By Any Other Name

De: H. Peter Alesso

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Sometimes, the right man in the wrong uniform can make all the difference.

Ethan was nobody—a lowly recruit with oil-stained overalls and a spirit crushed by disappointment. Then fate handed him a dead officer's jacket... with captain's stripes on the sleeves.The symbol over the breast pocket makes his blood run cold: a roaring lion's head surrounded by jagged broken bones. The emblem of the Special Operations Service.The ship is launching. They think an elite SOS captain is aboard to take command.They think that captain is him.His choices are brutally simple:- Act like the officer everyone believes he is- Be exposed as a fraudOne path leads to survival. The other... doesn't bear thinking about.He is a mouse in a lion's skin. And he must become that lion—or be devoured.As Ethan fights to maintain his impossible deception, his path crosses with Kate Haliday—brilliant scientist, leader of the dark matter project in the Cygni star system, and a woman whose sharp eyes see more than he'd like.Their fragile connection is tested by the ambitions of Commander Varek, an officer who trusts nothing and no one.And then everything changes.An unknown alien race emerges from the darkness of space.Their interest in dark matter—and in Earth's colonies—shifts the entire cosmic chessboard. The stakes are no longer just Ethan's survival.The fate of humanity may rest on a fraud who never asked to be a hero.In this dance of deception, love, rivalry, and alien threat, the line between who Ethan is and who he pretends to be... blurs beyond recognition.✓ Space opera adventure✓ Military science fiction✓ Slow-burn romance✓ First contact mystery✓ Underdog hero✓ Galactic empire stakesFor fans of: Jack Campbell's "Lost Fleet," John Scalzi's "Old Man's War," and Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga"Sometimes the best captain is the one who never planned to command at all."By Any Other Name — Book 1 of a trilogy.

awful narration and could be written better

Narration was hard to listen to and though the premise was good, the story was lacking.

Good start if that's what this was

The virtual voice wasn't horrible but it cut out a lot like the voice was going hoarse. The story started out OK. I liked the premise but the way it ended was like a TV movie - everything is alright at the end. how? There are too many loose ends! Is this a series?

AI Reader needs work.

The AI narration was stilted and a little jarring. The story itself may have some promise.

good story

I like the main character and all the conflicts between characters and the space fights.