Space Team

Space Team, Book 1

By: Barry J. Hutchison

Narrated by: Phil Thron

The galaxy just called for help. Unfortunately, the wrong man answered.

When small-time conman, Cal Carver, is thrown in jail and forced to share a cell with a semi-naked cannibalistic serial killer, he's pretty sure his day can't get any worse.

Boy, is he wrong.

It isn't until two-thirds of the human race is wiped out and Cal is mistakenly abducted by aliens that things really start to go downhill.

Whisked across the galaxy, Cal is forced into a team of some of the sector's most notorious villains and scumbags and tasked with delivering a package to a warlord-run solar system where the authorities daren't venture.

The mission should be simple enough, but as one screw-up leads to another the ragtag group of unwitting heroes find themselves in a frantic battle to save an entire alien civilization—and its god—from total annihilation.

Featuring epic space battles, hilariously snarky characters, and a shapeshifting blob with the face of Tobey Maguire, Space Team is the first book in the internationally best-selling series by award-winning author, Barry J. Hutchison.

Perfect for fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Galaxy Quest, Guardians of the Galaxy, and pretty much anything else with the word "Galaxy" in the title.

**Except Samsung's Galaxy S series, which is a range of mobile devices, and so not really similar.

You don't really want to stick around on Earth, do you? Have you seen the state of the place? Join Space Team now, and blast off on an action-packed adventure that'll have you laughing your puny human head off.(Not literally. I hope).

©2016 Barry J. Hutchison (P)2016 Barry J. Hutchison

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This is just one of those stupid forgettable but fun books.

Basically, you know Guardians of the Galaxy? You know just those bits that are funny? Yep, that is this book pretty much. Does it make a compelling novel? Nah. But does it make me smile? Yeah.

That's this book, a smile. There are other comedic space science fiction books, they are probably better too, but this one? This one was short and funny and I will continue the series.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes Hard Luck Hank, Guardians of the Galaxy, Willful Child, or any other light hearted scifi.

Laugh out loud fun!

Fun story that had me laughing out loud throughout. The story is about a disfunctional team on an assignment to save the galaxy from war. You get to follow the team through a series of misadventures as they learn to trust each other and solve the mystery of who the villains actually are.

Fonk yeah!

If you haven't purchased this... you are wrong. Plain and simple.

Barry J. Hutchison is one hilarious bamston and Phil Thron's narration is delivered with such great timing that it just makes everything feel right. Like a warm, comfy, hilarious hoodie that you wear all the time. Even when it's not cold.

I've listened to this series multiple times now and I am ashamed at myself for not leaving this review sooner. Stop what you are doing and get this book. Then the next 10 that follow it. Then the Dan Deadman series. It's totally worth it.

kinda boring

The narrator was great, but I had a hard time finishing the book. The very beginning was funny, but I lost interest because many of the characters' interactions with each other didn't seem realistic or reasonable, and the humor was just a little off for me.

Story really drags on

I've never read, or listened to a book where the author took so much time explaining every little thought, movement and observation of each and every character. And, in my opinion, this exposition was not necessary to tell the story. I was really excited to but this, and all the other books in the series because the description of this book -- and series -- is right up my alley.

It is a 7 + hour book (on Audible). I could only get through about 2 hrs of it before I just had to stop. I even has it on 1.5 speed.

I wanted to write this review to let readers know that I recommend getting the first book in this series to see if it moves along fast enough for you.

NOTE: Phil Thron, the narrator is awesome. I will look for other book performed by him because he is fantastic.