The Lost Fleet: Dauntless

by Jack Campbell

Ace, 293 pp, $6.99

The Lost Fleet: Dauntless is a stand-alone but is set to spawn a series. The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for a century and losing badly. Now the Alliance fleet is crippled and stranded in enemy territory. Their only hope is a man who has been in hibernation for most of that century and has been turned into a heroic legend that never existed. The admiral, commanding the fleet has turned over his command to negotiate with the enemy who then proceeded to destroy them and their staff, Geary has awakened as leader of a fleet about to be destroyed.

Geary must ignore the worship and do his duty, save the fleet and the hypernet key that may be the key to winning the war, and do it despite the rebellious officers under his command. To do it, he will have to become the myth.

Campbell has written a fine volume of military science fiction, an exciting edge of your seat ride with characters that carry you along involved with the action so it is hard to put down. If you have a liking for military science fiction you’ll want to join this fleet. - Pam Allan