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pjonsson's review
5.0
This is a solid installment in the series even though, with only about 250 pages, it is perhaps somewhat shorter than most of the previous books. Nevertheless I found the story great.
This book is a bit of a triangle drama. In one corner we have the Caca commander who possesses a unusual intellect for a Caca commander. In another corner we have the Klavarta commander who has a hugely overinflated ego and looks down on everyone else. Finally in the third corner we have my favorite, Beata Bednarczyk, a Terran Empire commander who kicks ass and doesn’t care if someone’s ego gets bruised while doing it, especially not a certain Klavartan’s.
So the stage is set for some big time fleet action in space. Something that Doug Dandridge usually does with bravado. And indeed, he doesn’t disappoint. It’s clobbertime by dreadnought.
To no one’s surprise, previously mentioned Klavarta commander, manages to screw things up rather spectacularly, so while he goes on a bit of a sightseeing tour in a escape pod it’s up to Beata to save the day. Something that, of course, didn’t get any simpler with, you know who, having managed to get a good chunk of the Klavarta fleet blown up underneath him.
I really like how the book flips between the three, or rather two for most of the book, commanders. Especially when Beata throws surprise after surprise against the Cacas. I love the what the f… sensation on and around the Caca commander.
As I wrote, a solid installment in the series.
This book is a bit of a triangle drama. In one corner we have the Caca commander who possesses a unusual intellect for a Caca commander. In another corner we have the Klavarta commander who has a hugely overinflated ego and looks down on everyone else. Finally in the third corner we have my favorite, Beata Bednarczyk, a Terran Empire commander who kicks ass and doesn’t care if someone’s ego gets bruised while doing it, especially not a certain Klavartan’s.
So the stage is set for some big time fleet action in space. Something that Doug Dandridge usually does with bravado. And indeed, he doesn’t disappoint. It’s clobbertime by dreadnought.
To no one’s surprise, previously mentioned Klavarta commander, manages to screw things up rather spectacularly, so while he goes on a bit of a sightseeing tour in a escape pod it’s up to Beata to save the day. Something that, of course, didn’t get any simpler with, you know who, having managed to get a good chunk of the Klavarta fleet blown up underneath him.
I really like how the book flips between the three, or rather two for most of the book, commanders. Especially when Beata throws surprise after surprise against the Cacas. I love the what the f… sensation on and around the Caca commander.
As I wrote, a solid installment in the series.
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