Starship: Rebel

By: Mike Resnick

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Mike Resnick

Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

The date is 1968 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now. The Republic, dominated by the human race, is in the midst of an all-out war with the Teroni Federation.

Almost a year has passed since the events of Starship: Mercenary. Captain Wilson Cole now commands a fleet of almost 50 ships, and he has become the single greatest military force on the Inner Frontier.

With one exception. The Republic still comes and goes as it pleases, taking what it wants, conscripting men, and extorting taxes, even though the Frontier worlds receive nothing in exchange. And, of course, the government still wants Wilson Cole and the starship Theodore Roosevelt. He has no interest in confronting such an overwhelming force, and constantly steers clear of them.

Then an incident occurs that changes everything, and Cole declares war on the Republic. Outnumbered and always outgunned, his fleet is no match for the Republic's millions of military vessels, even after he forges alliances with the warlords he previously hunted down.

It's a hopeless cause...but that's just what Wilson Cole and the Teddy R. are best at.

©2008 Mike Resnick (P)2008 Audible, Inc.

If I had 50 of her I could conquer the universe!

Returning to this series after a long hiatus, I enjoyed picking up with the war between the crew of the Theodore Roosevelt warship and the Republic. The loss of one of Winston Cole’s best friends initiated the warning to the Republic to stay out of the Inner Frontier. As the tale continues, the magnitude of the demand to the Republic advances to all-out war. Even with Cole’s increased number of ships in his fleet, they are overwhelmingly outnumbered a thousand to one. Evidently, these are the types of odds that get Cole’s blood surging. The next volume should contain quite the battle; win or lose.

Another Easy Read from Resnick

I have enjoyed these books. I have not listened to them in sequence, and find that they intersperse really nicely in between other reads. Meaning that the characters are easy to follow and the action is well paced for a relatively short sci fi novel. I look forward to more in this series. This past month I have read (or listened) to about 7 books, and this was one of the easier ones to read through (WarBreaker, Cemetery Dance, Graveyard Book, Heresies Distressed, Uplift War, Jerle Shannara).

Starship Rebel

The book is very good it is one of the better audiobooks!!!!!!!!!!

Made for TV Novel

This book is much better than book1 "Starship Mutiny". But it's likely more suitable for a younger audience. It's TV-PG material.

Great book

I keep waiting for the next one to come out and have not been let down yet. It has been worth the wait.

Whats to say the book was great.

I really like good sci-fi war books , the entertainment value is tremendous , the characters in this book were awesome, East listen goes by to quick, the narrator was one of the best.

So sad, but please, tell me more...

Mr. Resnick has penned an enjoyable series that has kept me hungry for more. I was so happy to come across this latest installment of the "Starship" saga. The characters have drawn me in and become part of my listening universe. Having said that, I was sad and mad about the loss of one of them. Like Wilson Cole, I wanted to make the Republic pay and pay and pay! The attitudes and actions of the Republic made me angry because they seem to parallel the actions and attitudes of institutions that exist in real life. Mr. Resnick has proven that fictional characters can move the audience as well as real characters. I do hope that he plans to pen more of this saga. I can't wait to listen to it.

Very Satisfying Space Opera!

My first foray into the Starship series, and very enjoyable. Excellent characters and action. The narrator was also quite good. Two thumbs up!

Keeps on GETTING BETTER!!

Very Good Book...Best one so far! As with the first books Very Good Natration-that maks a good book great.. Great story with lots of action and drama. Two Thumbs Up!!!

Really decent

The narrator really made this series for me. I highly recommended you purchase this series as it is very entertaining.