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Gun Ship Kindle Edition

by Mark Wayne McGinnis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 1,933
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Stranded, Loham Babar has spent the last fifteen months living amongst humans. During the day, he’s a South Chicago high school janitor, slopping a mop around from nine o’clock to three o’clock five days a week. At night, hiding out in an old boarded-up factory, he attends to his damaged interstellar spacecraft—making repairs—counting the days when he can return to his homeworld of Calunoth. All he needs to do is mind his own business—avoid any messy human dramas for just a few more weeks. But it is on one of those quiet nights when he hears them outside—the MP140s. Named for a police radio code for murder, these bangers are among the worst, most ruthless killers in the entire city. Peering down from the 3rd-floor window, Babar recognizes the quiet hermit boy below him, the one with the ugly facial scars, walking into a death trap. Little does Babar realize at the time that this scared, complicated, seventeen-year-old will be the key to saving the distant Realm of Dom Dynasty.

Reviews:

Fantastic Military Sci-Fi! Action
Humor, interesting aliens, and multi-dimensional characters - just an awesome military science fiction story from Mark Wayne McGinnis. Same fun style as BV Larson, but more creative." - Barry Hecht

OUTSTANDING SPACE OPERA!
The first scifi book I read was Have Space Suit, Will Travel, by Robert Heinlein. The book hooked me on scifi for life. I have read thousands of scifi books and was pleasantly surprised that Gun Ship compared very well with my first scifi book. Space opera, nonstop action, saving the world, all that good stuff." - DBM

What an amazing Space Adventure!
This was one of the most enjoyable sci-fi books I've read in years. Kudos to the author for writing a truly fun space adventure.- Dan Major

A Great Read!
I am a big fan. Read the Scrapyard and Ship Wrecked, Stranded on an Alien World series. There is always non-stop action. - Phil Leininger

5.0 out of 5 stars. Robert's Review and Comments
Great story, on par with Boomer and Ship Wrecked, Stranded on an Alien World. Are we going to see the further adventures of Justin, Markus, Lena, Aila, and Babar? If so, sign me up for some Dow Dynasty action. Thanks for a GoodRead.- KC

Rollicking-good space opera scifi adventure!
I truly enjoyed this story and how it reminded me of the dreams of a larger adventure that I had as a young teen. It fits well with many other great adventure sci-fi stories of someone living a smaller life and then being catapulted into an incredible adventure that spans space, introduces new civilizations, and makes living the old life impossible.

The characters are interesting and believable enough that the reader gets invested in almost all of them. The political and relationship intrigues are plausible enough to pique interest and remain reasonable throughout (it is still a sci-fi story). The main male character's story arc is exciting and the female characters are all capable, tough, and intelligent. I'm not sure how it would resonate with female readers, but it does a quality job of incorporating numerous women of strength, passion, and character.

It is a very enjoyable adventure that progresses at a brisk pace and leaves just enough open ends to make you yearn to know how those few character threads play out. If his other stories are anything like this one, I will definitely be buying many more Mark Wayne McGinnis novels.- A Patriot

Satisfying sci-fi space adventure.
I have come to really enjoy Mark's books. I will come off another book, pick up one of Mark's, and it always takes me five or six pages to get used to his writing style, and then it's like being welcomed back home. I just fall into step and start smiling. It keeps bringing me back. I highly recommend this book.- B

From Scrapyard Ship to The Fallen Ship.
Mark is great. I loved Gun Ship. JL
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Editorial Reviews

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Fantastic Military Sci Fi! Action, humor, interesting aliens, and multi-dimensional characters - just an awesome military science fiction story from Mark Wayne McGinnis. Highly recommend this book! Barry Hecht

Great Space Opera! This was a very enjoyable, light read. I've enjoyed all of this author's books. - Russell Simkins

 Fun Space Adventure! MWM has become one of my favorite authors. He writes in the same fun style as BV Larson, but Mark's books are all unique. I really admire the author's creativity. Art Parker

OUTSTANDING SPACE OPERA! The first scifi book I read was Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert Heinlein. The book hooked me on scifi for life. I have read thousands of scifi books, and was pleasantly surprised that Gun Ship compared very well with my first scifi book. Space opera, non stop action, saving the world, all that good stuff. - DBM

