Guardian

The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier, Book 3

By: Jack Campbell

Narrated by: Christian Rummel

Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

Admiral Geary's First Fleet of the Alliance has survived the journey deep into unexplored interstellar space, a voyage that led to the discovery of new alien species, including a new enemy and a possible ally. Now Geary's mission is to ensure the safety of the Midway Star System, which has revolted against the Syndicate Worlds empire - an empire that is on the brink of collapse.

To complicate matters further, Geary also needs to return safely to Alliance space not only with representatives of the Dancers, an alien species, but also with Invincible, a captured warship that could possibly be the most valuable object in human history. Despite the peace treaty that Geary must adhere to at all costs, the Syndicate Worlds regime threatens to make the fleet's journey back grueling and perilous.

And even if Geary escorts Invincible and the Dancers' representatives safely unharmed, the Syndics' attempts to spread dissent and political unrest may have already sown the seeds of the Alliance's destruction....

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

Critic reviews

"Rummel's performance is so entertaining that he makes listeners want to hear how he'll perform the story. He populates the international starfleet military with a multitude of accents. While his female characters tend to sound alike, his men growl and swagger through space with brio." ( AudioFile)

Great series!

The Lost Fleet story line just keeps getting better! My 12 year old son and I both love the series.

one of the best series of books ever

This is a review for the whole series, as I listen to them all (all three sub sagas)

Jack Cambell is the king, the lost fleet as a long saga of space drama is the best of its kind, blackjack is the man,
he is better than us all, not because of any special powers of the body or min, just because he is more human than most of us,

Desjani, as the female heroes in all Cambell books, is a strong woman, sometimes stronger than BlackJack himself, and major to the story as much as blackjack.

Do not expect fast action books, Cambell is moving forward slowly, but rest assure he will get there and you will love every minute of it.

what else is out there

Just living on this current earth should give a person the feel of infinite possibilities. I wonder if 1000 years from now there will be human settlements all over the galaxy. Will those humans feel any moral responsibilities to others? Will there be other forms of living beings in the heavens, will they be friends or foes? Will the human governments act just like they do on this Earth?

Well after Jack Geary's fleet won the 1000 year old war, he is about to find out. The Alliance government wants to know who the enigmas are. Will they be coerced into talking with Black Jack or will they destroy Black Jack's fleet. The enigmas do not desire to do anything but destroy the human race. They lead the Alliance fleet deep into space that no human has seen. While trying to get back home there is a group of beings that look like teddy bears and act like herd cows--bearcows. That group has the intent just like the enigmas and so the race is on the leave the unknown behind, only to meet another race of beings that resemble a cross between a spider and a wolf, spiderwolf. They even have a spider-like web that Jack Geary has to maneuver through. The only good beings they have encountered..

Now Geary's group has the task of pulling a disabled bearcow ship and escorting these wolfspiders to the Alliance star system. They have to protect their guest, protect the syndicate groups that on longer wish to be a part of the syndicate system . Getting home is not easy. Seems that the peace treaty with the syndicates is going to be challenged all the way.

Another 5 STAR Book!

This book is a bit different then the others, but still a great Lost Fleet novel. It has a cool twist to the story,and ends very well. There should be another book, but if not this one has a good ending. No clif hanger.

This is a super great series

You must read this series in order to fully enjoy it. I keep expecting the series to falter and the author just repeat himself and have lame story lines like many series do after awhile, but NO this has not happened. In this book Admiral Black Jack Geary and the Alliance first fleet are returning to the Alliance home worlds with an escort of Dancers and a captured Kix (Bear-cow) giant warship that they have temporarily called the Invincible. They are, of course, attack by Syndicate special forces but fight them off. On returning to Alliance space and repairs started on the fleet, the political intrigue begins. It appears the Alliance government spends most of its time fight among themselves. (sounds like our government) and getting nothing done. Geary is ordered to take 3 government council member to Old Earth to escort the Dancers as they want to go to Kansas. Lots of space battle scenes and suspense, a bit o humor and politics. Why the Dancers want to go to Kansas and what happened was/is a big surprise which I will not give away. A great story which Christian Rummel narrated beautifully. Can not wait for the next book.

Back to business...

This book, unlike the side-trip before it, returns to business as usual with the series, and is pretty good.

One of my favorite

Really good one. Excited they finally go to "old" Earth!!! Have listened to the series a number of times and they just get better and better. Narration is OUTSTANDING!! ...as usual

Hic-cups galore...

Again, thoroughly enjoyed the story presented by author Jack Campbell and expertly narrated by Christian Rummel. More hic-cups than one who drinks a soda to fast, Admiral Geary (aka Blackjack) must get the fleet through deviance, political intrigue, defiance, alien races, syndicates espionage, all while trying to maneuver his wife, Tanya. Another great part of the story. I look forward to listening to the next part of this journey.

This Review Needed a Title, So I Gave it One

Hmmm. Fleet arriives home and there's still 4.5 hours of listening? Then, it goes toward "Sol", old Earth and has some more adventures...after meeting three new alien cultures. It's amazing that DesJani figures out the new enemies are more about show then "Go"...much like a peacetime military. The distrust of politicians continues, much like a peacetime military. The syndics have surrendered but fight on-much like the real thing might be expected. Tension between Geary and Desjani is fun. I wish they'd just go have a vacation and enjoy each other.

PLEASE STOP making Capt. D. so 1 dimensional

So this was another good episode in the Lost Fleet adventures, but I am getting very tired of the portrayal of Capt. Dijionni. She is a seasoned captain of a battle cruiser, not a 22 year old co-ed know-it all. Give her character more depth and something to say other than "I told you so", "Dauntless is the best" and "oh good we finally get to shoot something".
The portrayal of the women of the grand counsel is even more stereotypically flat.

I get these are simplistic space battle books, but after this many books the readers deserve better character development. Swap the listing of every ship involved in the battle for some people details.