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| Title | : | Dauntless (The Lost Fleet #1) |
| Author | : | Jack Campbell |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First 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 Containing Books Dauntless (The Lost Fleet #1)
Solid military science fiction, enjoyable but not mind blowing. Full review to come.3.5 stars.I like military fiction anyway, and this is some good military SF. You've got this guy, John Geary, who wakes up from 100 years of drifting in an abandoned survival pod to find that a) the war that had just begun back then is STILL going on, b) he was "posthumously" promoted to captain after his disappearance, c) in all that time, he's become something of a folk hero, and d) thanks to fleet rules about seniority, when the Alliance fleet's leadership is massacred, he's the senior ranking officer
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!
Dauntless was just what the doctor ordered. The last couple of books that I read were slow, plodding things - all about immersion and realism. All of that was great, but sometimes I want a book to reach out of the cover and slap me in the face with bigger than life action. Rest assured, Dauntless delivered.Black Jack Geary is picked up by a passing Alliance warships. Frozen for a hundred years in deep-freeze hibernation, he was lost and presumed dead. He awakes to find the Alliance still locked
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
I have been hearing about this series forever. I'm generally somewhat indifferent to military SF spaceship battles alone are not particularly compelling to me, unless I'm controlling the ships in a game. Much of Dauntless seems inspired by spaceship combat games, where you get to build a fleet, choose your weapons, select leaders based on their attributes, and so on.The Alliance has been at war with the Syndics for a century now. Captain John Geary was in command during an early battle in that
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
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