A Great Read! I am a big fan. Read the Scrapyard and Shipwrecked series. There is always non stop action. - Phil Leininger

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084YQH8PN
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avenstar Productions (February 17, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 17, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1654 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 1,933

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Mark Wayne McGinnis

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Mark grew up on both coasts, first in Westchester County, New York, and then in Westlake Village, California. Mark and his wife, Kim, now live in Castle Rock, Colorado, with their two dogs, Sammi, and Lilly. Mark started as a corporate marketing manager and then fell into indie-filmmaking—Producing/Directing the popular Gaia docudrama, 'Openings — The Search For Harry'. For the last nine years, he's been writing full-time, and with 40 top-selling novels under his belt, he has no plans on slowing down. Thanks for being part of his community!

Also - You can check out the Heroes and Zombies and other teaser videos here on Amazon (see side panel) as well.

List of books and series published thus far:

Scrapyard Ship Series

Scrapyard Ship (Book 1)

HAB 12 (Book 2)

Space Vengeance (Book 3)

Realms of Time (Book 4)

Craing Dominion (Book 5)

The Great Space (Book 6)

Call To Battle (Book 7)

Tapped In Series

Mad Powers (Book 1)

Deadly Powers (Book 2)

Lone Star Renegades Series

Lone Star Renegades (also called ‘Jacked’) (Book 1)

Star Watch Series

Star Watch (Book 1)

Ricket (Book 2)

Boomer (Book 3)

Glory for Space Sea and Space (Book 4)

Space Chase (Book 5)

Scrapyard LEGACY (Book 6)

The Simpleton Series

The Simpleton (Book 1)

The Simpleton Quest (Book 2)

Galaxy Man Series

Galaxy Man (Book 1)

Ship Wrecked Series

Ship Wrecked (Book 1)

Ship Wrecked II (Book 2)

Ship Wrecked III (Book 3)

Boy Gone Series

Boy Gone Book 1

Cloudwalkers

Cloudwalkers

The Hidden Ship

The Hidden Ship

Guardian Ship

Guardian Ship

Gun Ship

Gun Ship

HOVER

HOVER

USS Hamilton Series

USS Hamilton Ironhold Station (Book 1)

USS Hamilton – Miasma Burn (USS Hamilton Series Book 2)

USS Hamilton – Broadsides (USS Hamilton Series Book 3)

USS Jefferson – Charge of the Symbios (USS Hamilton Series Book 4)

Starship Oblivion – Sanctuary Outpost (USS Hamilton Series Book 5)

USS Adams — No Escape (USS Hamilton Series Book 6)

USS Lincoln — Mercy Kill (USS Hamilton Series Book 7)

Chronobot Chronicles (A USS Hamilton Series Spinoff)

HEROES and ZOMBIES Series

HEROES and ZOMBIES — Escape to Black Canyon (Series Book 1)

The Test Pilot's Wife

The Test Pilot's Wife

The Fallen Ship Series

The Fallen Ship (Book 1)

The Fallen Ship II (Book 2)

Junket Series

Junket

ChronoBot Chronicles (book 1)

ChronoBot Chronicles

Scrapyard Ship Uprising Series

Scrapyard Ship Uprising (Book 1)

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars
4.4 out of 5
1,933 global ratings

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Patt
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast, furious, and fun
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2023
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Loved some of the alien names. Some similarities to other greats of the genre but more of a tip of the hat than to copy. It kept things on track and interesting and moved the story along while the reader familiarized themselves with new concepts and characters.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gun Ship
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2023
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Definitely a readable story. Ment for a younger person than I am, but still a good afternoon read. Please try it out.
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A Patriot
5.0 out of 5 stars Rollicking-good space adventure!
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2020
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I truly enjoyed this story and how it reminded me of the dreams of larger adventure that I had as a young teen. It fits well with many other great sci-fi stories of someone living a smaller life and then being catapulted into an incredible adventure that spans space, introduces new civilizations and makes living the old life impossible.

