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Castle Federation #4
Q-Ship Chameleon
A heroic Captain denied commandA battered but relentless enemyA covert operation to strike at the heart of an unstoppable foe!Captain Kyle Roberts has commanded the carrier Avalon through the most vicious battles of the war against the Terran Commonwealth but with Avalon in for repair, his political enemies deny him a new ship.Unwilling to accept a desk, he takes command of a covert operation using a captured Commonwealth warship to strike at the very heart of their enemy, drawing away the reinforcements that could destroy the Alliance's recent gains.But the spies who planned the operation have secrets they haven't shared. Their allies have their own agendas and the Commonwealth has surprises of its own!
346 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 27, 2016
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Glynn Stewart
115 books1,747 followersGlynn Stewart is the author of over 60 books, including Starship’s Mage, a bestselling science fiction and fantasy series where faster-than-light travel is possible–but only because of magic.
Writing managed to liberate Glynn from a bleak future as an accountant. With his personality and hope for a high-tech future intact, he lives in Southern Ontario with his partner, their cats, and an unstoppable writing habit.
Writing managed to liberate Glynn from a bleak future as an accountant. With his personality and hope for a high-tech future intact, he lives in Southern Ontario with his partner, their cats, and an unstoppable writing habit.
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September 14, 2017
The military needs to act like it's military
not as good as the previous entries. Seemed mostly an excuse to get Roberts another command despite his enemies at home, and to make up the tech/ship gap between Terra and Alliance that was too wide to sustain any more books.
Minor spoiler: Main problem for me was the covert ops chief who kept excusing ridiculously unmilitary behavior by saying , "I've been working on this so long, guess I got obsessed, oops!" Please! Utterly not realistic and was present in a lot of the plotlines.
not as good as the previous entries. Seemed mostly an excuse to get Roberts another command despite his enemies at home, and to make up the tech/ship gap between Terra and Alliance that was too wide to sustain any more books.
Minor spoiler: Main problem for me was the covert ops chief who kept excusing ridiculously unmilitary behavior by saying , "I've been working on this so long, guess I got obsessed, oops!" Please! Utterly not realistic and was present in a lot of the plotlines.
March 8, 2024
Quite unrealistic
I don't really know what to make of this book.
I typically dislike any story which involves Q-ships.
I did somewhat enjoy this one, but quite frankly, it felt realms beyond unrealistic. Sci fi gets alot of leeway when it comes to what happens because "technology". But based on the tech we've seen demonstrated so far in the other books, what ended up happening should not have been possible.
I don't really know what to make of this book.
I typically dislike any story which involves Q-ships.
I did somewhat enjoy this one, but quite frankly, it felt realms beyond unrealistic. Sci fi gets alot of leeway when it comes to what happens because "technology". But based on the tech we've seen demonstrated so far in the other books, what ended up happening should not have been possible.
November 10, 2016
Faulty Writing and Incessant Flawed PC Agenda Scuttles "Q-Ship"
Disclosure: Unlike so many eBook reviewers, I have NO relationship with ANY author/publisher/agent. I read SciFi for personal fun and entertainment. At the time of this review, over 50% of this eBook's reviewers, indicated that they received "free" copies for an "honest" review. Really?
"Q-Ship Chameleon," is Book 4 of the series. As in prior eBooks, Mr. Stewart, the author is faulty in both his pushing of a PC agenda, and in the writing execution, undercutting a decent, standard space opera concept.
The storyline has the Federation hero, the "Sly Fox," unable to obtain a new command, due to his latest, costly victory in Book 3, and the political intrigue of his governmental foes. A Special Ops mission deep into Terran Commonwealth, needs a ship command, and he signs on. Again, as in earlier eBooks, there is insubordination, murderous mutiny, space battles by attrition, and blunt force assaults by Federation Marines and Special Ops Forces.
