- Mass Market Paperback: 299 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic US; Ace Mass-market Ed edition (18 Dec 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0441015670
- ISBN-13: 978-0441015672
- Product Dimensions: 18.2 x 14.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 236,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The kind of hero Hornblower fans will love!" -WILLIAM C. DIETZ Praise for The Lost Fleet series: "The most believable space battles I've ever seen anywhere." -DAVID SHERMAN "Good fun." -DON D'AMMASSA "Thoughtful and exciting...loaded with edge-of-your-seat combat." -ELIZABETH MOON
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Badly damaged and low on supplies, the Alliance Fleet is raiding Syndic mines for raw materials-and Captain "Black Jack" Geary hopes they can continue to remain one step ahead of their enemies. But the Syndics are the least of Geary's worries when he learns of the existence of aliens with the power to annihilate the human race.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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third in a series of science fiction novels about the lost fleet. There's an interstellar war on between two human groupings of worlds, the alliance and the syndic. the alliance space fleet are trapped behind enemy lines, and only their chance discovery of captain geary, an alliance hero of years before who was stuck in suspended animation for ages till the fleet found him, could save the day.
Can geary get the fleet home? and can he live up to the legend he's become in the meantime?
all these books run for three hundred pages. and whilst not being great literature are quite decent prose and characterisation wise.
For the first hundred pages this looked like having mid book in series syndrome, in that not much happens and things continue much as before.
However the remaining two hundred pages were really rather entertaining, as the space battles carry on in earnest, and the alliance fleet really struggle to survive. this was entertaining and engrossing reading, and the book ends on a cliffhanger that was really quite rousing and makes me desperate to know what will happen next.
I'll be back for more. the aliens promised on the back of the book are only hinted at late on. Doubtless we'll see more of them in future volumes
Can geary get the fleet home? and can he live up to the legend he's become in the meantime?
all these books run for three hundred pages. and whilst not being great literature are quite decent prose and characterisation wise.
For the first hundred pages this looked like having mid book in series syndrome, in that not much happens and things continue much as before.
However the remaining two hundred pages were really rather entertaining, as the space battles carry on in earnest, and the alliance fleet really struggle to survive. this was entertaining and engrossing reading, and the book ends on a cliffhanger that was really quite rousing and makes me desperate to know what will happen next.
I'll be back for more. the aliens promised on the back of the book are only hinted at late on. Doubtless we'll see more of them in future volumes
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I guess if you read book four when it comes out never having read this book (book 3)you would not even notice. Where are these aliens then? A great disappointment
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I once saw a company report which had pictures of employees and managers throughout. Oddly, only the managers seemed to have names. Courageous is a bit like that. The principle characters all have identities, but everyone else is a cipher. For example, the bridge crew of Dauntless are interchangeable 'watch standers'. The losses of the ships and their casualties appear unreal. That said, the story is a good yarn which does not pretend to real psychology. It does keep you interested, although the battles can become a bit alike. I think it is the concept of mystery being slowly revealed (very slowly), that keep readers coming back.
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pretty standard fare
third in the lost fleet series and pretty standard fare really, the main characters are developed a bit more and there seems time for more love interest for black jack, albeit a... Read more
Published 23 months ago by P. barton
I found the Lost Fleet
Really good, enjoyed this no end and now bought the other three books - fast paced and enjoyable.
Published on 18 Aug 2008 by R. Nicklin
Vol3 of how many - blurring into one
New publisher trick I suppose, write a good short story and keep the public hungry for more.
This series is intriguing enough to work that trick for now. Read more
This series is intriguing enough to work that trick for now. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2008 by C. Richards
Better end soon
The original idea was good of a fleet stranded deep in enemy space, of a commander trying to think one step ahead of an enemy who has the advantage of semi-instantaneous travel... Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2008 by R. Rakotomalala
Another fantastic adventure
These books are fantastic reads and hard to put down. Don't expect in depth literature, instead expect high adventure. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2008 by Dr. J. A. Hiscox
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