The characters are interesting and believable enough that the reader gets invested in almost all of them. The political and relationship intrigues are plausible enough to peak interest and remain reasonable throughout (it is still a sci-fi story). The main male character's story arc is exciting and the female characters are all capable, tough and intelligent. I'm not sure how it would resonate with female readers, but it does a quality job of incorporating numerous women of strength, passion and character.

It is a very enjoyable adventure that progresses at a brisk pace and leaves just enough open ends to make you yearn to know how those few character threads play out. If his other stories are anything like this one, I will definitely be buying many more Mark Wayne McGinnis novels.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great story for anyone who loves science fiction
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2023
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I am so sorry that the story is over. This is one of those stories that you wish you where in, just enjoying the fantastic space adventure. It is great stories like this one that has me reading space adventures for forty plus years. I loved it ,thank you Mr McGinnis so very much.
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4.0 out of 5 stars OMG hire a proof reader or editor
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2020
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Well I truly enjoy your stories, it's incredibly difficult to do so with so many misspellings and other word errors. If you're going to dictate your books verbally and someone needs to check and make sure that the computer has not picked up words that sound similar to the word that you intend to use. For example think instead of thing. Amazon says this book is a number one bestseller oh, so certainly you could afford to hire someone to proofread this before you go to publication.

By the way I apologize for any errors in my sentences or spelling because I also verbally dictated this review. However I'm not publishing it and charging money.
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Mr.Moose
3.0 out of 5 stars Juvenile, the author has written much better.
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2020
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Having read all the,( Scrapyard) series and several other books by this author, I was disappointed in this
book.
Too juvenile with a small plot.
Maybe I missed the age ratings for this book!
Some characters or plot twists seemed too close to his OTHER recent books along this vien.
I was forced to scan thru several pages as opposed to really reading them.
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Keith Huntington
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, light sci-fi romp
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2020
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This book is "light" sci-fi, so expect to go along with the many science mcguffins and events which are more entertaining than logical. The book is PG13, except for an occasional curse word at realistically appropriate times.

Other reviews have already outlined the plot pretty well, so I won't repeat. If you want hard science in your scifi, then this book might not be your cup of tea. If you can accept a lot of "science" that just magically fixes plot problems to move the story along in an easy way, then you'll find plenty of that here. (Example: download an entire skillset, including not only knowledge but also muscle-memory, via an inhale-able virus that reprograms your DNA in seconds.) Like I said, it's a light story, a quick read, and I enjoyed it enough to leave a review. Your mileage may vary.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good from chapter 19 forward
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2022
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Took until chapter 19 to get interesting, but good nonetheless. The book would have been better with some additional chapters afterwards of the battle. STILL, McGinnis' best is the Scrapyard series and in my personal opinion, he should return to write other adventures.
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Northern Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Teens to the rescue
Reviewed in Canada on November 12, 2020
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We have a scarred orphan financial genius bumbling around Chicago and running afoul the established gangs. Hope springs eternal, our hero rises to the challenge.
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John
5.0 out of 5 stars Read and hopefully enjoy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2020
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Read and hopefully enjoy, this is a new author for me which I got to know about through another authors recommendation. I am glad I did give this book a go, it did seem a bit strange to start with as it jumps from one character to another and back but before you realize it you know the main characters and a bit about it individual one. You soon realize you are half way through the book and don't want to put it down. Give it a go I did and enjoyed it.
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Bob B
5.0 out of 5 stars Mark is back!! What an absolute ripper! More please!!!
Reviewed in Australia on September 12, 2022
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Mark is back!! What an absolute ripper! More please!!!
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Michaelc
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read For Young Adult Scfi
Reviewed in Canada on October 9, 2020
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The author begins by laying down some background for the story. He then leads into the story of troubled teens who rise above, and succeed, despite the odds. Friendship, family loyalty and the beginning sparks of love, all form part of an evolving world. I look forward to the sequel to book 1.
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Skelly
4.0 out of 5 stars Getting away from michael anderle .......... .
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 17, 2020
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........... and his sychophantic crew is getting harder and harder as they saturate kindle with the same tired old rubbish . This author is a refreshing change and an enjoyable read
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