The PC agenda has the author inserting sexual orientation, hermaphroditism, androgyny, and racial skin tone into the story, for no reason. It doesn't enhance the overall one-dimensional characterizations, nor add anything to the story. It is blatant, insincere, and commercial cynicism. Further, the author writes that an attack on a Federation Naval shipbuilding station, armed, having numerous vessels nearing completion, containing civilian workers would be a "war crime." Yet (spoiler alert), the entire storyline of the Special Op into Terran space, is to cause a war between the Terran Commonwealth and a League of systems, not involved in the existing conflict. Mr. Stewart is apparently unaware of, or unconcerned by, the thought of legitimate targets in war or the immorality of orchestrating a war that forces a non-belligerent, to suffer war. The writing throughout is sloppy, with tortured sentences, broken syntax, wrong words, unidentified narrative passages, and the rampant, improper use of "...but...." A competent proofreader and/or adequate edit has yet to make an appearance and clean up the author's messes.
The eBook is a stand alone, though new readers to the series, will miss the reason for much of this eBook's narrative and plot. It is not recommended and was fully read via Kindle Unlimited.
Disclosure: Unlike so many eBook reviewers, I have NO relationship with ANY author/publisher/agent. I read SciFi for personal fun and entertainment. At the time of this review, over 50% of this eBook's reviewers, indicated that they received "free" copies for an "honest" review. Really?
"Q-Ship Chameleon," is Book 4 of the series. As in prior eBooks, Mr. Stewart, the author is faulty in both his pushing of a PC agenda, and in the writing execution, undercutting a decent, standard space opera concept.
The storyline has the Federation hero, the "Sly Fox," unable to obtain a new command, due to his latest, costly victory in Book 3, and the political intrigue of his governmental foes. A Special Ops mission deep into Terran Commonwealth, needs a ship command, and he signs on. Again, as in earlier eBooks, there is insubordination, murderous mutiny, space battles by attrition, and blunt force assaults by Federation Marines and Special Ops Forces.
The PC agenda has the author inserting sexual orientation, hermaphroditism, androgyny, and racial skin tone into the story, for no reason. It doesn't enhance the overall one-dimensional characterizations, nor add anything to the story. It is blatant, insincere, and commercial cynicism. Further, the author writes that an attack on a Federation Naval shipbuilding station, armed, having numerous vessels nearing completion, containing civilian workers would be a "war crime." Yet (spoiler alert), the entire storyline of the Special Op into Terran space, is to cause a war between the Terran Commonwealth and a League of systems, not involved in the existing conflict. Mr. Stewart is apparently unaware of, or unconcerned by, the thought of legitimate targets in war or the immorality of orchestrating a war that forces a non-belligerent, to suffer war. The writing throughout is sloppy, with tortured sentences, broken syntax, wrong words, unidentified narrative passages, and the rampant, improper use of "...but...." A competent proofreader and/or adequate edit has yet to make an appearance and clean up the author's messes.
The eBook is a stand alone, though new readers to the series, will miss the reason for much of this eBook's narrative and plot. It is not recommended and was fully read via Kindle Unlimited.
December 2, 2017
Roberts has survived yet another campaign, but on return to Castle he is questioning whether he made the right choices. Of course everyone else thinks he did the right thing rescuing the POWs, even with the cost. However, his enemy on the Senate continues to threaten his Career and his Life, and he finds he no longer has a command.
That is until he is offered a Spec-ops mission that could change the war.
This book is a little different to the others in that the Stellar Fox is not on the front lines fighting it out with the Terran Navy, but instead, he is on a secret mission to try and start a new war between the Terran’s and one of the other Human factions.
What follows is Stewart at his best, as he takes his hero and places him in some incredibly difficult and compromising positions, all for the future good of the Castle Alliance. Roberts is left with making decisions that threaten his moral high ground, or the future of the alliance.
As with all the other books, Stewarts Characters are exceptional, Roberts continues to be outstanding as the Fighter Jock who has suddenly been thrust not just into command, but into complete popularity and cult Heroism as the Stellar Fox, something he hates, but at the same time, sees the value of in his both his career, and the war against the Commonwealth. There is also Mr Glass in this book, a spy with no real background, that got Roberts the command, but is totally untrustworthy. Add to that some psychotic black ops team members, and some of Roberts old team from the Avalon, and the trip has some twists and turns that make this another thrilling ride, and that is without the actual mission.
