Lt. Leary, Commanding

RCN Series, Book 2

De: David Drake

Narrado por: Victor Bevine

Lt. Daniel Leary of the Republic of Cinnabar Navy commands the corvette Princess Cecile. His friend, Signals Officer Adele Mundy, has the latest in spy apparatus and the skills to prowl the most tightly guarded database. All they lack are enemies, and fate is about to supply that need in abundance!

A hostage uses the Princess Cecile to regain his freedom and his throne; an ally plots with enemies of Cinnabar, knowing the plan can only be safeguarded by destroying the Princess Cecile; a pirate chief joins in a cutthroat battle with a rival, and the Princess Cecile is a pawn.

Daniel, Adele, and their crack crew must battle bureaucrats and traitors, the winds of a barren desert, and the strains of a voyage never before attempted. If they succeed at every stage, their reward will be the chance to fight another enemy: one which can blow them and a hundred ships like theirs to vapor!

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Reseñas de la Crítica

"Grand fun for lovers of action in high space." ( Booklist)
"The suspense on the way to the climactic battle is genuine, and the action scenes are up to the author's very high standard." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Filled with battle scenes on the ground and in the far reaches of space, this sf adventure should appeal to fans of military sf." ( Library Journal)

Good Buddy's and crew makes a Family of fighters.

With Nathan Leary, RCN LT. at the helm of the Little Ciss there is an almost sure victory ahead of them. All the Spacers say so after his track record in killing Alliance ships and spanning the nexus in record time. But Lt. Natan Leary, only feels half his team has arrived until the most intregal part of his personal staff and friend arrives, Mistress Adele Monday. Whom He has known only a year but does not know how he ever survived before they met and became friends and shipmates. She is the closest friend Leary has ever had in a female of his class.

Entertaining

Perhaps, my expectations were a bit high?
But I definitely enjoyed the book,and confirm my point I will read the next one.

RCN Series

David Drake’s writing is thoroughly entertaining and the RCN series, this being book 2, was as delightful listening to as the first book; narrated by Victor Bevine.

Narrator ruined it - really bad match up

Grew up on David Drake, but never got to this series. While I do like Victor Bevine for some genre, not this one. He does not have the hard edge necessary.

The story is pretty good, has a lot of that “develop characters within a mission” structure. It advances Lt Leary, his Signals Officer Adele Mundy, piracy, and the Cinebar world.

Great book, ok performance.

The story over all is excellent and a great continuation of Daniel Leary and his friends and crew. The only issue I take with the story is David Drake’s habit of restating world building events that happened prior to the books which were discussed in the first book. While it is great for a reader or listener that picks up the book to for just this story and not the whole series, it’s a bit repetitive for a fan of the series. The narration is again very monotone, and I find it easy zone out or fall asleep while listening to the performance.