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Admiral Wolf Brim's new assignment to secure the space lanes between Hador-Haelic and the Pentad asteroids of Gontor will enable the Empire to launch Operation Spark, a massive invasion to free Occupied Fluvanna, thus ensuring the Empire's remaining source of faster-than-light travel fuel.

About the Author

Bill Baldwin, the author of The Helmsman series, is a graduate of the Mercerburg Academy and the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a B.A. in journalism and a Masters of Letters degree. He served in the U.S. Air Force at Cape Canaveral supporting Project Mercury. He also managed astronaut public relations during the Gemini and Early Apollo programs. He has worked as a computer programmer for Burroughs Corporation (now UNISYS) and Xerox Corporation. Bill lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife Pat and two cats.

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4.0 out of 5 stars New Book, Feb 26 2003

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Like many of you, i have despaired being able to continue the tales of Wilf Brim. I have read these 7 books repeatedly, and basically haunted Bill Baldwin's website to get moe news. Recently, it was announced in his website that Timberwolf Press will be releasing the next book, Turning Tide, as well as re-releasing the earlier 7 books again. I cannot wait for it to be available here.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Aging Admiral Wilf Brim continues his fight against Evil!, May 3 1997

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Baldwin continues the saga of the Helmsman (now Admiral) Wilf Brim as he fights against the Evil Empire of the League and its stooges in the Torond. Baldwin has again crafted a 'space opera' that carries the reader into another place and time. Though the battle scenes and some pages of discription were lifted directly from previous Helmsman's books, the story is plausible. I especially like seeing an aging Brim coming to grips with the changes of mid-life. A good read and good escapist literature

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5.0 out of 5 stars another great book in the series, Nov 5 2001

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Bill Baldwin keeps getting better. I really enjoy this series: I've read every one of the books many times. The books keep growing on me: each time I re-read them I find more details that I missed the previous times through. The publisher is insane not to be encouraging Baldwin to write the next six books in the series. Hopefully enough fan support will cause them to rethink this foolish decision. This series is great Space Opera: far better then the vast majority of the military sci-fi that gets published.
Other readers have complained about the change in writing style: I get so engrossed in the story that I don't even notice.
The change of technologies over the course of the stories has been particularly interesting: as a military history buff and particularly a navy buff I really enjoy this aspect of the books. I like the fact that while the big ships are no longer dominant the smaller units are still much more substantial than mere fighters: there is no carrier dominance in this universe.
I like the way Baldwin set up the character for more adventures: he's dealing with the same problem David Weber is starting to have with Honor Harrington (too much rank!) in a creative way.
I'd really like to see a Role Playing Game supplement for this universe with pictures of the ships and equipment (and maps): I've thought of running my own campaign in this universe since there's such a tremendous amount of detail in these books, but more information can't hurt (hint,hint)!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wilf Brin gets nailed...
Plenty of action and a couple of new characters you will really, really, REALLY hate. A lot. Wilf, like usual, does his job and does it well - but gets back-stabbed. Lisez davantage

Published on Sep 20 2000 by Richard C. Drew

3.0 out of 5 stars Continuing the story
I've been a Helmsman fan for several years, and I did enjoy this story very much but only because it continued to tell about the character. Lisez davantage

Published on Dec 27 1999