This is a full on ride of Politics, spy-games, intrigue, assassins and the usual stunning starship combat that leaves you flipping pages so fast it’s like an air conditioner.
This series just keeps getting better, Stewart writes exceptional Characters and an outstanding storyline that is beyond expectations. Make sure to read this part, or this series if you haven’t started yet.
That is until he is offered a Spec-ops mission that could change the war.
This book is a little different to the others in that the Stellar Fox is not on the front lines fighting it out with the Terran Navy, but instead, he is on a secret mission to try and start a new war between the Terran’s and one of the other Human factions.
What follows is Stewart at his best, as he takes his hero and places him in some incredibly difficult and compromising positions, all for the future good of the Castle Alliance. Roberts is left with making decisions that threaten his moral high ground, or the future of the alliance.
As with all the other books, Stewarts Characters are exceptional, Roberts continues to be outstanding as the Fighter Jock who has suddenly been thrust not just into command, but into complete popularity and cult Heroism as the Stellar Fox, something he hates, but at the same time, sees the value of in his both his career, and the war against the Commonwealth. There is also Mr Glass in this book, a spy with no real background, that got Roberts the command, but is totally untrustworthy. Add to that some psychotic black ops team members, and some of Roberts old team from the Avalon, and the trip has some twists and turns that make this another thrilling ride, and that is without the actual mission.
This is a full on ride of Politics, spy-games, intrigue, assassins and the usual stunning starship combat that leaves you flipping pages so fast it’s like an air conditioner.
This series just keeps getting better, Stewart writes exceptional Characters and an outstanding storyline that is beyond expectations. Make sure to read this part, or this series if you haven’t started yet.
November 7, 2016
The story continues
Captain Roberts,one of the best captain's the federation has returned home with the warship Avalon. Once again he and his crew have fought a battle in which his ship had taken damage. But to find that he is going to be beached, expected to take a post at the academy. But another opportunity comes his way, one which is not something he expected. A black op, deep inside the enemies space.
Captain Roberts,one of the best captain's the federation has returned home with the warship Avalon. Once again he and his crew have fought a battle in which his ship had taken damage. But to find that he is going to be beached, expected to take a post at the academy. But another opportunity comes his way, one which is not something he expected. A black op, deep inside the enemies space.
November 15, 2016
Still enjoying this SF series based during a war and set on war ships.
March 29, 2024
Interesting diversion
I enjoyed the continuation of this series, a strong story. Although, there were several missed editing missteps, missing or extra words, and sometimes it's just too hard to imagine, believe, the explanation used in describing technology. A good editor should have been able to see these. I'm taking a star for these reasons and because I just hate being ripped out of a scene by easily fixable issues, I hate being ripped out of the story as it unfolds in my imagination. This was most noticeable at the beginning of the book.
I found the new assignment for the "Stellar Fox" interesting and am curious to find out where to next. I did have some problems however, following the description of some new technologies, and how it was used. Lots of terminology I am not familiar with causing me differently imagining that which I was reading, making me stop pages. I don't object to imaginary technology, even outrageous ones, but as the reader I do need help understanding what you the writer are offering.
Weapons explanations I usually have no difficult to imagine, even if they may be way out of the realm of possible or even just probable. I'm very visual and I enjoy challenging my own imagination. I can easily connect, using my own imagination to connect to items and actions that a writer can come up with. Using what is given in a story. I can thus fairly easily make a connection in my imagination to whatever a writer uses in describing what they see in their imagination. But this has to be possible in some way, it can't just be some jargon that does not connect or lend itself to something he wishes to use for weapons or technology. This only works, and which actually makes a story stand out, if the writers actually understand and are able to provide a clear enough descriptions of said technologies, not just throw out some convoluted terminology that does not make sense in anyone's brain. Every successful fantasy or science fiction is successful, because the author knows how to insert just the right amount of "real" into the unreal, or the unbelievable. It all still has to make sense.
Writing any fiction or fantasy has to have an author able to put into words that which they want us readers to be able to believe AND understand. Just throwing out a bunch of letters forming an alphabet soup, chained together by some jargon of possibilities, will only distract from an otherwise interesting story. After all, a reader needs to be able to visually get it, even the best of imagination will fail with gibberish.
