The Lost Fleet: Courageous

ByJack Campbell

Release Date: 2007-12-18
Genre: Science Fiction

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 483 Ratings

Description

The Lost Fleet continues its perilous journey home, and Captain John "Black Jack" Geary must keep the Alliance one step ahead of its merciless foe ...

After a series of deadly engagements, the Alliance fleet is severely damaged and its arsenal is running low. Forced to halt in the Baldur Star System to raid the Syndic mines for raw materials, Geary is anxious to get moving again. But what should the fleet's next move be? The Syndics are starting to catch on to Geary's tactics, and as the Alliance ships jump from system to system, it's getting harder to stay one step ahead.

What's more, Geary has started to piece fragments of intelligence together into a highly disturbing picture: The Syndics have been keeping the existence of another potential player in the war a secret—and this unknown power may have the means to annihilate the human race ...

Reviews

Courageous
5
By lovestoread365
This is an excellent series with great characters.
Lost Fleet: Courageous
5
By Scott11024
Great book. Love this series.
Space Battle
3
By Codestar7
These nooks are short but glorious.
Amazing ending
5
By blackjackworshipper
Jack Campbell takes the story of the lost band of warriors travelling through enemy territory, has it spanning 6 books, and consistently delivers even through this third book in the series. Wow. The ending alone was perfect. Having Captain Geary constantly struggling between his own actions as the commander of a fleet using forgotten tactics and the bravado of the ‘Black Jack Geary’ persona that hangs on his shoulders makes it all that much more epic.
100 Words or Less
2
By JRubino
[This review is for the first 3 books of the Lost Fleet series.]

“Dauntless” starts with a rush and then settles down into the nuts and bolts of large-scale naval … I mean … space warfare. At first, it seems interesting, though a bit shallow.

However, “Fearless” and “Courageous” add nothing to the first novel. It’s obviously a one-trick concept: formatted battles with confusing geometrical formations and victory against all odds. The same character emotions over and over. A beauty (or curse?) of e-readers is the ability to search key phrases; in these novels the same sentences are repeated over and over. That’s lazy writing.

So, good beginning. Then, monotonous retread.
Excellent!
5
By AkiKikyo
I love everything about these books (so far to be fair). They are all excellently written with a perfectly blended parts of action, description, talking, and mind-bending twists. I bought Dauntless for a trip to just try it out because I saw Elizabeth Moon had commented on the series with praise, and I love her books. After reading the first one, I am totally hooked! I recommend these to anyone who loves space battling books!
Great
5
By Rabdomname083
Space battles, political intrigue, character development, and an author that keeps you on your toes - what more could you want? This is another great book in the series.