Last Measure of Devotion

TCOTU #5

by Britt Ringel

Garrett Heskan means to make his home in Seshafi, far from his enemies and his past in the Brevic Republic. But the small system is under unprecedented attack from its neighbors in the Sade system, bent on absorbing Seshafi’s ruling corporation into its own. Heskan led the Seshafian navy to a brutal victory, but one battle will not win this war.

Thrust into the fleet commander role and still learning the peculiar scriptures of corporate warfare, Heskan must work with AmyraCorp’s CEO to stay one step ahead of Sade and the treachery of Admiral Wallace. The moves in this winner-take-all game of corporate takeover will see Heskan at The Courts of Nessus and on battlefields in both Sade and Seshafi. Can Heskan find a way to secure the future he promised his Brevic followers when they fled to this corner of the universe, or will Heskan’s past be used against him to orchestrate Wallace’s victory?

This is the fifth and final book in the This Corner of the Universe series, completing the story of Garrett Heskan and the original crew of Anelace.

Genres: Science Fiction, Space Opera

358 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 7, 2015

About the author

Britt Ringel has been a windsurfing instructor, Air Force captain, attorney, and teacher, but his passion is building galaxies and the characters who inhabit them. When not writing, or reading, he enjoys military documentaries, building model ships, and spoiling his golden retriever, Jengo.

Reviews

[Quinn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember this having tense battle scenes (space war has just so many deaths!), nice touches of political manouvering, and slightly questionable pairing of Heskan and what's her face. I only say questionable because it felt a teensy bit forced? I know they've been together through thick and thin, but it felt like she hits on him progressively more through this instalment and that didn't really sit well with me in that it didn't feel natural or true to her character..

I wasn't sure how Ringel would wrap up this series, but it somehow felt satisfying and unsatisfying at the same time, which I'm going to blame on the questionable pairing.

[Volpot · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. OK conclusion, but seemed a little anti-climactic

[Marc Therrien · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fitting end for TCOTU, warm but heartbreaking at the same time.

[R L MAPP · Rating 5 out of 5]

A interwoven weft , of golden threaded weaving, shot through with the silver sadness of loss ,yet brightened with the red thread of true love. Science fiction at its best. A bloody good read. Obliged, Thank-You.

I guess I liked it. By the way I got the review into the heading,drat! these new fangled machines, time I got upgrade.

[Shane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four and a half stars. What a great way to end the series. Ringel has come a long, long way as a writer. None of the series was bad, but the writing and the characters just got better and better with each book.

This was book five, and by now the characters are fairly well developed. This just leaves more room for action, and plenty of dynamics between the characters. It was a fun read with plenty of action. This was very difficult to put down.