Mavericks (Expeditionary Force, #6)

by Craig Alanson

Nert looked distractedly at the tablet in one hand. “We would have better luck playing ‘Pick Up Sticks’ with our butt cheeks.”

I love nert hahaha

‘Well, ain’t that some shit?’ the missile said to a missile orbiting in the air beside it. ‘Sloppy’, the second missile’s tiny yet intelligent brain responded over the tactical network. ‘They are way too slow.’ ‘I hate sloppy soldiers,’ the first missile declared. ‘I bet their bunks are unmade and their footlockers are unlocked. If there is one thing in this world that I hate, it is an unlocked footlocker.’ ‘Damn, that defense shield is still only twelve percent charged,’ the second missile noted with surprise and disgust. ‘Hey, I have an idea.’

one of the best comedic touches to the series is when Craig Alanson puts the thought process of a smart missile into words, i need more of this in my books!

“You done tore his arm off and beat him to death with it,” Jesse’s pupils were as big as they could get. “I mean, damn, I heard people say that before, but I never seen anybody do it.”

Jesse had no idea that the being looking out for them was a shiny beer can.

If you want to visualize what I was doing, rent one of the ‘Airport’ disaster movies, I think it was ‘Airport 75’ or maybe ‘Airport 78’. Whatever. It’s the one with the actor who played Jesus in an old movie. No, that’s not right, maybe he played John the Baptist. I know it wasn’t John the Methodist or John the Presbyterian. Wait, I got it! He played Moses. I remember that because we were living in Boston when that movie came on TV, and during the scene when Moses parts the Red Sea, my father said that if Moses wanted a real challenge, he could try parting Boston traffic during rush hour.