Leviathan's War

Battleship: Leviathan, Book 2

De: Craig Martelle

Narrado por: Shawn Compton

One ship stood against many in a war that has lasted a thousand years . . .

The Blaze are getting their direction and technology from those who had driven the Progenitors from the galaxy. The Vestrall.

Leviathan takes his select humans to the frontlines in Earth's war with the Blaze Collective to collect intelligence on where to find the Vestrall. The Blaze aren't forthcoming.

They go farther, a thousand light-years behind enemy lines to a planet that used to be important. It's no longer the home of the Vestrall, but of a biomechanical race that is little more than drones.

Payne is convinced that their information will lead Leviathan to the heart of the Vestrall for a final battle for primacy.

But they won't give their knowledge easily. Their gods have commanded them to fight.

Because they carry a secret the Vestrall don't want Leviathan to know.

©2021 Craig Martelle (P)2022 Tantor

Love the storyline

Craig’s understanding of military strategy and tactics adds an amazing dimension of reality to this story making my “suspension of disbelief” very easy to accomplish.

Another Solid Offering

I realize that I am rather easy to please, when it comes to sci-fi entertainment, but the series is enjoyable to listen to the Banter and the development. The juxtaposition a pacifist dreadnought is also fun

I enjoy the banter

Book two of this series is as entertaining as book 1. looking forward to book 3.

Worth the listen

If you are a fan of sci-fi and military drama then this is for you. Action, tradition, nail biting fights, and strategy. You will enjoy book two of this series. Now on to the next one.

Good story

Good story. Good listening. Good performance Good dialogue with a little romance added for spice

Another great story!

Another great Military sci-fi story by Craig Martelle. Great performance from Shawn Compton. Anxious to start the next story in the series.

Wonderful series and narration..

Declan, Lev and Team Payne are headed out to take on the Vestrall.

No romance and the F-bomb was used 31 times.

As for the narration: Shawn Compton is a wonderful narrator for this series.

Excellent Series

I’m a big fan of space operas and Leviathan doesn’t disappoint. Martelle is an excellent author who brings the characters to life. Most important are the extensive descriptions of the military engagements which add realism to this fiction.

Beautiful Book, This needs to be a Movie.

I love this series, it keeps me coming back for more. Fast story telling and story time progress is amazing considering the amount of detailed description

DNR:Space soap opera w/suspense of disbelief

Humanity with romanticized view on embracing issues caused by cultural differences continues completely destroying 95% of members of other cultures they meet in interstellar setting. Following the brain worms, to humans incomprehensible battleship Leaviathan's telepathic AI, whims and wishes human space force discovers incongruities in AI's narrative, what a shocker. The conflict progs (progenitors) have been engaged in for millenniums and human likeness to progs bodes well for the alien culture conflict resolving approach the military branch has set forth on (/sarcasm).

An interstellar civilization that engages in contests on physical fitness to resolve any disputes both on individual and group level sounds so incongruous. Analogous to a caveman in modern urban city. The 180° of space force major about workplace romance when he gets the chance is dumbing down the character so much. Unrequited romantic feelings are human, but this is just inconsistent character writing.

Conclusion: 2/5. Listened on Audible included in plus catalogue. Narrated by: Shawn Compton. With addition of multiple romantic character progressions book 2 turned the series from space opera to space soap opera. If only we could talk about our differences we would understand each other has historically worked so well on a scale of a single planet with a single sapient species. Of course, it's bound to work with alien species with which humanity shares nothing in common (culture, physical traits, physiological needs, history etc.). Terrible value for the length of the book, buying it with USD- 1.87 $/hour ( 17.19 $ / 09 hrs 11 mins ).

Values:
Terrible: >1.66 $/hour
Bad: 1 - 1.66 $/hour
Good: <1 $/hour
Dream: 0.4 - 0.27 $/hour

Stars:
1 - Not worth the resources to reproduce/preserve this title.
2 -Bad
3 -Good
4 - Personally, love it
5 - Recommended to everyone