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 enlarge | Author: Jack Campbell
Publisher: Ace
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  109 reviews
Sales Rank: 5750
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reissue
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0441014186
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780441014187
ASIN: 0441014186
Publication Date: June 27, 2006
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 Worth it! November 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am an eclectic reader and I am always looking for different writers of various genres. I picked up this book based on a recommendation by a coworker and it was a great read!
A classic Space Opera November 12, 2008
I enjoyed reading Dauntless (The Lost Fleet - Book 1) by Jack Campbell. This is the first work of Mr. Campbell that I have read, and it's a most promising start. The story revolves about a legendary military commander who has been drifting in an escape pod for about 100 years. After he's found, he has to try to fit in to the current situation and live with the hero status he's been accorded by the present-day military. He also finds that the 100 year war has changed military tactics and attitudes in ways that are very different from his time.
While this is certainly not a deep character-development book, it has all the elements of a classic Space Opera, with a heroic leader thrown into an almost hopeless situation trying to save his fleet. Battle descriptions of maneuvers made by fleets that have to rely on light speed observations of where the enemy 'was' to attack where he 'will be' when the weapons arrive make for an interesting perspective on space battles. All in all, a good and quick read for fans of this genre.
Some of the best sci-fi I've read November 7, 2008
This has to be some of the best science fiction that I've read. For reference I'm a fan of John Scalzi and Robert Charles Wilson, but this series has topped anything I've listened to so far (I downloaded the unabridged audio version of this book). I'm nearly done with the fourth book, Valiant, and I'm so disappointed that it is going to be over soon. I can't believe I have to wait until 4/2009 for the next in the series...
If you are into space battle-like sci-fi, you owe it to yourself to try this series.
Clean and Absorbing! October 20, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Whenever I try a new series, especially in sci-fi, I am always a little nervous about the content. I love sci-fi, but sometimes the books just aren't what you'd expect. I am pleased to say that this book was clean enough to be read by teenagers but still written in a way that could appeal to adults.
This book reminds me a bit of the success of the Law and Order and CSI TV shows that could draw in a viewer but kept some normalcy by admitting that cops, forensic experts, and prosecutors don't normally spend all of his or her free time drinking and sleeping around. The portrayal of a hero who doesn't fit in to his society and sometimes not in with his fleet and the explanation of his real thoughts and insecurities, makes Captain Jack Black Geary seem like a real human hero instead of a James Bond Hollywood fantasy. If you enjoy reading sci-fi that makes you think about how you and people you know would handle things, then I would highly recommend this book!
Superb military sci-fi September 26, 2008
Our hero is at once, larger than life, but also very human with all the issues that carries. The story is well driven; the space combat is at just the right level of detail and there is a lot of it. The political maneuvering element is there and plays a role but is neatly woven into the story to never become an endless dissertation on politics.
And it's just fun.
Glad that Amazon pointed me to it with the ever present "Other people who bought this item also bought ..."
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