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Valiant

By: Jack Campbell
Narrated by: Christian Rummel
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Deep within Syndicate World space, the Alliance fleet continues its dangerous journey home under the command of Captain John “Black Jack” Geary—revived after a century spent in suspended animation. Geary’s victories over the enemy have earned him both the respect—and the envy—of his fellow officers…

“Black Jack” Geary has made many risky decisions as commander, but ordering the Alliance fleet back to the Lakota Star System where it had nearly been destroyed by the Syndics has his officers questioning his sanity. It’s a desperate gamble that may buy Geary just enough time to prepare for the Syndics’ inevitable return—and give the fleet a fighting chance of survival.

But even as he struggles to stay one step ahead of the enemy, Geary must face conspirators within his own fleet—an unknown number of officers who want a change of command. And Geary knows that his fleet must stand together or the Syndic forces will tear them apart…

©2008 John G. Hemry (P)2008 Audible Inc.

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Still strong

This series continues to be engaging and fast paced. Looking forward to where it goes from here.

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Another outstanding chapter!

The fact that many overlook is that this a mature military sci fi novel. I am personally glad that the author keeps the this raw military perspective in his storytelling otherwise instead of standing out on it’s own. These stories would be lost in overwhelming amounts of senseless sci fi drama that we normally see.

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A great new twist

The internal and external conflicts make for a great story. He does a good job of introducing new ideas instead of just rehashing the same ones. I would prefer that the minimal language and erotic content wasn't there.

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The romance is the worst part

I barely managed to finish this book and found myself fast-forwarding entire scenes because of how cringe the romance is in this book. The core storyline is solid and the space battles are interesting but the ham-fisted relationship drama may prevent me from buying the next in the series.

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Meh

Narrator is awesome. The rest is a hot mess. I got all of these on a major sale. Even still, a waste of money. "Captain" John Geary reveals he's a weak, poor excuse for a man, much less a commanding officer. Author reveals simp tendency as his strong female captain shows she's a butch progressive who won't submit to her husband. Yep -- like all modern women, she'll submit to her boss, but marry her and she'll treat you like a floor mat.

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Well that sucks....

The Battles are great! The universe sounds great to be explored.... The horrible Cliché of " i'll do what ever you need me to do so you don't feel sad and lonely Captain" is such trash. Previously b4 for that, the Capt. and a senitor's love spats were skippable.
I don't even care to listen to any more.... Should have just left that stuff out. What a waste of 3 credits.

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