Dreadnaught

The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier

By: Jack Campbell

Narrated by: Christian Rummel, Jack Campbell - introduction

Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

The first book of best-selling sci-fi author Jack Campbell’s new series "Beyond the Frontier" returns to find Captain John “Black Jack" Geary, the hero of the "Lost Fleet" series, awoken from cryogenic sleep to take command of the fleet.

Geary’s legendary exploits have earned him the adoration of the people—and the enmity of politicians convinced that a living hero can be a very inconvenient thing. The century-long war between the Alliance and the Syndicate Worlds may be over, but Geary and his newly christened First Fleet have been ordered back into action to investigate the aliens occupying the far side of Syndic space and to determine how much of a threat they represent to the Alliance. And while the Syndic Worlds are no longer united, individually they may be more dangerous than ever before. Geary knows that members of the military high command and the government question his loyalty to the Alliance and fear his staging a coup, so he can’t help but wonder if the newly christened First Fleet is being sent to the far side of space on a suicide mission.

William C. Dietz, the author of the "Legion of the Damned" series, calls Dreadnaught "a rousing adventure", and Elizabeth Moon, the Nebula Award-winning author of the "Vatta's War" series, says it’s “loaded with edge-of-your-seat combat". Read by Christian Rummel, who has narrated The Lost Fleet series to excellent reviews, Dreadnaught promises to be an out-of-this-world experience.

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A terrible direction for humanity

An example of not learning from history. The Enigma have a right to defend their territory.

Great start to the follow on series!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book even though the first half seemed to be more of a political thriller than a deep space combat story. That, of course, did eventually happen, but a lot of the book was about the Fleet gearing up and heading out. Numerous subplots and possible future plots are hinted at, but the book is excellent. I enjoyed the characters and the plot. I've never been happy about the aliens because I am a firm believer that there is no life in the universe outside of our solar system, but the author has done a great job with them. I'm especially intrigued by the focus on the differences in how they think, what they value, etc. That, like the limitations of light speed communications and relativistic affects on time in combat, makes this author's writing unique and one of my favorites. I heartily recommend this book and look forward to the next in the series.

Minor editing issues

A few times, the editor cut together the narrator’s audio together so closely that you couldn’t tell that the story had switched location, characters, or time. One sentence the narrator would be in one scene, and the next something totally different with no pause of any kind in the audio. First few times it happened I kept rewinding, thinking I had accidentally skipped forward.

A welcome new series

This is book one of a new series BUT you really need to read the Lost Fleet series to take full advantage of this new series story line. Black Jack Geary to given command of First Fleet and is to proceed to alien space to explore. Even before he got to the fleet, stupid orders were given by headquarters that almost cause to military of the Alliance to revolt. I was thinking this is not being realistic but then I thought of the history books I have read and thought oh no this is like some of the crazy things that do happen. The book has some great battle scenes, lots of suspense and backstabbing politics by governments. Overall a good story that lives you wanting more. Christian Rummel does a great job narrating the story. He also narrated the Lost Fleet series so the voices carry over and keep the continuity going. Enjoy.

Ahhahahaha Ahhahahaha 😂

I'm not entirely sure just how to rate this book/series... Assuming it was written as a comedy, ala the movie 'Airplane' and TV show 'Knight Rider', it's worthy of a solid 3.5 stars. But on the other hand, if Jack was attempting to write a legit sci-fi space opera, well, ahhahahahahahahahaha ... never mind, can't be - faaar too silly for that possibility.

Book/series as comedy: 3.5 stars
Book/series as anything else: 0.25 stars
Narration: 4 stars

The adventure does continue...

Now I know how the story continues. So far so good. All the characters are in place and the aliens they arrive. Let's hope that Mr Henry (I assume I spelled it right? and friends.) can keep up the great work.

Again Black Jack performs above & beyond the call

Would you listen to Dreadnaught again? Why?

Excitement and an interesting thoughts on "First Contact". Again Campbell writes believable battles.

ANd Rummel is again a consummate performer.

What other book might you compare Dreadnaught to and why?

The Synchronicity War Series. Both Campbell and Wehr give good acounts with fascinating detail in both culture and technology.

What does Christian Rummel and Jack Campbell - introduction bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The technical aspects of space battler.

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

The characters are well developed.

Any additional comments?

Sit back and enjoy the ride. it was hard to put down.

Another very entertaining book

I really enjoyed this book. The narration was great as usual as was the storyline.

Great ship to ship combat... Storyline is great

The lost fleet series was great, just enough books to ensure it was not too drawn out. The politics & space combat is great & the narrator is very good as well. The only complaint I would have is that there is not enough marine/ground combat... This extension of the series is pretty good compared to the lost fleet & def. gets me interested in how this plays out.

I suggest reading the lost fleet series first, that is a very good series of books with an interesting main character (frozen almost a hundred years), & how war can create malcontent & other issues regarding treatment of prisoners, politics, etc... Great extension of the book though

Another good one

The story is good and I really like the guy doing the reading. Space flight, battles, aliens... what’s not to like?

I plane to read/listen to the rest of the series.