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Dauntless
by Jack Campbell
A sort of homage to a pastiche of [author: Glen Cook] and [author: David Weber] that adds in the Reluctant Hero Smarter And More Moral Than Everyone Else And Always Does The Right Thing. This is not an improvement.
A minor officer thought to have heroically sacrificed himself in a major battle in space is discovered one hundred years later in a lifeboat capsule, and shortly thereafter becomes head of the fleet in a dire situation. The usual space battle scenes follow (points to the author for remembering that information propagates at most at the speed of light, even in The Future), followed by the usual fleet training and maneuvering wankery, followed by the usual new and improved fleet kicks butt wankery.
I'm not really impressed; I might pick up the next book in the series, but only if the library has it or something and I'm out of other books.
A minor officer thought to have heroically sacrificed himself in a major battle in space is discovered one hundred years later in a lifeboat capsule, and shortly thereafter becomes head of the fleet in a dire situation. The usual space battle scenes follow (points to the author for remembering that information propagates at most at the speed of light, even in The Future), followed by the usual fleet training and maneuvering wankery, followed by the usual new and improved fleet kicks butt wankery.
I'm not really impressed; I might pick up the next book in the series, but only if the library has it or something and I'm out of other books.