That Which Other Men Cannot Do

Frontiers Saga, Book 15

By: Ryk Brown

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

New forces grow.... Old friends are lost.... New alliances are forged.... Old weapons are made new....

With political unrest growing, the Alliance must rush to rebuild their fleet and expand their sphere of influence before their support runs out. But when the Jung up the ante, the Alliance must turn up the heat.

Captain Nathan Scott and the Sol-Pentaurus Alliance must put everything on the line to save the Sol sector once and for all.

©2015 Ryk Brown (P)2016 Tantor

Plot Convenience > Plausibility

I felt the overall story was quite engaging, if not confusing at times. The structure seemed a bit odd where the fist half of the book the Alliance dominated the Jung and the second half of the book tried to make up for that imbalance. Some spaceship chase sequences were particularly implausible where two experienced pilots get put to shame by a newbie soldier recruit.

Jessica is still being possessed by some sort of madness. The only plausible way the to explain her continued uncharacteristic behavior is perhaps to come up with a rationalization that she might be an abuser of stims or some other performance enhancing drugs which could explain why she's acting so strangely the last couple of books.

Personally I was looking toward a cathartic ending but there's a cliffhanger instead.

Overall however, I felt too many story arks were in this book were filler and that detracted from the overall scheme of things.

The saga continues!

Hard for me to be objective being so invested in this universe. All I can say is that I can't wait for more. The relationships between Nathan, Vlad, and Jess are great in this book.

I guess my only complaint is that, well, we're now 15 books into this series. Nathan has matured, Vlad has matured, many other characters have grown into well rounded characters. Jessica has not changed at all, she still acts like a child despite her elite training and all they've gone through. it's a little annoying and unbelievable in this universe. How am I supposed to buy that Jess would break rank to Tellis, whine like a child and lose her temper when given direct orders after EVERYTHING that's happened up to this point. Hopefully next book she will be more rounded like the other main characters.

A great end of the first 15 books!

What made the experience of listening to That Which Other Men Cannot Do the most enjoyable?

The story just gets better and better. When the alliances are growing and they finally managed to find the Jung's home planet. As the underdogs Captain Nathan Scott and his alliances manage to attack the the Jung at their home planet, but it has consequences.

What did you like best about this story?

The end of the book. When Captain Nathan Scott try to establish a truce between the Alliance and the Jung.

Which scene was your favorite?

The battle for Nor-Patri

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The end of Tanna.

Any additional comments?

Can't wait for the last 15 books!

Simply Fantastic

Great book with an even greater ending. Well done Ryk Brown. What an amazing story, wow!

Narrator

The story was sometimes hard to follow. Narration of the story sounded like the narrator was READ ING a script most of the time. Not saying the narrator was a terrible narrator, just that perhaps this type of story didn't match the narrator's natural demeanor.