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drquadfather's review against another edition
4.0
Continuing excellent space opera
I continue to be very taken with the world created here. The characters are very likable, the situations tense and believable. The stakes are real as well, as characters I’ve come to like are placed in true peril and many have died. Gripping, interesting, and excellent stories are found in this series. Very excited to continue the series.
I continue to be very taken with the world created here. The characters are very likable, the situations tense and believable. The stakes are real as well, as characters I’ve come to like are placed in true peril and many have died. Gripping, interesting, and excellent stories are found in this series. Very excited to continue the series.
pjonsson's review against another edition
4.0
This is a review of both book 5 and book 6 in the Blood on the Stars series. These books do kind of go together a bit more than the rest of the books in the series. At least that is the excuse I’m using for bundling these two books together to compensate for my chronic failure to avoid building up a backlog of books that I’ve read but not reviewed.
Anyway, this series is, possibly with the exception of Echoes of Glory, really my kind of military science fiction. They do not really manage to get to a five out of five rating but they are mostly solid four out of five star ones.
In these two books Tyler Barron and his Dauntless first have to sort out the mess that the political machinations in Echoes of Glory created and save what is rest of the proud warriors of the Alliance. This takes place in the 5th book, Cauldron of Fire, but unlike the preceding one, in this book the focus is back to military strategy, tactics and action.
It is battleship against battleship, fleet against fleet, commander against commander. I really like this kind of books. Tyler Barron is himself and he is kicking arse as usual. The combat is great and of almost epic proportions. That’s what happens when you sling fleets of capital ships against each other. Throw in a couple of huge battle stations and it just gets better.
In the 6th book the adventure continues. The Alliance, or what is left of it, is saved but, as was already mentioned in the previous book, the Union now has a operational pulsar and plans to end the Confederation once and for all.
So when you see a ghost, sorry a pulsar, who are you going to call? Surprise, surprise it falls on Tyler Barron to save the day…again.
Although there are some epic fleet battles in this book as well the main part of the story is focused on Barron and Dauntless when they try to sneak in behind enemy lines with their newly discovered stealth device and destroy the pulsar.
Overall these two books were really enjoyable for me. Action, characters, story etc. are really good. As I wrote, maybe not 5 out 5 good but definitely 4 out of 5 good.
There are, unfortunately, some political bullshit creeping in. Especially towards the end and I really hated that bit. I almost took of a star for the useless, dumbass and totally unnecessary political twist towards the end.
Well, at least it looks like I will not have to complain about Dauntless being shot to pieces in every book at least.
Overall, really good books and the installment is already on my to-read shelf.
Anyway, this series is, possibly with the exception of Echoes of Glory, really my kind of military science fiction. They do not really manage to get to a five out of five rating but they are mostly solid four out of five star ones.
In these two books Tyler Barron and his Dauntless first have to sort out the mess that the political machinations in Echoes of Glory created and save what is rest of the proud warriors of the Alliance. This takes place in the 5th book, Cauldron of Fire, but unlike the preceding one, in this book the focus is back to military strategy, tactics and action.
It is battleship against battleship, fleet against fleet, commander against commander. I really like this kind of books. Tyler Barron is himself and he is kicking arse as usual. The combat is great and of almost epic proportions. That’s what happens when you sling fleets of capital ships against each other. Throw in a couple of huge battle stations and it just gets better.
In the 6th book the adventure continues. The Alliance, or what is left of it, is saved but, as was already mentioned in the previous book, the Union now has a operational pulsar and plans to end the Confederation once and for all.
So when you see a ghost, sorry a pulsar, who are you going to call? Surprise, surprise it falls on Tyler Barron to save the day…again.
Although there are some epic fleet battles in this book as well the main part of the story is focused on Barron and Dauntless when they try to sneak in behind enemy lines with their newly discovered stealth device and destroy the pulsar.
Overall these two books were really enjoyable for me. Action, characters, story etc. are really good. As I wrote, maybe not 5 out 5 good but definitely 4 out of 5 good.
There are, unfortunately, some political bullshit creeping in. Especially towards the end and I really hated that bit. I almost took of a star for the useless, dumbass and totally unnecessary political twist towards the end.
Well, at least it looks like I will not have to complain about Dauntless being shot to pieces in every book at least.
Overall, really good books and the installment is already on my to-read shelf.
orphan_of_you's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing
I love these books and the crew of the dauntless. It's always so interesting and exciting, you can't help but keep reading to see what happens next.
I love these books and the crew of the dauntless. It's always so interesting and exciting, you can't help but keep reading to see what happens next.
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