Redshirts is a science fiction and fantasy book which is written by John Scalzi. He is a prolific author in the science fiction and fantasy domain with so many excellent titles already there to his name. One of them is The Kaiju Preservation Society and another worth mentioning in the title of John Scalzi is The Ghost Brigades.
The audio narration of the Redshirts novel is done by Wil Wheaton. He was good with the narration and was effortlessly able to inflect emotion in all the characters of this book.
Ensign Andrew Dahl had a new assignment with the Universal Union Capitol Ship. It was known as Intrepid. It was also the flagship of the Universal Union since 2456. it was a highly valued and prestige posting and Andrew Dahl by all means was thrilled to be assigned the Xenobiology lab of the ship. Life could never be better than that for him. But things changed when Andrew Dahl started to pick up on a few facts. The first one was that every mission would have some sort of involvement in the deadly confrontation with the different alien species.
The second fact was that the captain of the ship, Lt. Kerensky was able to survive all of those confrontations with the alien forces. Last but not least the fact was that at least one low-ranked crew member was killed every time in those confrontations. This will be an interesting story ahead where a lot will be at stake for Andrews Dahl.
This is a book that you will love for its pacing, comedy, the pitch of the banter, and excellent narration. There will be some earnest drama to go with it as well.
