The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught

ByJack Campbell

Release Date: 2011-04-26
Genre: Science Fiction

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 501 Ratings

Description

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The New York Times bestselling series that delivers "edge-of- your-seat combat" (Elizabeth Moon, author of the Vatta's War series).

The Alliance woke Captain John "Black Jack" Geary from cryogenic sleep to take command of the fleet in the century-long conflict against the Syndicate Worlds. Now Fleet Admiral Geary's victory has earned him the adoration of the people-and the enmity of politicians convinced that a living hero can be a very inconvenient thing.

Geary knows that members of the military high command and the government question his loyalty to the Alliance and fear his staging a coup-so he can't help but wonder if the newly christened First Fleet is being deliberately sent to the far side of space on a suicide mission.

Reviews

The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught
5
By Scott11024
Great continuation of the series
Entertaining ...
3
By Dave51v
Good military action and intriguing plots. I find myself flipping through all of the softer portions of the story to get back to the action.

The stories feel like the basic battles are outlined and the outcomes determined and then Campbell has to fill in the gaps between hyperspace jumps with some personal relationship storylines that are rather wooden.

Nevertheless I've enjoyed every one so far and am hopeful that he gets into stride and develops the characters into something a little more interesting.
Good start to a new series.
5
By ALl the reader
This book starts a little slow as the stage is set for the new series but then gets to be a exciting as the previous books.
First Impression
3
By B238ben
This is the first book in the series that I did not love. The first book was successful because it started in the middle of the action. This book is largely devoted to establishing a new plot line but in doing so is also forced to spend a lots of pages on political matters and neglects the far more interesting combat scenes. A necessary transition to be sure
but not quite as exciting. Overall, the book was great in that it picked up quickly from the last and the combat scenes are among the best I've read--I only wish there was more combat. Definitely looking forward to reading the next in the series but this one does not measure up to the rest of the series. Read this so you will be ready for the next in the series.
Very short
3
By Jrhyson
Not to much content. Needed to be much longer.
The Saga Continues!!
5
By siparo
As with the previous books, I couldn't put this one down. Excellent read!! I highly recommend the series to any sic-fi fan. Great continuation of the storyline while setting the stage for the new unknown frontier.
Boring and a blatant setup for a multi book series.
2
By whatever_whatever
Pretty bad. The first half of the book is a plodding bore-fest. At the halfway mark something finally happens, but then it reverts to boring again. In the last 15% of the book, the real action finally kicks in, but it still feels like the author is phoning it in. Then the book suddenly ends on a cliff hanger.

In theory the writer was trying to set the stage and build tension in the first half of the book, but it's not really his strength. Space battles and action are what he is pretty good at, but those are few in this book. His characters are flat. The intrigue isn't intriguing. Overall it's just a really poor effort. The events that take place in this book could be fit into 50 pages. It's a blatant setup for a multi book series.