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“[Dreadnaught] delivers everything fans expect from Black Jack Geary and more.”
Monsters & Critics
“The story line is as always faster than the speed of light.”
Alternative Worlds
“Campbell combines the best parts of military SF and grand space opera to launch a new adventure series.”
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“Campbell combines the best parts of military SF and grand space opera to launch a new adventure series.”
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View our feature on Jack Campbell's The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught.
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.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Full On Hard Core Military Sc-Fi Series,
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This review is from: The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught (Hardcover)
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 recommended flag
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
By far the best book on John Geary, in this new series, post-Syndic war.,
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This review is from: The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught (Hardcover)
SPOILER WARNING - I have every book in the series and as each book comes out, with the exception of books 3 and 4 (which lacks the polish of the other books and seems a bit lost and repetitive - as others have noted, books 3 and 4 could have been combined into 1 book), the series gets noticeably better. This book, which starts a new series after the Syndic war, is full of interesting discoveries about the internal politics of the Alliance, the Enigma race and at the very end, following the start of an epic battle, the discovery of another race it seems. This book is by far the best ever written about Black Jack Geary, and leaves you hanging on your seat, waiting for the next in the series. This new series seems to be more complete, better thought through and has more engaging characters.
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3.9 out of 5 stars (78 customer reviews) 73 of 80 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Solid start to a new series, hungry for more,
By Dave - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught (Hardcover)
Dreadnaught was, while perhaps not exactly what I had been expecting, a thoroughly enjoyable read. I tore through it today in essentially one sitting, and I'd recommend it with no significant reservations whatsoever to anyone who has read the Lost Fleet series so far. I've loved this series since Dauntless came out way back when, and if anything, my excitement and anticipation before each book release has only grown as the story has progressed, so I honestly don't know whether even an 800 page tome of Black Jack's adventures would have left me feeling any differently. Dreadnaught feels a little different from any of the Lost Fleet books (rightfully so, we're beginning a new series), and builds tension in a way that Geary's campaign to bring the fleet back through Syndicate space never did (did anyone really think one of the books was going to conclude with 'and then the Syndicate armada wore down Geary's fleet through attrition, the last Alliance survivors were captured and forced to dig holes for eternity, and the war went on forever'?). Be warned though, there are MANY issues raised in order to build that tension, and Dreadnaught ends without resolving many (read: any) of them. By now I have faith in Mr. Hemry to plot his series as he feels appropriate (Dauntless didn't end with Geary winning the war and fighting the Enigma race in Midway, after all) so all there is to do now is jump into the survival pod and hibernate until next year.
36 of 42 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Our Story So Far,
By Jim Pottorf - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught (Hardcover)
Despite Mr. Hemry's original assertion that Dreadnought would be the first book of a new series, it is really a continuation of the old one...book seven of six, or book one of part 2. Think of it just as Black Jack a month older with a new destination. It is hard to give it a grade. Comparing it to the nearly constant action of previous books in the series, it would be a three-pointed one star. But as both a recap and set up for future books, it could be worth three or four stars. Let's say a three star rating. Once we are another couple of books into the series, I'm sure that its necessity will become more apparent. I'm willing to hope that is true. But there wasn't much action, it left unanswered questions about the Alliance government's motives, as well as those of some of the central characters (Rione in particular) and the Enigma race itself. And it served to introduce yet another race every bit as enigmatic as the Enigma race. Is the enemy of my enemy my friend, or just another enemy with different motivations and weapons? The fact we don't know means the book was a good set up. I look forward to seeing where it goes from here.
33 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Read, Exciting New Series,
By Mark - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught (Hardcover)
I wasn't planning to read this in one day, but it was so good, I couldn't put the book down. "Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught" details Geary's mission to learn more about the aliens and creates many new questions and interesting scenarios that I look forward to reading more about later in the series.As others noted, there are only a couple battles but I wasn't surprised as a lot of background and plot had to be set up for the new series. I must note though that I thought these portions of the novel were still really interesting and fun to read. My favorite part about the novel was probably when Geary and his people were trying to make sense of the aliens as they learned more about them; the enigma race is a really interesting opponent and I thought Campbell did a good job of revealing some information about the aliens while still maintaining a mysterious aura about them. If you haven't read the previous Lost Fleet novels, you can still read this one as Campbell has put in short summaries here and there reminding the reader of events from past novels when they are necessary in understanding current events. (However, if you haven't read the previous novels, I highly recommend doing so.) The ending was a cliffhanger, which I guess shouldn't be too surprising given that this book is the first in its new series. Overall, this was a really fun book to read and it is a promising start to Beyond the Frontier. I highly recommend it to old Lost Fleet fans, military and space science fiction fans, and anyone looking for a fun, interesting read! |
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