
By: P. P. Corcoran
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Storm Clouds
- The Guild Wars, Book 1
- By: Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 165
The Peacemaker-enforced ceasefire brought an end to the hostilities, but not a resolution, and now it’s up to the Four Horsemen to forge a lasting peace. Alexis Cromwell, despite her pregnancy, heads off to Capital with Nigel Shirazi to obtain justice from the enigmatic Mercenary Guild Council, but when they arrive, they’re quickly embroiled in galactic politics, and find out the situation is far, far worse than they could possibly have imagined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wow I can't wait for the next installment!!!!!
- By Mike on 06-24-20
By: Chris Kennedy, and others
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Into the Darkness
- Crimson Worlds Refugees, Book 1
- By: Jay Allan
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 813
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 744
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Story4 out of 5 stars 745
Terrence Compton is one of Earth's greatest admirals, a warrior almost without equal. Alongside his oldest friend and brilliant colleague, Augustus Garret, he and his forces saved Earth from invasion by the robotic legions of the First Imperium's insane computer Regent. There is just one problem. The First Imperium was held back by the disruption of the sole warp gate connecting the two domains...and Compton and 300 of his ships are trapped on the wrong side, surrounded by the Regent's vast fleets and cut off from Earth.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, but ...
- By A. Gordon on 02-21-16
By: Jay Allan
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Stowaway
- Redleg, Book 1
- By: Z. D. Dean
- Narrated by: Michael Braun
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 665
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 621
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 617
A chance encounter, on his last mission, sends him hurtling through space on the Unity exploration ship XES01. Surrounded by aliens, Zade must quickly learn to interact with the non-soldiers on the crew. As he tries to earn his place amongst the ship, Zade's combat prowess quickly earns him a spot as the security officer of the ship. A seat left vacant because of a fatal exchange between the former security officer and the wildlife of a far planet. As Zade begins living the adrenaline filled life of a space explorer, he has to ask himself some very important questions.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not good too many holes
- By Marlon on 07-29-20
By: Z. D. Dean
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Legacy
- Stellar Heritage, Book 1
- By: Bob Mauldin
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 487
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 421
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 421
When Simon and Katherine Hawke stumble upon an alien shuttle that has landed on earth, it’ll not only change the course of their lives, but of the entire world. Taking the shuttle into orbit, they discover a much larger ship left adrift with no one on board. Commandeering it, they confirm that we’re not alone in the universe and must prepare the human race for what is about to come. Recruiting from all over the world, they begin to expand their fleet and build a federation to give humans a foothold in the galaxy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Childish Writer Rant
- By Brutis on 10-25-20
By: Bob Mauldin
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Sten
- Sten Series, Book 1
- By: Chris Bunch, Allan Cole
- Narrated by: Jerry Sciarrio
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 286
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 217
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Story4 out of 5 stars 221
The first book in an action–packed new SF adventure series. Vulcan is a factory planet, centuries old, Company run, ugly as sin, and unfeeling as death. Vulcan breeds just two types of native: complacent or tough. Sten is tough. When his family is killed in a mysterious accident, Sten rebels, harassing the Company from the metal world’s endless maze-like warrens. He could end up just another burnt–out Delinquent. But people like Sten never give up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THE MASTERPIECE BY JERRY SCIARRIO
- By Professor on 10-31-12
By: Chris Bunch, and others
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- E Wendt
- 08-23-22
Happy Squid
Damon I really enjoyed this story. I enjoyed your military interpretation of daily activities, jargon and the way you blended these differences. Our current "leaders" could take some pointers on dealing with these. As much as enjoyed working with you in your previous career I have to say you made a great choice and I look forward to more.
p.s. us lowly enlisted Navy type would never call our "Ship" a "boat". Command instilled pride?
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