The above may sound a bit too harsh, and I used way too many words to describe my discontent, but that happened, because I'm not a writer and definitely not an editor. But it serves perfectly to show that editors are needed. Editors and writers should be a pair, just like the driver for a shiny new car! 😉 They belong into every work worth reading.
Yes, I'm aware that this series was published back in 2019, it's when I first read it, and honest criticism, good or bad and yes, even over-wordy, should and is, never too late to make it even better. Books do have second and more editions published. This story is that good, and many generations will, should be able to get enjoyment out of reading it, so no, it's never too late for an honest review, nor is it too late for a revised edition. 😉
Me, I'm going on to read the next book in this series. See you after I finished it. 😃
I enjoyed the continuation of this series, a strong story. Although, there were several missed editing missteps, missing or extra words, and sometimes it's just too hard to imagine, believe, the explanation used in describing technology. A good editor should have been able to see these. I'm taking a star for these reasons and because I just hate being ripped out of a scene by easily fixable issues, I hate being ripped out of the story as it unfolds in my imagination. This was most noticeable at the beginning of the book.
I found the new assignment for the "Stellar Fox" interesting and am curious to find out where to next. I did have some problems however, following the description of some new technologies, and how it was used. Lots of terminology I am not familiar with causing me differently imagining that which I was reading, making me stop pages. I don't object to imaginary technology, even outrageous ones, but as the reader I do need help understanding what you the writer are offering.
Weapons explanations I usually have no difficult to imagine, even if they may be way out of the realm of possible or even just probable. I'm very visual and I enjoy challenging my own imagination. I can easily connect, using my own imagination to connect to items and actions that a writer can come up with. Using what is given in a story. I can thus fairly easily make a connection in my imagination to whatever a writer uses in describing what they see in their imagination. But this has to be possible in some way, it can't just be some jargon that does not connect or lend itself to something he wishes to use for weapons or technology. This only works, and which actually makes a story stand out, if the writers actually understand and are able to provide a clear enough descriptions of said technologies, not just throw out some convoluted terminology that does not make sense in anyone's brain. Every successful fantasy or science fiction is successful, because the author knows how to insert just the right amount of "real" into the unreal, or the unbelievable. It all still has to make sense.
Writing any fiction or fantasy has to have an author able to put into words that which they want us readers to be able to believe AND understand. Just throwing out a bunch of letters forming an alphabet soup, chained together by some jargon of possibilities, will only distract from an otherwise interesting story. After all, a reader needs to be able to visually get it, even the best of imagination will fail with gibberish.
The above may sound a bit too harsh, and I used way too many words to describe my discontent, but that happened, because I'm not a writer and definitely not an editor. But it serves perfectly to show that editors are needed. Editors and writers should be a pair, just like the driver for a shiny new car! 😉 They belong into every work worth reading.
Yes, I'm aware that this series was published back in 2019, it's when I first read it, and honest criticism, good or bad and yes, even over-wordy, should and is, never too late to make it even better. Books do have second and more editions published. This story is that good, and many generations will, should be able to get enjoyment out of reading it, so no, it's never too late for an honest review, nor is it too late for a revised edition. 😉
Me, I'm going on to read the next book in this series. See you after I finished it. 😃
July 25, 2018
The Commonwealth invaded the Alliance but has faced many set backs, in part due to a lack in advanced fighters. Still, the Commonwealth has greater resources and so remains in control of the war and now the Commonwealth's new fighters are ready for battle. But the Alliance has some competent information gathering services and know just where to go to find out all about the new fighters. Plus, the Commonwealth and Alliance aren't the only players in space.
Captain Kyle Roberts' space carrier will be in dock for months being repaired and his political enemies will seek to make his time on shore permanent. Fortunately, the intelligence service doesn't answer to Roberts' political enemies and so it is free to offer him the command of the spy ship tasked with retrieving the plans for the new fighter. Along the way the ship will impersonate pirates from another polity in an attempt to drag the Commonwealth into a two front war.
