Guardian

The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier, Book 3

By: Jack Campbell

Narrated by: Christian Rummel

Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

Admiral Geary's First Fleet of the Alliance has survived the journey deep into unexplored interstellar space, a voyage that led to the discovery of new alien species, including a new enemy and a possible ally. Now Geary's mission is to ensure the safety of the Midway Star System, which has revolted against the Syndicate Worlds empire - an empire that is on the brink of collapse.

To complicate matters further, Geary also needs to return safely to Alliance space not only with representatives of the Dancers, an alien species, but also with Invincible, a captured warship that could possibly be the most valuable object in human history. Despite the peace treaty that Geary must adhere to at all costs, the Syndicate Worlds regime threatens to make the fleet's journey back grueling and perilous.

And even if Geary escorts Invincible and the Dancers' representatives safely unharmed, the Syndics' attempts to spread dissent and political unrest may have already sown the seeds of the Alliance's destruction....

©2013 John G. Hemry (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Rummel's performance is so entertaining that he makes listeners want to hear how he'll perform the story. He populates the international starfleet military with a multitude of accents. While his female characters tend to sound alike, his men growl and swagger through space with brio." ( AudioFile)

KevinKelley

Great continuation of this series lot of new and interesting trouble for the characters. Plus the way it's written really draws you into it Jack Campbell is a awesome writer, and Christian Rummel tells it so well.

A Phenomenal New Direction for a Classic Story

Having read a number of these bold new world adventure yarns, I have come to appreciate the Lost Fleet and New Frontiers series. the author does a great job of bringing old tried-and-true tropes to the adventures of John Geary. we finally get to see more of the world that Mr. Campbell created than just the Alliance and Syndicate worlds. I love this book from beginning to end, despite minor reservations at the start.

Another excellent entry in the lost fleet series!

if you like science fiction, military adventures, and outer space, you'll enjoy the lost fleet series! bear in mind that this is the 9th book in the series

Great performance lack luster story

The first book of the series was a great listen, the performance has been amazing for the first three books. The story became very repetitive after the first with the only saving grace being the performance of the narrator.

That said there must have been something in the story which kept me through 3 of the series. The books themselves feel to be a drawn out screen play pieced together rather that a story.

Another fine Lost Fleet Book

What did you love best about Guardian?

Watching how people reacted to the Kix and the Dancers.

What did you like best about this story?

The ending. It showed how honorable these strange creatures are and how petty people can be at times. The tension in the book was very great, it was well built upon by the different situations Adm Geary finds himself in.

What about Christian Rummel’s performance did you like?

Hes always a solid reader and handles the many different characters well

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes and I almost did.

Any additional comments?

Dont take so long with the next book please :)

Black Jack Going BackHome Again and Again!!!

oh Black Jack is back, and people are not as stupid as they were in previous books. Many challenges come in this boo, but to be honest i did predict some of them.. so they were not as sudden as i hoped they could be.

I do love those funny moments when they come in these books, and in this one it had some fun fun times. you'll know what i mean

Love the narration and the author and looking forward for the next book as this book will give you a good idea of what could happen in the next book, and how good it looks like it will be.

Great continuation of a series

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book after reading the previous books in the series.

Any additional comments?

This is one of the best Sci-Fi series that I've listened to. I just started the series about a month ago and I finished all of the previous books in the series just before this book came out. The story is very interesting and well thought out. However, just like the previous books, this book has an open ending. It's not a cliff hanger, but there's no conclusion and you're left waiting for the next book to come out to see what happens next.
Before you read this book, you need to read each book in in the series in order from the start because they all happen in sequence.

Everything We Love About this Series!

"Guardian" delivers everything we expect from Captain John "Blackjack" Geary.

This series has turned out to be one of the best-running military sci fi series out there today. It is entertaining, optimistic and quite clean, in a Star Wars/Star Trek style but much more believable. The longer the series runs, the more comfortable it feels, both for the author's writing and for the reader's experience. With spats of humor (that sometimes, though rarely, fall flat), gripping space battles, and heroes you can really cheer for, this series hits the high points while avoiding too many cliches and pitfalls.

This volume really brings everything together and throws some new stuff our way. Campbell clearly knows what we expect, and he delivers in a big way everything that epitomizes this series. We have space battles and ground battles, against the Syndics we so love to hate, as well as against new enemies. We have aliens that truly feel alien, about as far from human spinoffs as you can imagine. And we even have political machinations and some great character interactions.

The pace starts slow at first, recapping recent events (it's been a while since the last book), but builds quickly and continually until the end, avoiding the dreaded cliffhanger. The characters feel like old friends by now, and part of the fun is knowing how they will react in a situation before they actually do.

Overall a great addition to the series, and the good thing is that Campbell could go anywhere he wants with it at this point.

Black Jack's endless Saga Continues

First of all I like the series, This is a fast paced action packed novel . It is well worth the price and the time it takes to listen to the book.
The only 2 small downside I can see is that the book, does get a bit repetitive with every new star they have another deadly fight with the Syndics and the fleet pounding the Syndic CEO … The sexual tension is getting a little too thick, find a peaceful star system, let Gerry’s have a night or two together alone. That Is my suggestion. It will make the story flow better.
Narration Excelent as all ways

good performance

excellent rendition of a new concept in science fiction, never dreamed of this endeavor, a complete joy