What do you think?
Rate this book
Defender: The Arwen Book one
The Arwen:Regal
When a comet the size of a small moon threatens the remote world of Regal the Earth Alliance assigns the most decorated ship in the fleet, the Arwen, to destroy it. Its Captain, Marjorie Cook, sees this as an opportunity to redeem herself after a tragic mistake in her past causes the death of over 400 of her crew. It seems like an easy mission but, when the Arwen arrives, it finds things are not what they seem.
The Arwen:Ulliam
The Gyssyc ship is in orbit above Ulliam; the Taskforce sent to meet them has been destroyed. Captain Cook fears the worst; the Gyssyc has declared war on the Ulliam. The crew of the Arwen must figure out what happened before a second fleet arrives, the fate of three races rests in their hands.
The Arwen:Armada
The Earth Alliance prepares itself for a new war. Two old enemies have allied themselves with Regal, the planet the Arwen saved two years earlier, to build a massive Armada assigned to destroy Earth. Vice Admiral Payton Cook must defend the planet against insurmountable odds while Captain Cook does battle to save Ulliam from a deadly surprise attack.
Regal won the 2007 Parsec award for best Novella
When a comet the size of a small moon threatens the remote world of Regal the Earth Alliance assigns the most decorated ship in the fleet, the Arwen, to destroy it. Its Captain, Marjorie Cook, sees this as an opportunity to redeem herself after a tragic mistake in her past causes the death of over 400 of her crew. It seems like an easy mission but, when the Arwen arrives, it finds things are not what they seem.
The Arwen:Ulliam
The Gyssyc ship is in orbit above Ulliam; the Taskforce sent to meet them has been destroyed. Captain Cook fears the worst; the Gyssyc has declared war on the Ulliam. The crew of the Arwen must figure out what happened before a second fleet arrives, the fate of three races rests in their hands.
The Arwen:Armada
The Earth Alliance prepares itself for a new war. Two old enemies have allied themselves with Regal, the planet the Arwen saved two years earlier, to build a massive Armada assigned to destroy Earth. Vice Admiral Payton Cook must defend the planet against insurmountable odds while Captain Cook does battle to save Ulliam from a deadly surprise attack.
Regal won the 2007 Parsec award for best Novella
406 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 31, 2009
7 people are currently reading
6 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
August 27, 2016
Starship Mission
Captain Marjorie Cook has been a starship captain for over twenty years. The Hellamites are the enemy. When Captain Cook took her vessel out of a wormhole after two years in dead space, she didn't read the report which detailed Hellamite activity in the area. She didn't have the shields up or the ship on yellow alert. The mistake resulted in over four hundred deaths. It haunts her days and her nights.
"Years of bloodshed had caused many wrinkles and lines to form on her face. Her ex-husband called them character lines; her mom called them worry lines. But Marjorie preferred to call them experience lines— they told the tale of her life better than the many medals on her uniform."
A comet the size of Pluto is headed toward the planet Regal. When Captain Cook gets new orders to use the Arwen, a Tolkien class battle cruiser, to intercept the comet rather than notice of a judiciary hearing, she's shocked.
There's a symbolic reason why Captain Cook has to take the Arwen on the mission. But she accepts the mission as a way to redeem what she perceives as her earlier failure.
Captain Cook reminds me of Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway. VA Janeway said: "There are three things to remember about being a starship captain: keep your shirt tucked in, go down with the ship, and never abandon a member of your crew."
Timothy Callahan's The Arwen, Book One: Defender is an excellent science fiction adventure. The plot is interesting and the characters are compelling. At the end of the book, there's a preview of The Arwen Book Two: Manifest Destiny.
Captain Marjorie Cook has been a starship captain for over twenty years. The Hellamites are the enemy. When Captain Cook took her vessel out of a wormhole after two years in dead space, she didn't read the report which detailed Hellamite activity in the area. She didn't have the shields up or the ship on yellow alert. The mistake resulted in over four hundred deaths. It haunts her days and her nights.
"Years of bloodshed had caused many wrinkles and lines to form on her face. Her ex-husband called them character lines; her mom called them worry lines. But Marjorie preferred to call them experience lines— they told the tale of her life better than the many medals on her uniform."
A comet the size of Pluto is headed toward the planet Regal. When Captain Cook gets new orders to use the Arwen, a Tolkien class battle cruiser, to intercept the comet rather than notice of a judiciary hearing, she's shocked.
There's a symbolic reason why Captain Cook has to take the Arwen on the mission. But she accepts the mission as a way to redeem what she perceives as her earlier failure.
Captain Cook reminds me of Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway. VA Janeway said: "There are three things to remember about being a starship captain: keep your shirt tucked in, go down with the ship, and never abandon a member of your crew."
Timothy Callahan's The Arwen, Book One: Defender is an excellent science fiction adventure. The plot is interesting and the characters are compelling. At the end of the book, there's a preview of The Arwen Book Two: Manifest Destiny.
Displaying 1 of 1 review