Bottom line: The author tells a good story but fails to provide adequate motivation for some of his character's actions. In particular, an admiral in the security makes several stupid mistakes to move this story forward and all the reader is given for explanation is (essentially) that he has a bad habit of not trusting anyone, even the people he is relying on to pull off his plan to save the war effort.
Captain Kyle Roberts' space carrier will be in dock for months being repaired and his political enemies will seek to make his time on shore permanent. Fortunately, the intelligence service doesn't answer to Roberts' political enemies and so it is free to offer him the command of the spy ship tasked with retrieving the plans for the new fighter. Along the way the ship will impersonate pirates from another polity in an attempt to drag the Commonwealth into a two front war.
Bottom line: The author tells a good story but fails to provide adequate motivation for some of his character's actions. In particular, an admiral in the security makes several stupid mistakes to move this story forward and all the reader is given for explanation is (essentially) that he has a bad habit of not trusting anyone, even the people he is relying on to pull off his plan to save the war effort.
December 27, 2019
This book is a nice change-up from the standard space battles. Instead of a prolonged space engagement of different fleets, or squadron on squadron battles spread out over different systems we get some covert operations. This is a needed change from what was starting to get to be cookie cutter combat scenes. Each one was different yes, but they all were too similar to keep that up for the entire series. There is also a reintroduction of character conflict between different known and unknown characters on the Chameleon. Overall this adds for a good primer to the story, and I enjoy the lingering effects from the on ship character conflicts.
There isn't a lot to say about this book. It is good, we get another character who tells Kyle he owes him one. If Kyle doesn't cash in on all the things people owe him at the end of the series I'm going to be very upset. This is a good book in the series and a well needed change from the normal missiles, more missiles, and oh yeah we lost between 30% and 50% of our starfighters.
There isn't a lot to say about this book. It is good, we get another character who tells Kyle he owes him one. If Kyle doesn't cash in on all the things people owe him at the end of the series I'm going to be very upset. This is a good book in the series and a well needed change from the normal missiles, more missiles, and oh yeah we lost between 30% and 50% of our starfighters.
August 12, 2017
Still very repetitive
I went into this book planning to skim every time the author started in on starfighters, 500gs, a-s drive flashes, doing flashbacks of previous books, etc. I wound up skipping 30% and enjoy it a lot more as it helped get to the actual story. I feel like there's almost no character work at this point and there were some serious believability problems. For example, they are on a covert mission in which Captain Roberts face is seen. In any modern society especially the military facial recognition is going to be in play. The Commonwealth knows what Captain Roberts looks like. He would be unable to do any covert operations work because of his infamy.
Ignoring the believability aspect, the action is generally pretty good. The betrayal aspect isn't really believable because the character in question isn't developed and behaves in such an extreme way.
I probably won't keep reading the series.
I went into this book planning to skim every time the author started in on starfighters, 500gs, a-s drive flashes, doing flashbacks of previous books, etc. I wound up skipping 30% and enjoy it a lot more as it helped get to the actual story. I feel like there's almost no character work at this point and there were some serious believability problems. For example, they are on a covert mission in which Captain Roberts face is seen. In any modern society especially the military facial recognition is going to be in play. The Commonwealth knows what Captain Roberts looks like. He would be unable to do any covert operations work because of his infamy.
Ignoring the believability aspect, the action is generally pretty good. The betrayal aspect isn't really believable because the character in question isn't developed and behaves in such an extreme way.
I probably won't keep reading the series.
August 18, 2017
Early review:
Compared to the 1st book, where every action felt realistic and logical, this one was a chaos. At least in the beginning. The space battles are still detailed, and the last battle had some nice surprises.
The whole intelligence arc is a mess. Because of this, my rating is lower than the average of the series.
Compared to the 1st book, where every action felt realistic and logical, this one was a chaos. At least in the beginning. The space battles are still detailed, and the last battle had some nice surprises.
The whole intelligence arc is a mess. Because of this, my rating is lower than the average of the series.
September 22, 2017
Before you start this book, please note it is book #4 in a series: you need to have read the first book, Space Carrier Avalon (Castle Federation Book 1)), first or this one won’t make much sense to you. This installment continues right after the end of Book #3 with lots of action and a writing style that makes you have a hard time putting it down. The author does a nice job of developing more of the back story to his characters. I’m ready for the next installment of the series.
