Imperial Mercenary

Name: Imperial Mercenary
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Andrew Moriarty
ISBN: 9798350852844

Author: Andrew Moriarty

Series: Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire #3

Narrator: Christopher Grove

Unabridged: 11 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/23/2024

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Vive la Revolution! None shall pass! Or get paid.

Dirk Friedel used to be an Imperial Duke, now he's a washed up freighter captain. When a shady broker offers him easy money to steal some obsolete cargo and transport it off-planet, he and his crew of amateur thieves jump at the chance. Who'll miss a few crates of worthless supplies and some broken down trucks?

But when the supplies turn out to be something more than imagined, they end up dodging the Imperial navy and enlisting as unwilling mercenaries in civil war. With no idea who they can trust, or who is really on their side, can they beat the odds and collect a payoff before the empire gets involved, or will they become collateral damage?

If you like Galactic Empires, honorable enemies, and snappy dialog, this one’s for you.

About Andrew Moriarty

Andrew Moriarty has been reading science fiction his whole life, and he always wondered about the stories he read. How did they ever pay the mortgage for that space ship? Why doesn't it ever need to be refueled? What would happen if it broke, but the parts were backordered for weeks? And why doesn't anybody ever have to charge sales tax? Despairing on finding the answers to these questions, he decided to write a book about how space ships would function in the real world. Ships need fuel, fuel costs money, and the accountants run everything.

He was born in Canada, and has lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Germany, and Maastricht. Previously he worked as a telephone newspaper subscriptions salesman, a pizza delivery driver, wedding disc jockey, and technology trainer. Unfortunately, he also spent a great deal of time in the IT industry, designing networks and configuring routers and switches. Along the way, he picked up an ex-spy with a predilection for French Champagne, and a whippet with a murderous possessiveness for tennis balls. They live together in Brooklyn.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David

Great stories, greater characters Moriarty has a knack for series. Each book is a fine stand-alone, with back stories seamlessly inserted. But they could as easily be glued end to end as a Victorian size novel. The characters are well drawn and absorbing, each with a core of integrity beneath their v......more

Goodreads review by Henry

Imperial Mercenary 3 Highly unusual in this type of fiction, this series is very funny. I recommend it for those tired of the same old thing.......more

Goodreads review by Ronald

The latest enjoyable installment in the Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire series. When you read these, start with number one and do so in order. Character building and revealing is coming along nicely. "Adventure awaits" and you will get plenty in this book. The great thing about these books i......more

Goodreads review by Gary Davis

Excellent And the miscreants comically continue. It's been a long time since I laughed as hard as I did when the space bread characters, never having either ridden in nor driven a standard shift, large diesel truck... Attempted to steal some!!! Of course I'm not going to talk about it here... No spoi......more

Goodreads review by Erick

More Hilarity!! This book picks up right where Imperial Smuggler left off. Moriarty continues with hilarious dialog and situations. I broke out in belly laughs repeatly while reading Imperial Mercenariy. The characters continue to develop. Bits and pieces of character background are revealed as the c......more