Firefly - Big Damn Hero

hardcover, 336 pages

Published Nov. 19, 2018 by Titan Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-78565-826-6

(1 review)

The original novel tying into the critically acclaimed and much-missed Firefly series from creator Joss Whedon.

The Battle of Serenity Valley was the turning point that led the Independents to their defeat at the hands of the Alliance. Yet the Browncoats had held the valley for weeks against all odds, before being ordered to lay down their arms. Command stated they refused to send in airpower because the ground war was "too hot." But the soldiers who were there insist that was not true...

While picking up a new cargo on Persephone, Captain Malcolm Reynolds is kidnapped by a bunch of embittered veteran Browncoats who suspect him of sabotaging the Independents during the war. As the rest of the crew struggle to locate him, Mal is placed on trial for his life, fighting compelling evidence that someone did indeed betray them to the Alliance all those years ago. As old …

The original novel tying into the critically acclaimed and much-missed Firefly series from creator Joss Whedon.

The Battle of Serenity Valley was the turning point that led the Independents to their defeat at the hands of the Alliance. Yet the Browncoats had held the valley for weeks against all odds, before being ordered to lay down their arms. Command stated they refused to send in airpower because the ground war was "too hot." But the soldiers who were there insist that was not true...

While picking up a new cargo on Persephone, Captain Malcolm Reynolds is kidnapped by a bunch of embittered veteran Browncoats who suspect him of sabotaging the Independents during the war. As the rest of the crew struggle to locate him, Mal is placed on trial for his life, fighting compelling evidence that someone did indeed betray them to the Alliance all those years ago. As old comrades and old rivals crawl out of the woodwork, Mal must prove his innocence, but his captors are desperate and destitute, and will settle for nothing less than the culprit's blood.

2 editions

Todd reviewed Firefly - Big Damn Hero by Nancy Holder (The Firefly Series, #1 of 8)

Review of 'Firefly - Big Damn Hero' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I really, really wanted to like this more. It was fine, but doesn't really live up to the storytelling of the original episodes or the movie. Also, the authors seemed a little too eager to prove they'd watched the episodes all the way through at least once, because they really peppered in references to them--sometimes only in passing. I'll probably still read the next book and hope it feeds my Firefly jones a little better than this one did.