I picked this up for free under the Kindle Unlimited program vs. its normal price of $4.99: I certainly received more than $4.99 worth of entertainment value out of this one. If you enjoyed the first three books of the series I imagine you will like this one, also.
I picked this up for free under the Kindle Unlimited program vs. its normal price of $4.99: I certainly received more than $4.99 worth of entertainment value out of this one. If you enjoyed the first three books of the series I imagine you will like this one, also.
April 10, 2019
Glynn Stewart is great writer!
I have always loved to read. Everything I could get my hands on. It is the greatest escape that a person could hope to use. I enjoyed reading Glynn Stewart's books. I would like to meet the Gentleman and let him know. I am not the best at writing reviews. I am not sure what or better yet , how to review a book. I liked the series and how interesting and well written the book was to me. I will let you know that he held my interest thru the story, I found the characters well defined and the plot exciting. I won't say anything or much about the story itself, I leave that for you. Enjoy it as much as I have.
I have always loved to read. Everything I could get my hands on. It is the greatest escape that a person could hope to use. I enjoyed reading Glynn Stewart's books. I would like to meet the Gentleman and let him know. I am not the best at writing reviews. I am not sure what or better yet , how to review a book. I liked the series and how interesting and well written the book was to me. I will let you know that he held my interest thru the story, I found the characters well defined and the plot exciting. I won't say anything or much about the story itself, I leave that for you. Enjoy it as much as I have.
January 18, 2023
An excellent story as always from this author, only I'm not sure our characters were on the right side this time.
I guess more books in the series will bear out the good/bad, but I can't root for these folks in this clash of arms. A covert mission, and for good reason, but I'm not sure the main characters in this one are squarely on the side of good here. This isn't a typical story from this author, normally things are fairly clear cut, this one puzzled me a bit. If you're a military scifi fan though, it's still a good read.
I guess more books in the series will bear out the good/bad, but I can't root for these folks in this clash of arms. A covert mission, and for good reason, but I'm not sure the main characters in this one are squarely on the side of good here. This isn't a typical story from this author, normally things are fairly clear cut, this one puzzled me a bit. If you're a military scifi fan though, it's still a good read.
November 17, 2023
Here is the publisher’s headline: “A heroic Captain denied command, a battered but relentless enemy, a covert operation to strike at the heart of an unstoppable foe.” Yup. Pulp military science fiction—just what we expect from this author and this universe. To give it its due, there is a bit of character drama between the salvos. One officer blames the captain for the fighters she lost in her wing. The intelligence officer running the op does not get along with the ship’s captain. I have read worse, and I have read better.
November 1, 2022
Fun Read, but Needs Proper Editing
I really love this series. Yes, I know, it is so stereotypical in terms of plot and characters, but it’s just fun. My only real critique is that the editing is not very good. Some of the sentence structure and grammar is so bad, it’s painful to read. As an author, I am very cognizant of good editing, so when I see so many things that can be easily changed, it drives me to distraction. That said, these books are a good read.
I really love this series. Yes, I know, it is so stereotypical in terms of plot and characters, but it’s just fun. My only real critique is that the editing is not very good. Some of the sentence structure and grammar is so bad, it’s painful to read. As an author, I am very cognizant of good editing, so when I see so many things that can be easily changed, it drives me to distraction. That said, these books are a good read.
September 22, 2018
Un llibre i una història molt millor que l’anterior entrega. Plena d’acció, una mica de política i Black Ops prou interessant! Una lectura més al nivell que els primers sis volums de la sèrie i que fa que tingui ganes d’agafar el 5è i 6è volum ja!!! Segueix essent lectura fàcil, sense massa girs i amb personatges senzills però interessant i addictiva a la vegada
January 31, 2020
Bringing it all together
The rating 4 because this was a great story bringing more of the pieces together from the other books. Nail biting and late late nights spent getting to the end! Still needs a better close edit for incorrect words. Spelled right. Sure. But don't belong in the sentence. Found this to be true in many of these books.
