Shakedowners, Justin Woolley
Shakedowners, Justin Woolley
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Shakedowners

Author: Justin Woolley

Narrator: Grant Cartwright

Unabridged: 8 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/01/2022

Synopsis

Some starship captains explore strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations. Some lead missions of discovery through wormholes to the other side of the galaxy. Then there's Captain Iridius B. Franklin, someone who spent too long seeking out strange new bars and new alien cocktails.

After graduating bottom of his class at Space Command Academy Iridius Franklin hasn't had the glamorous career he envisioned, instead he hauls cargo ships full of mining waste, alien land whale dung, and artificially intelligent toy dogs across the stars.

Iridius does have talent though—he is exceptionally good at breaking starships. So, when not hauling freight, he is captain of a shakedown crew, a skeleton crew used to test newly constructed ships for faults before the real crew takes over.

While on a routine shakedown mission aboard the FSC Gallaway, soon to be pride of the Federation Fleet, Earth is attacked by an unknown alien life-form. With the galaxy in chaos, Captain Iridius B. Franklin finds himself, unqualified, understaffed and completely unprepared, in command of the most advanced starship in the galaxy.

Now, he just needs to not break it.

About Justin Woolley

Justin Woolley has been writing stories since he could first scrawl with a crayon. When he was six years old he wrote his first book, a three-hundred word pirate epic in unreadable handwriting called The Ghost Ship. He promptly declared that he was now an author and didn't need to go to school. Despite being informed that this was, in fact, not the case, he continued to make things up and write them down.

Today, Justin is the author of the Australian set dystopian novels A Town Called Dust, A City Called Smoke, and A World of Ash published, and We Are Omega.

Justin lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and two sons. In his other life, he's been an engineer, a teacher and at one stage even a magician. His handwriting has not improved.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Drew

Absolutely Psycho Hilarious Fun!!! I loved this book. Reminds me of Douglas Adams at his best. Great writing, fun, fast-paced plot. Takes all the space opera themes and twists then into hilarious caricatures. Like Galaxy Quest this book hits all the beats of an awesome fight for the survival of the u......more

Goodreads review by Jackie

Fabulous new series. Some Starship Captains look for new places and then some prefer to drink. I really got caught up in the story and looking forward to more.......more

Goodreads review by Irene

Fun enough, a run-of-the-mill space opera with the usual cliched cast of characters. The plot was entertaining if not particularly original, but I wasn’t interested enough to keep reading the series. Great for a quick space adventure when the mood strikes.......more

Goodreads review by Belle

There are some authors that I know will create quality work every time, and Justin Woolley is one of them. Shakedowners is a really fun space romp, that had me laughing and gasping on a regular basis. I may have even been teary at one particular part towards the end. I absolutely loved the character......more

Goodreads review by Karen

4.5 stars: A great Sci Fi romp through space - well written, fast paced and with plenty of humour. Knowing the writer is Australian may help some people to better understand said humour - seems to me some reviewers think Shakedowners is too derivative of prior works, but in reality Justin Woolley is j......more

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