Warrior

Legacy Fleet #2

by Nick Webb

We repelled the Swarm, for now.
But they won’t stop: they’re inhuman. They have no inhibitions. No conscience.
And no mercy.
But from the crucible of battle has risen an unlikely hero. Captain Timothy Granger, at the helm of another time-tested battleship, will take the fight to the enemy. He’ll discover their secrets. Find their homeworld. Destroy it before they destroy ours.
He will save us all. He must.
Or we’ll die.
WARRIOR **

Genres: Science Fiction, Space Opera, Audiobook, Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Military Fiction

378 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 16, 2015

About the author

Nick became a scientist so that he could build starships. Unfortunately, his ship is taking longer to build than he'd hoped, so fictional starships will have to do for now. When he's not adding to his starship collection, you can find him tweeting and facebooking about Nasa, science, space, SciFi, and quoting Star Trek II.

He lives in Alabama with his wife, 2 kids, and 3 motorcycles.


Note: This author also writes books under the name of Endi Webb

Reviews

[Charles van Buren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Charles van Buren

TOP 1000 REVIEWER

3.0 out of 5 stars

Wheels within wheels

April 7, 2019

Format: Kindle Edition

This review is of the Kindle edition:
Publication date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
ASIN: B01843ZDJC

There are already over 600 reviews about 87% positive. There really isn't much need for another but here is a short one. A large part of this volume involves duplicitous politicians and convoluted politics. Who can be trusted? Wheels within wheels even in the fleet. Not quite up to the first volume.

I downloaded this book via Kindle Unlimited.

[Jarek "the Mistborn" Dąbrowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great second book in the legacy fleet trilogy. The plot has expanded and so have the characters plus we got more aliens:D quick fast paced read. Got me biting nails at one point:D Just the thing for epic fantasy hangovers:) 4 stars and I WILL read the last one for sure.

[Sean Rassleagh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story line has now diverged from BattleStar Galactica and we're on something more like Star Trek Enterprise series 3 where they go after the Xindi. The earth is scarred by the swarm super-weapon and the Warrior is going after their homeworld before they can come back and attack earth again.

Once again we get a mix of huge Battlestar Galactica like space battles but this time with more political intrigue and some similar story developments as Enterprise when they start engaging with the enemy species. Trying to avoid spoilers here.

As science fiction the science bit sucks although the author deserves a bit of kudos for going metric and chucking in some actual SI units like Joules. Marks off for thinking 2 pi is 6.14.... though. More seriously this is supposed to be 500 years in the future but it is actually more like the 1980s in terms of information technology. People with filing cabinets with combination locks and printouts? People crashing ships with thousands of crew as a suicide tactic rather than using drones? We are already getting close to the point where computers will fly fighter planes better than people and five hundred years from now we still need human pilots? There isn't any real attempt to envision technology and life 500 years in the future, just copying standard tropes from Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica which are looking dated because our own technology has moved on.

I thought this one was weaker than the first. It was still good enough to read in one go and onto the third immediately but only because it was free on KU. There's not much memorable here.

[Lee Zagrzebski · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very different book than the first of the series. And not in a good way.

Nick pretty much abandons any semblance of the gritty realism(albeit stolen from BSG) that made Constitution a very good book. The technology, logistics, and politics all drastically change their feel.

For instance, we are to believe they managed to pull the Warrior into service after being decommissioned very quickly, not only that but they doubled its armorments and quintupled it’s fighter cimpliment. That’s.... just insane. It defies logic and credulity. Or the entires internal logic so the Qdroves is wiped away. The scouts were blazingly fast, able to Qjump once a minute, and now ever ship in the fleet can. This is just handeaved away. How about barely being able to scrap together a couple dozen shops to defend Earth in constitution to field over a thousand in a single flee. Or the logistics of somehow pumping out hundreds of ships in a matter of months. Given the scale of these ships from Athens first book this just isn’t probabale. Or how being engaged in nearly daily battles you can get magically repaired with little more than a grossly insiffient mention as to how. Or the idea of keeping millions of people engaged in secret projects creating hundreds of ships and illegal arms without anyone noticing....

This pattern of fiat and dues ex machine persists throughout Warrior. Really, it feels like that when Nick wrote Constitution, he had no real plan for here his future books were going and when he started writing them there wasn’t anyone there to edit for content and consistency. Really, this book felt very lazily written and is a pale shadow of Constitution.

He’s just trying to tell a different kind of story than in a Constitution, and IMO that’s a mistake.

