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Dutiful Daughter
During routine wargame maneuvers, the V.S.S. Renaissance encounters strange FTL signatures approaching their home world on an attack vector. Join Captain Trace Atherton as she fights the battle that could cost her crew, her career, and maybe even her life...
For fans of military science-fiction authors like David Weber, Fred Saberhagen and David Drake, Dutiful Daughter is a short story set among the Syndicate Worlds, where glorified crime bosses own entire planets and fight each other for fun and profit.
For fans of military science-fiction authors like David Weber, Fred Saberhagen and David Drake, Dutiful Daughter is a short story set among the Syndicate Worlds, where glorified crime bosses own entire planets and fight each other for fun and profit.
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First published July 27, 2011
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September 17, 2012
Book Info: Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera Reading Level: Adult Recommended for: Fans of science-fiction and space opera.
Disclosure: I picked up a copy of this book free first on Smashwords and then later on Amazon (because I forgot I had it); I am under no particular obligation, but am happy to provide an honest review.
Synopsis: During routine wargame maneuvers, the V.S.S. Renaissance encounters strange FTL signatures approaching their home world on an attack vector. Join Captain Trace Atherton as she fights the battle that could cost her crew, her career, and maybe even her life...
For fans of military science-fiction authors like David Weber, Fred Saberhagen and David Drake, Dutiful Daughter is a short story set among the Syndicate Worlds, where glorified crime bosses own entire planets and fight each other for fun and profit.
My Thoughts: This is a very short story, which is both good and bad. Good, because it was a quick read when I wanted to get one more review done this weekend, and bad because space opera requires a vast, sweeping canvas on which to apply its overall brush strokes.
That said: holy crap, when is Kellen going to write the books for this story? This is fodder for a terrific series of space operas and/or military science-fiction and I want to read them now! If you’re a fan of the genre, and especially if you enjoy David Weber’s Honor Harrington series, you will not want to miss this wonderful short story.
Disclosure: I picked up a copy of this book free first on Smashwords and then later on Amazon (because I forgot I had it); I am under no particular obligation, but am happy to provide an honest review.
Synopsis: During routine wargame maneuvers, the V.S.S. Renaissance encounters strange FTL signatures approaching their home world on an attack vector. Join Captain Trace Atherton as she fights the battle that could cost her crew, her career, and maybe even her life...
For fans of military science-fiction authors like David Weber, Fred Saberhagen and David Drake, Dutiful Daughter is a short story set among the Syndicate Worlds, where glorified crime bosses own entire planets and fight each other for fun and profit.
My Thoughts: This is a very short story, which is both good and bad. Good, because it was a quick read when I wanted to get one more review done this weekend, and bad because space opera requires a vast, sweeping canvas on which to apply its overall brush strokes.
That said: holy crap, when is Kellen going to write the books for this story? This is fodder for a terrific series of space operas and/or military science-fiction and I want to read them now! If you’re a fan of the genre, and especially if you enjoy David Weber’s Honor Harrington series, you will not want to miss this wonderful short story.
February 24, 2012
Not big on military science fiction. But this one was a great read. I'm really impressed by the author's ability to take what could have been the typical strategic space battle and inject some drama into his tale. Would love to see this story continued in a novel.
November 17, 2011
I hadn't realized that this was a short story so the abrupt end caught me off guard. However, it would be a good full length book should the author feel inclined to continue.
June 27, 2012
A fun short story very much in the tradition of David Weber, with a few dark twists.
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