#184 in Science fiction
Columbus Day
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Our view
“Columbus Day” opens the Expeditionary Force series as military science fiction told with a grin. Earth is attacked by one alien species and seemingly saved by another, whose war its soldiers are then shipped off to fight. Beneath the comedy, some readers value a mix of intrigue and inventive problem-solving. For those who want a space war played for laughs and do not mind starting a long series.
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About the book
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. The UN Expeditionary Force hitched a ride on Kristang ships to fight the Ruhar, wherever our new allies thought we could be useful. So, I went from fighting with the US Army in Nigeria, to fighting in space. It was lies, all of it. We shouldn't even be fighting the Ruhar, they aren't our enemy, our allies are. I'd better start at the beginning....
Reading order · Expeditionary Force
Full order & progress →- Columbus DayThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - SpecOps
–Not ranked yet - Paradise
7.97.9 / 10 - Trouble on Paradise
7.87.8 / 10 - Black Ops
7.87.8 / 10 - Zero Hour
7.97.9 / 10 - Mavericks
7.97.9 / 10 - Renegades
7.97.9 / 10 - Deathtrap
8.08.0 / 10 - FreefallFreefall–Not ranked yet
- Ground State
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 348 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 70% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 348 | 100% |
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