Dreadnaught: The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier

Dreadnaught (Book #7 of the "Black Jack" Geary series, is also book #1 of the "Beyond the Frontier" series, which succeeded the "Lost Fleet" series) picks up right where  Victorious  (Book #6) leaves off in the Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell. The only real difference, is the fleet is no longer lost, so the series from this point on is called the "Beyond the Frontier" series. The fleet is still under the command of John "Black Jack" Geary (now an Admiral), but they are no longer trying to head for home. [minor spoiler alert] If you want to read this book, then you should already know that Geary got the fleet back to Alliance territory, and then was able to turn around with that same fleet after repairing and resupplying, and was able to force an end to the war. [/end: minor spoiler alert]In this book, now with the war between the Alliance and the Syndics ended, humanity can turn its beleaguered gaze to the apparent cause of the war in the first place, the aliens on the other side of Syndic space. [minor spoiler alert] Aliens, who quickly went from suspected, to outright seen and fought against, at the end of book #6, Victorious. [/end: minor spoiler alert] Now, after Geary & Desjani (whom I love) has managed to take care of some personal business, they are back with the fleet -- Geary is still an Admiral, and they have been ordered to head into the unknown region of space where these aliens reside, and to try to establish peaceful contact with them -- but, failing that, at least get the aliens to understand that any further aggression from them will be met with strong resistance from humanity.What follows is an interesting tale with more issues from cranky officers who think they should be running things, romance gone wrong, and an alien culture which completely baffles Geary and his trusted officers, forcing them into fights they don't want. The ending was kind of abrupt though, I am fairly certain the author was told he was running long, and he just had to pick a place to end it, instead of planning the ending. But, regardless, it is an enjoyable read, and the next book is already out, so it is no big deal to get the next one and keep reading.The Lost Fleet/Beyond the Frontier -- "Black Jack" Geary series are some of my favorite Military Science Fiction series, and frankly, they are some of my favorite series, period. It is a story told in the grand tradition of Star Trek/Star Wars and epic space operas in general. The "Black Jack" Geary series (although sometimes very corny) are what got me majorly hooked on Military Science Fiction, which lead to me discovering other excellent series after that, such as the  Man of War  by Honsinger, and the  Frontlines  series by Kloos, and the  Shadowstorm  series by Almasi. Read it, you won't be disappointed.5 stars.---------------------------------Book Content Guide For Parents:---------------------------------Sex & Nudity: [1/5] sex is discussed in the book but not described, and it is all past-tense.Violence & Gore: [1/5] fairly minimal-- almost all of the story takes place aboard the space ships, so any violence is via naval space battles, which do result in the deaths of people, but they are never described, so feel very abstract.Profanity: [1/5] minimal, not nearly as much or as often as you might expect from a military science fiction story.Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: [1/5] minimal. No smoking or drug use, and only minor alcohol use.Frightening/Intense Scenes: [2/5] the ships and crew are in mortal danger pretty much all of the time while behind enemy lines but nothing like a character being chased down a dark hallway followed by a homicidal maniac.