[Enzo · Rating 4 out of 5]

So in this second volume of the Trilogy. Captain Granger is now known as the Hero of Earth. He enters battle with a completely different approach then others. This is what is holding back the Swarm. We see how devastating the Swarm are and how totally unready the IDF was. All in a days work for Granger and Commander Proctor.
As the War progresses Humans have their first contact with the Dolmasi. They are one of the seven races that have been enslaved by the Swarm. The Dolmasi are formidable and they will play their part when it comes to it. The IDF also has other fronts, internally they are trying to prevent the killing of President Avery.
I really enjoy the dimensions Nick Webb has added to the series. So many more venues where a real war is fought.
Great read and fast. Lots of action for the action junkies. Deviation from the tried and true formula is minimum but it just makes the read even more enjoyable.

[John W McKinney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice read

A Good sequel to Constitution. The characters work to overcome what seems to be a insurmountable task only to be surprised at the last minute. Downloading Victory, the third volume now. Enjoy!

[Bea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boj s rojom pokračuje, ale celok mi nejako škrípe. je tam veľa drobností, ktoré nie sú vyslovene zlé, ale zadierajú sa pod kožu nie práve príjemným spôsobom. Jednak mi chýbala takpovediac "pevná pôda" pod nohami, pretože tu sú intrigy v intrigách a každý môže byť podozrivý no a potom také drobné nelogickosti, niektoré sa síce dajú vysvetliť, ale ak to vysvetlenie sa neponúka samo ale treba ho pracne hľadať v rôznych podmienkach a podopierať nenapísanými možnosťami: ak by toto fungovalo týmto spôsobom, tak by to mohlo fungovať. A riešenia niekedy prídu akoby mávnutím čarovného prútika. A po celý čas som rozmýšľala, odkiaľ sa berú nové lode, nové stíhačky a školený personál?
Páčil sa mi vývoj Roja, to bola prekvapivá a pozitívna časť a pretože som zvedavá ako to dopadne s rojom, prečítam aj tú tretiu knihu.

[Kasia (kasikowykurz) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pierwszy tom podobał mi się trochę bardziej, ale na tym nie do końca mogłam się skupić w niektórych momentach (wina raczej trudnego tygodnia, aniżeli samej książki). Ale to naprawdę fajna kontynuacja, logiczna, sensowna i jestem ogromnie ciekawa, co będzie dalej. Lektor tez robi robotę, bo jest świetny i bardzo lubię ten głos. Parokrotnie się zaskoczyłam, do tego fajnie, że dowiedzieliśmy się trochę więcej na temat samego Roju (:

[Mark Coffey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good Sci Fi, Horrible Dialog

I really want to like this series. The vision of the future, the science is good stuff. But....the writing at times is horrible. Politicians and soldiers winking at each other? The President sexually propositioning the vice president? Crude sexual innuendos sprinkled around like the editor told the author, hey you need more sex in the book. That wouldn't bother me but so much of it, so much dialog is out of context, out of character, unrealistic. There are so many plot twists, it's like the author had to struggle for filler material and a way to lead into a third book. There are just too many inconsistencies, too many things that stretch the credibility of the characters and plot. The first half was as really good, the second half, incredibly bad.

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first book of this series was enjoyable, so I picked up the second shortly after it came out. I must admit that I found the first four or so chapters of this book to be weak, with Granger and Proctor acting out of character and even silly. I almost gave it three stars just for that weak beginning (and also for what I would consider needless vulgarity). After that, however, the book settles down and becomes another enjoyable installment in this series. Webb has created another page turner, and I will read the next one.

[Elizabeth Perez · Rating 5 out of 5]

A continuation of fighting against the swarm.

Lots of interesting things happen we find out the name of the swarm and some other facts. We learn a little more about the President and veep.

The ending left me with an odd feeling, I loved most of it... I guess there was sort of a cliff hanger kinda. I just can't wait to find out to one of the characters but I am also a little afraid so I am going to move on to a few other books before jumping into #3.

Overall of a middle book in the series this one wasn't bad.

[Phoenix Reads]

I love the whole series. The hero is a seriously flawed captain of a starship that is going to be junked. It is old an obsolete warship and there has not been a war for 200 years. He is sent out on one last mission and finds that we are not alone in the universe. And the aliens want to destroy us all. Great battle scenes.

[Betty Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Example of a classic science fiction space opera

This is a really good series. Action and drama, well-defined characters, and the story that keeps you interested from beginning to end . Shades of Battlestar Galactica make this something well worth reading .

