Perilous Shield

The Lost Stars, Book 2

De: Jack Campbell

Narrado por: Marc Vietor

A thrilling spin-off from Jack Campbell’s The Lost Fleet series, The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight delivered "excellent tales of space battles and struggles against tyrants and aliens". Now the New York Times best-selling author returns with the next chapter in the overthrow of the Syndicate Worlds’ oppression….

Following a successful coup, the leaders of the rebel Midway Star System struggle to forge a government free enough to please its citizens yet strong enough to secure power. But in a world where former rulers have become new foes, an alien threat to humanity may turn old adversaries into uncertain allies.

General Artur Drakon knows three words describe someone who confides in a Syndicate CEO: Stupid. Betrayed. Dead. Despite his misgivings, he partnered with another former CEO to overthrow Syndic forces. Now, with an enigma fleet menacing their hard-earned independence, he can ill afford to trust her - or lose her support.

President Gwen Iceni believes Midway is humanity’s defense against the enigmas. Syndicate training taught her self-preservation in a crisis, yet she’s determined to fight for the star system’s fate…even if it means joining forces with Drakon - and an officer of the hated Alliance.

Their plan places the Midway flotilla at great risk in hopes of greater reward: recruiting the personnel necessary to man warships against the enigmas. But before facing the alien advance, Drakon and Iceni must survive hidden dangers closer to home: all-too-human threats that could jeopardize Midway’s freedom…and their own lives.

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

Not disappointed

Would you consider the audio edition of Perilous Shield: The Lost Stars, Book 2 to be better than the print version?

I have not read the print version.

What other book might you compare Perilous Shield: The Lost Stars, Book 2 to and why?

Kept me hooked on the story from book one.

Which scene was your favorite?

Enjoyed them all

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Great story

The story continues in ernest.

Things begin to pick up in this and the story becomes its own. It's exciting to see a more down to earth story. It delves into individual characters and their motivation. I definitely recommend a read, especially if you enjoyed the Lost fleet series. The narrator continues to do an excellent job.

Weird pronunciations abound

The story remains on par with the caliber of the rest of the installments in the Lost Fleet Universe, and is fantastic, however Mark Vietor's pronunciation decisions are a bit strange. I was able to overlook Gwen Iceni becoming Gwen eye-SEEN-eye with some work, but Victoria Rione becoming Victoria Rion-EE is just strange and to my view, nonsensical.

Great until the last 1 hour

Any additional comments?

I started listening to this book literally within a minute of having finished Tarnished Knight, and the transition is not smooth. After having the last book end on a certain note, with a certain situation and a certain conversation taking place, this book begins as if that didn't just happen, as if that conversation never took place and none of the important things were ever said, which felt rather weird. If I had known I would have given myself time to forget the last conversation of Tarnished Knight before stating this book.

But nevermind that, it's a good, interesting book. It even made me laugh out loud once. I listened to all of it in a day and a half.


One serious complaint though. There is a twist at the end of this book. A twist that belongs in a soap opera, not *space* opera. It is the very nature of a soap opera that most of the drama in it is due to for example unanswered feelings/inconvenient romance/unfaithfulness/unwanted pregnancy/children outside of wedlock/bla bla bla bla, and that is NOT what I want to read.

Consequently I absolutely hated the way this book ended. It was further more unnecessary because there were numerous other things that could have served as quite effective cliff-hangers, things that have nothing to do with who slept with whom and why; things that instead deal with what the book was actually about - like fleets, and shipyards, and getting trained personel, and dealing with traitors, and maturing as a leader, and and and - all of this is awesome and is what I bought the book for. So I am very surprised that the author decided to finish with ...this. If this is indicative of things to come, I will not be buying the next book. Damn it, I was enjoying the story thoroughly before that last unfortunate hour. But if there was ever a sudden twist in a story designed to ensure I won't be sticking around for the conclusion, this was it. It was just that stupid.

This one is a real zinger!

The plot thickens considerably in this one with one really large OMG moment. Lots of good space conflict.