Colonyside: A Novel

Written by Michael Mammay

Narrated by R.C. Bray

A missing scientist and deep pockets pull Colonel Carl Butler out of retirement, investigating another mystery that puts him and his team—and the future of relations with alien species—in danger in COLONYSIDE, the exciting follow-up to Planetside and Spaceside...read by R.C. Bray!

A military hero is coming out of disgrace—straight into the line of fire…

Carl Butler was once a decorated colonel. Now he’s a disgraced recluse, hoping to live out the rest of his life on a backwater planet where no one cares about his “crimes” and everyone leaves him alone.

It’s never that easy.

A CEO’s daughter has gone missing and he thinks Butler is the only one who can find her. The government is only too happy to appease him. Butler isn’t so sure, but he knows the pain of losing a daughter, so he reluctantly signs on. Soon he’s on a military ship heading for a newly-formed colony where the dangerous jungle lurks just outside the domes where settlers live.

Paired with Mac, Ganos, and a government-assigned aide named Fader, Butler dives head-first into what should be an open and shut case. Then someone tries to blow him up. Faced with an incompetent local governor, a hamstrung military, and corporations playing fast and loose with the laws, Butler finds himself in familiar territory. He’s got nobody to trust but himself, but that’s where he works best. He’ll fight to get to the bottom of the mystery, but this time, he might not live to solve it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Dec 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9780062980991

Michael Mammay

Michael Mammay is a retired army officer and a graduate of the United States Military Academy. He has a master’s degree in military history and is a veteran of more wars than he cares to remember. He lives with his wife in Georgia. He is the author of the Planetside series, The Misfit Soldier, The Weight of Command, and Generation Ship.

Reviews for Colonyside

[Henri Lim Yuen · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed the two books of the trilogy (Planetside and Spaceside).

The story and performance of colonyside are still good. But I gave it 4 stars because it's not at the same level as the first two.

Also, I was hoping that this book will conclude the story about the "kapans".

[Madhav Deshpande · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good book but you shall get the feeling thapost climax is felt little incomplete.