[JackMac355 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good space opera

Average book but entertaining . good for light reading and as a distraction at night. Still worthy of completing the trilogy

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good

But a bit of a step back because the intricacies of the plot became very convoluted and difficult to follow. It didn't feel quite as polished as the previous.

[Kathryn A. Cardona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

What can I say? Some of the best science fiction I have ever read. Can't wait to read book three

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay I've got one pet peeve. I'm two books in and it looks like literally everybody is still snorting. Am I gonna have to start accepting that this will be the norm for the remaining 4 books? It's no major thing, but....it's so distracting that this is the response of choice being assigned to the characters for such a variety of scenarios lol. He snorted. She let out a snort. He answered with a snort. Must everyone snort? Lol, but...let's move on.

This book has pretty much the same flow and feel as its predecessor generally speaking, which is a good thing. I wasn't jarred or thrown off kilter, forced to go along some other side story when all I really wanna do is dive in where I left off with the story. It plugs you RIGHT back in with only a few months of passing time between books. I nearly rated it the same as book #1, but there was so much improvement and cool things being introduced, I felt it deserved another star for the sheer delight of being taken along for the ride, no matter how wild and crazy that ride is. Yes, many of the scenes are still hard to visualize and follow. So many ships, so many explosions....how the heck can even the CHARACTERS keep track of them all?

I did appreciate one improvement since the first book: the expansion of characters. This is what I felt the first book lacked, but...looks like I needed to be a bit more patient. Now of course, while I appreciate getting a chance to spend more time with the characters so I can get to know their thought-process and decide if I wanna like or hate them, I do feel like they're too often a bit cast-aside in a part of the story to the point where I almost forget about them. When I'm brought back, I found myself thinking, "Oh yeah, you. Hi again." This isn't a complaint per se, just an indication of how much stuff is going on in the story at different locations, so obviously there's a need to go back and forth. Perhaps that's indicative of how much into the story I'm getting too. Hah!

At any rate, I'm still enjoying the story thus far, love the new twists being added, and now dying to see where we go from here. "Victory," here I come! Well, next month anyway when I able to rent a new book.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

From Page 1, Nick Webb drops me into a battle over planet Earth proving, once again, that one of his strengths lies in the writing of exciting space action. All the characters from book one are back, making their presences felt in the first couple of chapters. Then, less than 40 pages in, we get an actual twist that took both Granger and myself by surprise. It’s a strong start.

It doesn’t quite live up to its start. The conspiracy storyline is presented in a way that makes it a little too complex, especially seeing it boils down to something quite simple. What made the Swarm so compelling in the first book is that most of what we had was guesswork, and I fear we learn a little too much here; too much information can threaten to weaken a villain, especially when their abilities are borrowed from other science fiction. Proctor is side-lined too much in my opinion. Also, a reveal later on in the book actually doesn’t make sense: why did they need Granger to show up before making their move? It’s a plot hole that doesn’t work for me.

I feel like I’ve done a lot of complaining. There is a lot here to enjoy; vivid edge-of-your-seat action, interesting, compelling characters and a plot that genuinely kept me guessing. It’s a decent read and I plan to read Number 3 as I am eager to see what happens next.

[I Cristian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best book of the series. Tim Granger becomes "the Bricklayer", we are introduced to a new alien race and we finally get to see the humans fighting with some chances against the Swarm. The final fight is actually quite well-played and the build-up to it is quite new, as opposed to the first book in the series, which was riddled with overused clichees (and straight-up recycling of ideas from various other SF books or tv shows).
It is almost non-stop action and it is what makes it as good as it is. If it slowed to try and have a go at character building and making us care more about some of its characters, it would simply not be as good as it is. The fact that we still do not know who is the real enemy and what is each major player's involvement keeps things interesting on the long term also. Which will bring us to the last book in this trilogy. :)

[Steven Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun action packed second book full of intrigue.

From chapter one you have to buckle your set belts and enjoy the ride. I enjoyed all most all the POV's with only a couple of the vice presidents chapters being took oblivious about what he would end up doing. Still his last two chapters were fun. Overall there was a number of twist, and twist within twist that at were somewhat predictable but enjoyable nonetheless. I will admit to reading and thinking to much so that might be just me and others like me. The tech jargon was not as distracting or flowed well enough to become back ground noise like in Star Trek. I am reading the series on kindle unlimited but will end up likely buying it at some point. A good read.

[Thomas James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who do you trust?

