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| Title | : | Dauntless (The Lost Fleet #1) |
| Author | : | Jack Campbell |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 293 pages |
| Published | : | July 2006 by Ace Books (first published June 27th 2006) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Space. Space Opera. Fiction. War. Military Fiction |
Jack Campbell
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 293 pages Rating: 3.95 | 25767 Users | 1522 Reviews
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The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for a century--and losing badly. Now its fleet is crippled and stranded in enemy territory. Their only hope is a man who's emerged from a century-long hibernation to find he has been heroically idealized, beyond belief...Captain John "Black Jack" Geary's legendary exploits are known to every schoolchild. Revered for his heroic "last stand" in the early days of the war, he was presumed dead. But a century later, Geary miraculously returns from survival hibernation and reluctantly takes command of the Alliance fleet as it faces annihilation by the Syndics.
Appalled by the hero-worship around him, Geary is nevertheless a man who will do his duty. And he knows that bringing the stolen Syndic hypernet key safely home is the Alliance's one chance to win the war. But to do that, Geary will have to live up to the impossibly heroic "Black Jack" legend...
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| Original Title: | Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1) |
| ISBN: | 0441014186 (ISBN13: 9780441014187) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Lost Fleet #1, The Lost Fleet Universe |
| Setting: | Space |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 25767 Users | 1522 ReviewsComment On Based On Books Dauntless (The Lost Fleet #1)
Imagine if you spent 100 years in suspended animation and when you woke up, you find out that you had become a mythical hero to your people. That the discipline in the military you had known was lost and they justified all sort of terrible tactics in your name. And now a twist of fate left you in charge of a whole fleet with the responsibility to take them home.That's the situation that our hero, John "Black Jack" Geary finds himself in. After his survival pod is found 100-years later, GearyAs near-perfect an example of military science fiction as its possible to find. Campbell mixes real-world physics and far future tech to provide a convincing picture of what fleets of huge spaceships fighting a battle at relativistic speeds might actually look like. In the character of Captain Black Jack Geary, a resurrected military genius burdened by unasked for legendary status, this series makes a welcome addition to the ranks of great SF heroes.
Black Jack Geary, famed commander from the beginning of the Syndic/Alliance war is back from the dead only to find that a hundred years of war have left his beloved fleet a shadow of its former self. Thrust into command of the bulk of the Alliance fleet, cut off behind enemy lines, he sets out trying to live up to his legend and to bring the fleet home alive.I started out pretty excited to read this book. It had received some decent reviews and appeared on a few Goodreads lists. Sadly, it did
Hey! It's a space story with Marines and no vagina plotlines! And I REALLY LOVED IT!This is the first in a series of a hero brought back from stasis to save the universe. I loved the world, the space fights, the manly commanding of Jack, the idea of a mythical hero that is accidentally discovered and revived in space, and where the myth and reality clash. Dude is a bossy pants, but I enjoyed this a LOT! Good clean military space fun!
Sagas wouldn't be interesting if terrible things didn't happen to the people in them.Captain John Black Jack Geary won his accolades after defending a convoy of Alliance transports against an attack from the Syndicate Worlds. Believed killed in action, he was given the rank of honorary admiral, and subsequently declared a war hero and an example for future generations of Alliance sailors to live by. But a hundred years later, Alliance warships pick up an escape pod in outer space, and find a
Originally reviewed in 2011updated in 2014I like having an audio book on when I'm doing things that require little or no thought...of course I listen when I'm working on leather crafts. Could that explain the number of unfinished mistakes in that lower drawer??? Oh well, back to the subject at hand.I recently finished the 6th Honor Harrington book and thought it somewhat of a "come-down" from the earlier ones...really. She seemed to be closing in on Super-Woman status. When I read the synopsis
Exciting and engaging. Campbell makes his more "realistic" space combat every bit as tense and fun as the more fanciful space opera, proving it can be done. He does it very well, mixing it in with a clash of wills, personalities, and loyalties in a thrilling combination. One of my all-time favorite space opera / mil SF series.
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