So, once upon a time there was this middle-aged writer/author/editor kind of schmuck who had just received his Kindle. After fiddle farting around a bit and converting some stories of his own into MOBI form just so he could see how the devil device worked, he thought to himself, "I wonder how this `instant download' bull pockey works?"Thus our protagonist began sifting through the "browse" feature of said Kindle interface, looking for something that wouldn't either bore him to tears or make him vomit blood. Since he liked space opera, he fastened onto the blurbs for a series that he'd also seen in real life one shelves at the bookstore but never worked up any enthusiasm for parting with his money for: The Lost Fleet series by someone named "Jack Campbell". Since the Kindle-y versions were, in fact and as is moot and right cheaper than the dead tree versions, our intrepid writer/author/editor hero plunked down a debit against his credit card to purchase one of the books on speculation (which turned out to be right smack dab in the middle of the series) as a test file.And thus did I end up entrapped in the trials and tribulations of The Lost Fleet and the excellent narrative voice and pacing of "Jack Campbell", the pseudonym of author John G. Hemry, who is a navy veteran among other things.Dreadnaught is actually the first book in a follow-on series to the original Lost Fleet saga. In the first go-round, the hero of the tales, Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, is revived from a long suspended animation in a damaged escape capsule to discover that he has been elevated to "heroic" legend by a government desperate to keep up the population's morale at the tail end of a century-long war. Over the course of six books (Dauntless, Fearless, Courageous, Valiant, Relentless, Victorious), Captain Geary takes the survivors of a truly stupid attempt to achieve final victory from flight for survival to resurgent conquerors and inadvertently cements his "legendary" status by example.In Dreadnaught, our pseudonyminous author - Mr. Campbell - returns to the universe he has created to deal with the complete and utter mess his main character has made of things between shattering the pseudo-empire that had been his enemy for so long and smiting the nose of a rather screwed-up race of violently introverted aliens who attempted to sneak solar-system killing mines into most of humanity's safeholds.That'll do for an overview. Basically, this entire series is military space opera, naval focus, without any kind of bizarre diddling of physics to make the ships behave like Napoleonic-era men-of-war. There's hand-waving for the interstellar travel bit and then something of a solid and quasi-rational approach to the almost-reality of Newtonian physics within which we all have to live normally. That makes the whole set-up a lot easier to swallow from a reading standpoint. There's only a couple of "gimme"s and you can then get on with the story.And telling a gripping story is where Mr. Emry's talents lay. The characters are empathetic, the plots and subplots appear straightforward but rarely are, human behaviors affect outcomes, pro and con, and it's easy to cheer for the "good guys", even though they have issues. Best of all, there's none of that half-rotten squishy leftist politically correct navel gazing stupidity that inundates much of the current fare of fiction in the world.Is it a little shallow in places? Well, yeah. He doesn't do many scene settings. You won't get great sweeping vistas of alien worlds from the ground level, just orbital views as things are targeted for destruction. There's a few places the characters go aboard ship, and that's about it. And, let's be honest, some of the "bad" guys are totally stupid-shallow. Sorry. There. I said it.Regardless, the books entrap a reader into flipping on to the next page as fast you can take in the words. The main elements are there in terms of empathetic characterization, engaging plot, very accessible prose, and the author's innate ability to keep you reading to Find Out What Happens Next. That's what I like in my entertainment fiction and that's what Mr. Hemry aka Jack Campbell delivers in spades.I would actually score this story a 4.5 rather than a 4, but that's Amazon. Not a 5 due to some shallowness in lack of setting variety and some areas of bad guy characterization.

In the Lost Fleet series Jack Campbell has Captain John "Black Jack" Geary awake from cryogenic sleep to take command and despite overwhelming odds bring the Alliance fleet home. In this new series, Beyond the Frontier, Geary returns with new challenges. I wondered if Campbell could maintain the tension in this new series that was the hallmark of The Lost Fleet books. I started reading Dreadnaught[Image] and had trouble putting it down. A whole new set of problems kept me reading and the tension that was a hallmark of the first series was there.Dreadnaught[Image] starts a month after the last book in the Lost Fleet series. Geary and Tanya managed get away and marry but immediately were called back to duty. Geary has a new assignment. He is to command the First Fleet and his duty is to investigate the aliens and check out the Syndicate Worlds. There are layers to the assignment. The politicians and the military high command do not trust Geary while the people adore him. It seems that a living hero can be very inconvenient to those in power. Geary cannot help but wonder if he is being sent on a suicide mission. Of course Dreadnaught ends with a cliff hanger.Jack Campbell (John Hemry) writes great military science fiction and terrible romance. The interaction between Geary and Tanya in the romance area is thin at best but great in the military story. The entire cast of characters is back; even ones that I expected to stay home are back on the ships. The pace is great, the story good, and the action thrilling and sometimes unexpected. Something new to look for are all the saying that include "Black Jack" in them. While Geary does not enjoy hearing them they are amusing.

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I am enjoying this extension of the lost fleet series and the way the story continues ues to evolve. Well worth the read!

I always enjoy book 7 in a 6 part series.This series needed this book as Black Jack Geary had rescued the Alliance Fleet, kicked the Syndics butt, and discovered an alien race called the enigma who were just sitting by and watching the Syndic and Alliance forces destroy each other so they could move in and take over the neighbourhood.Having returned to Earth the politicians had to do something with Black Jack Geary because he was just too powerful after this triumphant return with what remained of the alliance fleet.What better way then to give him back the fleet and ask him to explore the limits of Enigma space and while there please negotiate a truce with the Enigma. Well the Enigma are in no mood for that and even worse they are so paranoid that as soon as the Alliance fleet gets close enough to any of their population or star ships they blow themselves up leaving Black Jack with nothing but dust.At the end of the book there is a cliff hanger, and a potentail new enemy, that of course will lead to the next book in this series.All the books in the Lost Fleet series are highly developed military science fiction and highly recommendedflag

Lost fleet: beyond the frontier. Seguito della saga, ottimo sia come soggetto che come trama. Consigliato a chi ha letto gli altri.

Ce nouvel opus s'inscrit parfaitement dans la ligne suivie avec grand succès au cours des 6 premiers épisodes de "The Lost Fleet". Jack Campbell réussit à renouveler les conditions du combat de la flotte sans nuire au suspense et aux rebondissements de l'intrigue. Ce nouvel épisode "Dreadnaught" est un vrai plaisir à dévorer sans modération.