That answered a lot of questions. And opened new ones. In many ways we have a new concept in SciFi Fantasy: an Alien race controls the thoughts and minds of other species without taking them over completely. There also seems to be a way out of this slavery by strength of will. But we don't know much and this story could go anywhere. It's already a bit complicated with espionage, decrepit, assassinations, black ops, illegal and secret military operations, and extremely extensive loss of human life. It is impossible to know a good person from a bad. We hope everything works out for good in the end. Like they say, "One way to get the majority on your side is to get rid of the ones who aren't!"

[Mark Weaver · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some have said the Legacy Fleet Trilogy is a ripoff of Battlestar Galactica, and I do see some similarities. However, Webb has created an interesting story that should please most people who like this genre. Filled with action, this book is a page turner like the first in the series. If you are a stickler for the nature of physics, you may be frustrated by Webb's loose adaptation of the reality of our current knowledge of physics. Then again, this story is meant to be an escape. And I'm sure that many scoffed at ideas that Clarke, Asimov, and Heinlein included in their books...not that I am comparing these icons of SF to Webb.

I look forward to the next book in the series.

[Simon Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

A truly solid follow-up to a great trilogy opener. The character arcs are progressing nicely, amidst the background of lots of war, death and destruction. The focus is on the primary characters navigating their way through uncertainty, stress and traumas. It doesn't really focus on the effects and fallout of the war on the innocent. Make no mistake, those would make excellent and deep stories in themselves however it would detract from the main story arc the author is exploring. He does reach down into that rabbit hole occasionally, grounding the reader in the plight and costs of war in innocence lost.
I'm currently reading the third book now - and enjoying it.

[Bruce McNair · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is Book 2 of The Legacy Fleet Trilogy. It continues the saga of Captain Granger - this time in charge of another one of the outdated starships of the Legacy Fleet, The Warrior, after his previous ship, The Constitution, is rebuilt following the massive damage it suffered. This time Granger goes after the enemy, taking the fight to systems they control. But the familiar carnage ensues from anything Granger touches. This book continues the tradition of great battles in space. I give it 4 stars out of 5.

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m a fan of Nick Webb’s writing, especially in his ability to choreograph battle action. His descriptions are so well written and thought out I almost feel like I’m right there experiencing the action myself. Like in Book 1, Constitution, the battles in book 2 were big and very large scale with plenty of action. They moved quickly and many characters were involved. Nick doesn’t appear to be adverse to taking out main characters, or characters that you might easily grow fond of. I’m enjoying the series and am excited to pick up book 3 soon.

[John R. Goyer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'd place this between 2 and 3 stars - some good action, but our hero has become rather full of himself, and while that's a point of the story, having maneuvers and groups named after him seems extreme. The politics is certainly interesting between the president and VP - but in reality everyone seems pretty shallow and not well developed. The continuous ever increasing action is also getting a bit old, and the cliff-hanging rescues increasingly implausible - I'll probably read the next and hope it gets better...

[Leslie Baptiste · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stumbled over this gem of a series, glad I did.

Very well done, fast paced, plenty of action, very enjoyable.
For some reason I thought I had read the series Kendall said I had read the first book in the series but I do not remember it. But this one was excellent. Space battles political intrigue and machinations not knowing who your enemy is what more can I say. If you like all these factors in a book you will enjoy the Book. I’m glad I found it later on so I don’t have to wait for the next installment.

[Ken · Rating 4 out of 5]

A let down from book 1

I wasn’t planning on reading a dystopian novel where the Predident shoots a-congresswoman and no one objects. But All the while the author(s) philosophize about the dignity of death and just what makes a hero. Other incongruities in the plot and elsewhere made Book 2 a disappointment vis-a-vis book 1. Still very enjoyable , however, and will continue on with the series.

[Casey · Rating 2 out of 5]

On the one hand, at least it's less of a BSG rip-off so it feels more original. On the other, the logistics are ludicrous - readers are led to believe that Earth can apparently create HUNDREDS of advanced spaceships in less than two months and that Earth would have the capability to be fine with dozens of these ships being destroyed at EVERY battle. It made an already iffy story just hilarious in entirely the wrong way.

[Tony Hisgett · Rating 2 out of 5]

At the end of the book several things start to make sense, but the journey to get there was fairly excruciating. Nearly everybody seems to be a traitor of some kind, millions die and hundreds of ships are destroyed.
I tried to follow the political intrigue, but things just seemed to happen at random.
I wish I could give more than two stars, but there were times when the story was so incredulous that I almost gave up.