Having one voice for several characters offers big challenges. I think it would be much better to use a male and female voice to represent characters of gender.

This story got me into its lore. Worth the money and time to invest. Jack Campbell is very creative and makes nerds, geeks, and dorks for honored to take part in reading, the voice acting also helps with pulling you into the world. Don't miss a great opportunity.

I won’t put any spoilers in here. I will say that within 30 days of the last book this book picks up. We find everyone married and not wanting to deal with the government. We are finding the government ready to deal with Geary as he won’t overthrow them. As the story develops we see what has been happening to the other side and how they’re struggling to get something going which is to be expected. To me this is a good, but it’s as far as I’m taking this series.

Good story line. Good characters. Good baddies. Good narration. Even the pacing was great. 4 stars for brevity and lack of realism in some aspects.

The rescue of humans from the Alien prison asteroid.

No, this is my first.

No extreme reactions here.

A very worth-while read. Recommended definitely.

Unknown, did not read in print

Black Jack Geary of course

As good as the first series

No

Not a great book but very entertaining for what it is. That is an action packed space opera with plenty of battle scenes and characters that stand up to the story without getting bogged down. The characters have evolved since the first series as you would expect real people to and so has the Alliance. It is a good extension of the original series.

I enjoy the concept this series, and have enjoyed listening to it. I haven't ready any of the other books in the prior series, but I was able to pick this up and didn't feel lost.

What really bothers me about this book is that there is no resolution of anything by the end of the book. It simply ends, almost mid-sentence. You might as well tack "To Be Continued" onto the end. It's feels annoying like they took a finished story and intentionally broke it up into unfinished pieces - like links in a chain - just to get readers to spend more money buying what is essentially one book.

Also there are lots of things going on that I feel "Jack" should be quicker to understand - he's obviously a smart guy and yet he seems pretty slow to pick up on what's going on around him.

I think Jack Campbell does a good job with his introduction because it's not random fluff to give him an excuse to talk- he actually makes you sit back and think for a second.

Sure - but you better be ready to buy all the books in the series if you want to actually get any resolution (if even then).

This is probably one of the best audio books I've listened to so far. Christian Rummel does an amazing job bringing the numerous key characters to life. The story is fairly engrossing as well, though not necessarily as action packed as the original Lost Fleet series. There is some great action, but this series seems to focus more on political intrigue and has significantly more dialogue than Lost Fleet. The Fleet actions are toned way down this time, while the universe building has been expanded and exploration becomes the focus. I haven't read this story in text format, and based on the content, I probably would have dropped it early on. But the stellar narration performance turns what is probably a long, dragging first third of the book into a captivating political drama.

Des Jani is a much more dynamic and interesting character in this series than she was in the last. The final events of the last series seem to have allowed her to relax some more and become a very charming, witty character as opposed to the seeming backdrop character she was in the original series.

Christian's performance really helps the characters stand out as individuals. While it seemed like the accents he used for some characters didn't fit their names, his ability to vary accent, tone, and inflections really helped bring life to a story that was very heavy on dialogue.

Finally, a chance to kill Ewoks!

No. There isn't a lot of replay value here, to be brutally honest.

Yes. I'm going to get the second book in the series.

No.

The last portion of the book is good.

Honestly, while you could argue you need some of the background info, this story takes a while to start to get interesting. The first 3/4 is politicking and groundwork for what I hope is an epic storyline in the next few books.

I'm getting book 2...but you really have to deal with some slow parts in this one. I could see how people would get lost and give up quickly.

I never read the print version so couldn't say. Usually the written versions are better as you use more of your own imagination, in my opinion. I suppose that will be different from person to person. However, this audio version is great. Ideal for commutes to and from work.

Man, there are so many sci fi space related books out there. Jack's books stand out when it comes to space battles and technology. Just more believable. In space, you can see things coming at you light years away even with technology available today. Battles have many hours or days of build up and manoeuvring before engagements take place. The way Jack explains how lazers are used for communication, "give me a tight beam" just makes sense and would be the logical step we'd take to achieving high speed communication based on technology we already have.

My favourite part is when they reach Midway. Mainly because the fleet meets Co president Ayseenai (spelling?). Which spins off another great serious focussing on syndicate officials Ayseenai and Dracon and their defection against the Syndicate. Can't wait for book 3 in that serious.

oh man.....if there were films made, I'd be so elated. Tag line.? "To the honour of our ancestors" ? I'm not good at tag lines. If there were to be a movie and tag lines needed, I'd rather Campbell make the decision rather then publishers or editors. It is my understanding that the publishers and editors forced Jack to make changes to the tittles of his books, tittles that didn't make sense.....for marketing purposes i assume.

I pretty much scoop up any Lost Fleet audibles available. One day I will also collect all the paper back versions as well.

You can really see Campbell's navy experience come through in the fleet engagements. His depiction of spaceship battles in the future are far better representation then in many other sci fi stories.

I really like the Aliens he's come up with too. Each very unique and very thought out. lol Bear Cows and Spider Wolves......you'll see what I am talking about when you get to book 2.

This picks up right where the Lost Fleet series left off and continues with the same excitement and energy of it's predecessors.