The One U.G.L.Y. Marine Books 1-4 – Michael Anderle Free Audiobook

Written by Michael Anderle
Read by John Pirhalla
Format: M4B

01 – Wake Him Up

Could the first Vale settlers have predicted anything but the perfect civilization they were determined to create?

How was it possible that their advanced culture and knowledge could one day prove to be their greatest disadvantage? Had they not learned the bitter lessons of man’s weaknesses and overcome them?

Centuries after being driven from Earth as part of a massive diaspora triggered by an alien invasion, can the Valers face their worst—and unimaginable—nightmare? Can they withstand the might of the Komran Empire as it sweeps across the galaxy in a campaign to conquer all in its path?

When the conflict reaches a crisis point, will they recognize that what they see as their greatest strength is their greatest weakness before it’s too late?

Sometimes, situations are so ugly that only an ugly solution will suffice.

Will they have the courage to unleash the secret weapon they have in their cryo hold?

Are they desperate enough to resort to the kind of tough and strong that is bold, bad, and brazen enough to turn their society and the enemy on their heads?

Joe Ugly is undoubtedly the Marine for the job. But is the galaxy ready for One Ugly Marine?

02 – Non-Peaceful Negotiations

The intergalactic barbarian has started establishing himself in this new future.

But with a growing reputation comes the need to accomplish more complex feats.

The Komran are happy to oblige, though they may not know it.

They have taken a valuable Vale-sanctioned mine, trapping all the residents within and forcing them to work night and day. Curiously, the hostage-takers are not searching for the ore within.

Fearful that a large-scale assault could end in nothing more than a pyrrhic victory, Joe and his new teammates are sent in the deal with the situation in the hopes that they can take care of the menace without a massive casualty report.

Can Joe and his team find out what exactly the Komran are looking for on this backwater planet?

03 – Monster Royale
When a soldier has survived so many “impossible” missions, the word almost loses its meaning.

Until that soldier gets a mission brief so brutal the description makes them hesitate …

Bring it. Nothing is going to stop Joe. He has taken on every mission they’ve sent his way to date and come out on top.

Having reestablished his cred and made a proper name for himself, Joe has earned some trust from the Vale council, which comes with both perks and downsides.

When a known Komran outpost that has recently been upgraded shows signs of staging an invasion, there are only two options: commit to a full-force assault and lose many lives and ships to take the base, or send in a small, elite team to take on an entire base by themselves.

The council believes the barbarian has done well so far. Why not risk his team’s necks first and see how it goes before scheduling that assault?

Joe and his team must make their way to a planet that has been under Komran control for decades, travel through unforgiving and poorly mapped terrain, and destroy a base filled with hundreds of aliens to prevent a potential invasion at the humans’ back door.

For once, Joe feels that what’s being asked of him is more than a challenge. This feels suicidal …

04 – Extreme Prejudice
Subtlety is a game Joe is capable of, but he always preferred a more hands-on approach.

Unluckily for him, the Komran are no longer satisfied with a war of attrition, and there’s no choice but to play.

After intercepting the Komran battleplans on his last suicide mission, Joe gets the request to take on the most challenging mission to date: diplomacy.

The team are sent to the outer fringes of the Vale system, where the Komran have planted traitors among the populations of three planets. If their plans succeed, the planets’ defenses will be taken down and a Komran invasion force will get easy access to stage landing points for a much more expansive push into Vale territory.

There’s no room for failure. The team must prepare to divert a war that could be ended in a day, or risk the start of a new level of subjugation.

For once, Joe needs to rely on his wits and his version of “diplomacy” to accomplish the mission and save the galaxy.

Sometimes, he wonders if he would be better off back in the freezer.