Capital Fleet

The Complete Ixan Legacy Series Box Set

By: Scott Bartlett

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

Length: 24 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

The complete military space opera series from best-selling author Scott Bartlett.

Last time, the aliens smashed the galaxy. Humanity held on by the fingernails.

In the decades since, we’ve put worlds back together. We’ve licked our wounds. But Captain Husher warned us they would return.

We didn’t want to believe him. We couldn’t afford to believe him.

Doesn’t matter. The enemy has returned, with weapons beyond anything we’ve dreamed of.

Now, it falls to Husher and his troubled crew to save us.

There's just one problem. First, he must save us from himself.

Bundle contains:

1. Capital Starship
2. Pride of the Fleet
3. Dogs of War

Sci-fi with a bold streak. Download this complete series today.

©2019 Scott Bartlett (P)2019 Scott Bartlett

Great Story!

The narrator really made you feel like you were right there with the characters. He altered his voice for individual characters in a way that made following the story almost seamlessly. The story itself is the high quality that I have come to expect from this author. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who loves military sci-fi.

Bartlett did not disappoint.

it's always great to get new content in a familiar storyline with characters you know and love. This had everything an avid science fiction reader hopes for. Relatable heroes, believable villains, exciting action sequences, fantastic tech, poignant social commentary, and a compelling story.

As always, the great Mark Boyett's narration was, well, great.

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this, and would recommend ALL of Bartlett's works to anyone even remotely interested in the genre.

Pretty good listen

I originally picked this due to some 1 star reviews that peaked my curiosity about why a sci-fi book could trigger people to be politically offended enough to give 1 star reviews. After listening to the book, I don’t see why they gave it 1 star. It was very well written and as far as political views go in the book. It was main character views and competing views. Overall it was surprisingly balanced in providing viewpoints which I didn’t expect based on the 1 star reviews that prompted me to go ahead and give it a listen. Overall it was an enjoyable listen and would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys sci-fi space novels.

Space Opera meet Ayn Rand?

Star Wars + Libertarianism = Your Warp Speed may Vary.
For me, plenty of the sci-fi high points I’ve come to expect from this author. However, the sudden mixing in of political views in the last book of the series resulted in enough cringe-worthy moments that I had to force myself to finish listening to it.

Boring

I honestly didn't care too much for this series. It never hooked me at the start and thus I never found any of the characters engaging and was never worried when the battles were happening or was worried that someone was about to die or cared when someone did die.

Thought conservatives were against politics in media

Mark boyett is awesome as usual. However, the book fooled me into thinking this would a story of tactics and strategy. I was wrong, this is a book dedicated to whining about liberals.

At first it tricks you into thinking that this will be a story with some political intrigue. Which I’d be fine with if the politicians had any reason to do what they do. The story sets the politicians up to be both extremely smart and cunning, and also entirely inept and powerless. You’re telling me the dude who’s been strong arming the main character with political maneuvering the entire first book hides damning proof in his mattress? Lmao amateurish. The instant the plot wants to focus on the “big battle” they find the McGuffin and coup back the massive city sized ship in minutes with no problem. No doubt referencing “The silent majority” conservatives believe agree with them.

Honestly this becomes so transparent it’s 2016 politics that I was just laughing the entire time at the level of stereotyping used. They even bring in the commies and their dreaded “Equality” at the very end as a menacing cliffhanger.

Why does conservatism make a writer lose their skill?

Still enjoyable but...

(Rating PG-13 - some graphic violence scenes. )

Enjoyed the first trilogy. Both are solid space warfare novels with good elements and characters. However, both also suffer from over simplification of issues and extreme binary options. This second trilogy has this issue more pronounced in the story and dedicates a lot of time to ship board politics that try to come across as cuajen challenges but are really more childish reactions. In part that seems to be by design and it is being used as a public commentary on current political events. Unfortunately, the way it is handled is more annoying than engaging and comes across as didactic and preachy.
All that said, I still enjoyed following the story from the first trilogy to this one.

Hokie as all hell. But a good performance

This series has deep social aims. it starts out decent and decolves into a cheesy long winded social commentary.

The publisher pack is a decent value. But the last book is a slog.

over half the book political

Good story but got way too political. Over half the book was a political lesson. Key parts brushed over to get back to political talk. Last 3 hours of the last book are probably the best, but they are rushed due to so much time spent on political matters.

had a great time

loved it, having read/listened to his previous trilogies makes it all the better. mark boyett doing the other books really helps as well