the fleet flies on
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third in a series of science fiction novels about the lost fleet. There's an interstellar war on between two human groupings of worlds, the alliance and the syndic. the alliance space fleet are trapped behind enemy lines, and only their chance discovery of captain geary, an alliance hero of years before who was stuck in suspended animation for ages till the fleet found him, could save the day.
Can geary get the fleet home? and can he live up to the legend he's become in the meantime?
all these books run for three hundred pages. and whilst not being great literature are quite decent prose and characterisation wise.
For the first hundred pages this looked like having mid book in series syndrome, in that not much happens and things continue much as before.
However the remaining two hundred pages were really rather entertaining, as the space battles carry on in earnest, and the alliance fleet really struggle to survive. this was entertaining and engrossing reading, and the book ends on a cliffhanger that was really quite rousing and makes me desperate to know what will happen next.
I'll be back for more. the aliens promised on the back of the book are only hinted at late on. Doubtless we'll see more of them in future volumes
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Vol3 of how many - blurring into one
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New publisher trick I suppose, write a good short story and keep the public hungry for more.
This series is intriguing enough to work that trick for now. (Though 2-3 might be the same book reworked!) They are short enough to come out in an omnibus of standard paperback size in duie course... unless it goes to vol 5 and 6 (and who knows how many more!)
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Not a lot happens
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I guess if you read book four when it comes out never having read this book (book 3)you would not even notice. Where are these aliens then? A great disappointment
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Better end soon
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The original idea was good of a fleet stranded deep in enemy space, of a commander trying to think one step ahead of an enemy who has the advantage of semi-instantaneous travel through "gates", of a possible intervention of an alien race with its own agenda...
I have heard that Campbell has already signed for the sixth book of the series and I don't think I will wait that long expecting another time-warped space battle, another narrow escape and the end of the psychological agonies of people torn between memories of lost ones, honour and love.
I'll stop at the next one. There is only so much we can expect from a good idea.
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Another fantastic adventure
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These books are fantastic reads and hard to put down. Don't expect in depth literature, instead expect high adventure. The latest instalment follows Captain Jack as he attempts to avoid the main Syndic battle force and instil a sense of moral discipline and leadership into his command. Sweeping battles there are, and I always like the way the author takes into account time dilation and yet more hints are provided that there may be a worse enemy than the Syndics. I can't wait for the next instalment.
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