WowI love the castle fed series。 And this is a natural extension of that series。 This is a great read!
Digital Prophet,
Okay but where is book 2?Glynn Stewart continues to be one of the best scifi writers of his generation, and this book is no outlier。 It's the start of something great, and my only issue is the time it takes him to produce the next book in the series。 Okay but where is book 2?Glynn Stewart continues to be one of the best scifi writers of his generation, and this book is no outlier。 It's the start of something great, and my only issue is the time it takes him to produce the next book in the series。 。。。more
Donald Clark,
Those of you who like the castle federation books will love this glimpse at an honorable protagonist on the other side。 He's definitely got challenges ahead。 Those of you who like the castle federation books will love this glimpse at an honorable protagonist on the other side。 He's definitely got challenges ahead。 。。。more
Sam,
wow, can't wait for the next in the series :) wow, can't wait for the next in the series :) 。。。more
Kathy,
Good start to a new series - spinoff from Castle Federation。 There are familiar characters - Admiral Tecumseh and Terran Commonwealth’s war with the Castle Federation that are new situations。The Admiral finds himself juggling many responsibilites and scenarios。Without repeating the blurp and giving spoilers。。。 he finds himself in unfamiliar territory and mustdeal with inner and outer stresses。
Samantha Campbell,
Another Fresh StoryI received an advance copy in return for an honest review! This is one of my favorite books of Glynn's in the past few years。 We get to see another side to a (probably) familiar universe - because you've already read the Stellar Fox books, right??? If not, DEFINITELY read those, but you don't NEED to before you read this book, it stands on its own just fine。I wasn't ready to enjoy this book, because the Stellar Fox is second only to Damien Montgomery in terms of my favorite Gl Another Fresh StoryI received an advance copy in return for an honest review! This is one of my favorite books of Glynn's in the past few years。 We get to see another side to a (probably) familiar universe - because you've already read the Stellar Fox books, right??? If not, DEFINITELY read those, but you don't NEED to before you read this book, it stands on its own just fine。I wasn't ready to enjoy this book, because the Stellar Fox is second only to Damien Montgomery in terms of my favorite Glynn Stewart characters。 How could I actually LIKE one of his adversaries? But if you expect Glynn to do anything in vanilla manner, you don't know Glynn。 Even in subtle ways he manages to bring you to a different outcome than you expect。 Even expecting twists, he surprises you!I wholeheartedly recommend this book。 。。。more
Steve,
Not a bad read, but I really wish that Glynn would stop ramming his woke politics down his readers throats。
Henry Lazarus,
tGlynn Stewart is one of the best military Sf writers today。 In his latest there are two warring star empires。 The Federation has crippled the Commonwealth with a suprise attack destroying the communication stations that allow instantaneous communication throughout the Commonwealth。 Rear Admiral James Tecumseh is second in command of the fleet stationed in Dakota System。 Unfortunately his superior officer goes suicidal after watching his family killed just before communications are cut。 That lea tGlynn Stewart is one of the best military Sf writers today。 In his latest there are two warring star empires。 The Federation has crippled the Commonwealth with a suprise attack destroying the communication stations that allow instantaneous communication throughout the Commonwealth。 Rear Admiral James Tecumseh is second in command of the fleet stationed in Dakota System。 Unfortunately his superior officer goes suicidal after watching his family killed just before communications are cut。 That leaves Admiral James Tecumseh in command of a fleet。 Earth is a month’s travel away。 Then, after helping the local’s set up temporary government structures, he is called to assist the Marshal of another system attack the Federation。 Unfortunately something seems off with the new Marshal, and he has only his Admiral's Oath (ebook from Faolan's Pen Publishing) and his wits to protect his ships and his crew from treachery。 Lots of fun。 。。。more
Trudi,
Another great readIt's always great to get an advanced copy of Glynn's books to review but in Chapter One I was experiencing deja vu! The Captain of another ship had to be restrained but it eventually played out differently than in the other book where this occurred but for a second I was "did I pick up the wrong book?" So if this happens to you have no fear it is a different story。The Alliance suckered punched the Terrans and killed all the Q-coms。 No more instantaneous messages to all syste Another great readIt's always great to get an advanced copy of Glynn's books to review but in Chapter One I was experiencing deja vu! The Captain of another ship had to be restrained but it eventually played out differently than in the other book where this occurred but for a second I was "did I pick up the wrong book?" So if this happens to you have no fear it is a different story。The Alliance suckered punched the Terrans and killed all the Q-coms。 No more instantaneous messages to all systems。 To bring it to current day status its like they broke all your cell phones, tabs and computers and told everyone to write letters which will be be delivered by a pony express with a lame horse! Also taking advantage of this the SLN also trying take overs of planets in neighbouring systems。 In the last book Captain James had been grudgingly promoted after joining with one enemy of the Alliance to defeat another。 Since it worked he was promoted but they sent him to an out of the way system under the watchful eye of an admiral。 Now that the admiral is out of the picture James finds himself in charge of the whole Dakota fleet。 Things are happening fast and trying to determine who is with you and who is going to turn traitor is going to be a tough exercise。 Once you get into it, it is a real page turner and it leaves you wanting much more, another winner for Glynn Stewart and us readers。 。。。more
Chris,
Got this from Glynn's Patreon。 This was a really fun addition to the Castle Federation series that takes a POV from the 'enemy' side, bringing back a character from the early books to become the main character of this story。 No idle plots here, tons of stuff happens in this book and the Terran Commonwealth is in for some huge changes。 Some strong characters and shaking up the formula with the tech that they are missing now, really looking forward to the next book in the series and seeing where t Got this from Glynn's Patreon。 This was a really fun addition to the Castle Federation series that takes a POV from the 'enemy' side, bringing back a character from the early books to become the main character of this story。 No idle plots here, tons of stuff happens in this book and the Terran Commonwealth is in for some huge changes。 Some strong characters and shaking up the formula with the tech that they are missing now, really looking forward to the next book in the series and seeing where this is all going。 。。。more
Jennifer,
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review when the book came out。I loved this follow-on to the Castle Federation series。 It takes one of the most interesting Terran characters from that series and shows his reaction to and actions after (view spoiler)[ the attack on the Terran Commonwealth's communication system (hide spoiler)] in Operation Medusa。 It was great to see the point of view from the other side of the war。It was also good to see the obvious thought the author put into how rel I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review when the book came out。I loved this follow-on to the Castle Federation series。 It takes one of the most interesting Terran characters from that series and shows his reaction to and actions after (view spoiler)[ the attack on the Terran Commonwealth's communication system (hide spoiler)] in Operation Medusa。 It was great to see the point of view from the other side of the war。It was also good to see the obvious thought the author put into how reliant on instantaneous communication Sol was and how people and organizations reacted (view spoiler)[ when that was taken away。 (hide spoiler)] It's an issue that governments today should be thinking about and this provided a good example of what could result if such a situation arose。All in all, this was a very enjoyable book and I look forward to the rest of the series。 。。。more