The rating 4 because this was a great story bringing more of the pieces together from the other books. Nail biting and late late nights spent getting to the end! Still needs a better close edit for incorrect words. Spelled right. Sure. But don't belong in the sentence. Found this to be true in many of these books.
October 17, 2021
I think this was possibly my favorite in the series so far, but I can't really say why. I do like that each entry in the series has a completely different type of adventure and feel to it. And it doesn't shy away from the fact that in war, not everyone comes home. Overall, very enjoyable if you like space battle tactics and strategy.
April 7, 2024
Captain Roberts takes the fight directly to the Terrans
This was a good next story in the series. The challenges of a black op were interesting and added variety to the story line. Captain Roberts, CAG Rokos and the black ops teams had to learn to fight together … and not mill themselves in the process! Wonder what challenges await Captain Roberts in the next book.
This was a good next story in the series. The challenges of a black op were interesting and added variety to the story line. Captain Roberts, CAG Rokos and the black ops teams had to learn to fight together … and not mill themselves in the process! Wonder what challenges await Captain Roberts in the next book.
May 3, 2024
Arghh me hearty!
There’s nothing like a freight hauler turned pirate ship to get the blood boiling. It’s also a who done it, trying to figure out who’s trying to kill the Captain, XO and/or the CAG! It seems there isn’t a lack of suspects. I also loved that the black ops intelligence agency was brought into play.
Very fast paced book! Thank you for the great read!
There’s nothing like a freight hauler turned pirate ship to get the blood boiling. It’s also a who done it, trying to figure out who’s trying to kill the Captain, XO and/or the CAG! It seems there isn’t a lack of suspects. I also loved that the black ops intelligence agency was brought into play.
Very fast paced book! Thank you for the great read!
May 4, 2017
Two and a half stars. More of the same, less than most. The action is starting to border on preposterous. For a series that started out so strong, it now seems that Stewart's heart just isn't in this one.
June 20, 2017
Recommended
I have read the first 4 of this series in under a week. I think that says it all. They story and narration is highly enjoyable and admittedly at times a little clunky but you can forgive that because these story's resonate and grip the imagination.
I have read the first 4 of this series in under a week. I think that says it all. They story and narration is highly enjoyable and admittedly at times a little clunky but you can forgive that because these story's resonate and grip the imagination.
March 30, 2018
Wing Commander IV
Fun white hat black hat space naval combat. Kyle Roberts only knows how to be a hero. It’s not literature but you already know that going in. Lots of action and perfectly empathetic and self-conscious heroes doing their all for their comrades.
Fun white hat black hat space naval combat. Kyle Roberts only knows how to be a hero. It’s not literature but you already know that going in. Lots of action and perfectly empathetic and self-conscious heroes doing their all for their comrades.
January 2, 2022
Modern Military Space combat at its finest
Modern Military space combat at its finest given the fictional series of books characters that grow and develop in the world they inhabit and storyline that draws you into their situation
Modern Military space combat at its finest given the fictional series of books characters that grow and develop in the world they inhabit and storyline that draws you into their situation
June 3, 2022
David Weber did it earlier and better with Honor Harrington.
The book isn't bad...but not nearly as good as the first three
I wonder if this book was delivered right on its deadline. It seems rushed
The covert ops team doesn't work. At all. Seriously.
Too many miraculous things happen.
The book isn't bad...but not nearly as good as the first three
I wonder if this book was delivered right on its deadline. It seems rushed
The covert ops team doesn't work. At all. Seriously.
Too many miraculous things happen.
October 20, 2023
Fun diversion from into the semi-covert. If you don’t question the apparent wisdom of using the most recognisable Captain in the entire alliance to helm a Q-ship - then you’ll probably enjoy this unoriginal tale.
November 27, 2016
Wow! Science Fiction as it should be The only character development is of the main character , there is no time or space for anything else. Phenomenal battles and warfare.
January 13, 2017
A outstanding adventure read.
Thank you again Glynn Stewart a outstanding adventure series to read. The action was a page turner. Still a fan.
Thank you again Glynn Stewart a outstanding adventure series to read. The action was a page turner. Still a fan.
August 13, 2017
The books are getting better with each one.
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