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Rebel Fleet #3
Alpha Fleet
The Imperials have devised a cunning new method of destroying Rebel worlds. Captain Leo Blake is largely responsible for both our survival and our current predicament. He and his crew are infamous among the stars. As a result, when ships of an unknown configuration begin flowing out of swirling rifts above Earth, Blake is called upon again to deal with the problem. But the approaching fleet isn’t what it seems. They’re employing an entirely new way to exterminate Rebels. They will accept nothing less than conquering Earth—or better yet, destroying all life on our planet. Alpha Fleet is the third book in the Rebel Fleet series, the fourth book is on the way!
334 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 10, 2017
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November 25, 2017
If one can get passed the overt sexism, the science fiction and writing is quite good. I've read all the books in this series, and I quite enjoy them. I find the story interesting, the author handles action well, and I actually find the silver-tongue of the main character enticing.
That said, the book is disgustingly sexist. Every female character is introduced based on their looks. In fact, of all female characters - small and large - introduced in the book, they are all attractive but one. And that one is specifically introduce as (paraphrase) 'She was the least attractive of the crew...'.
The gaze is stupidly sexist, and I'm noticing that the female characters are not depicted well, at all. Its a true shame.
That said, the book is disgustingly sexist. Every female character is introduced based on their looks. In fact, of all female characters - small and large - introduced in the book, they are all attractive but one. And that one is specifically introduce as (paraphrase) 'She was the least attractive of the crew...'.
The gaze is stupidly sexist, and I'm noticing that the female characters are not depicted well, at all. Its a true shame.
October 1, 2018
Captain Leo Blake and his crew have been more or less grounded due to an outbreak of peace in the stellar region. They are naturally getting bored considering the terror they have most recently experienced out in Rebel space. Under Rebel command, you had to always watch your back or it soon would have a club coming down on it very hard. And hitting you in the back was done only because they missed your head. Peaceful Earth with no fighting just wasn’t what the crew of the Hammerhead were used to.
But, it appears that peaceful existence might be coming to a halt. A rift in deep space has appeared and some unknown ships are arriving. General Vega, commanding all Earth space forces, decides he doesn’t want to wait to find out what’s coming through that rift so he orders his small phase-ship fleet to fire on the first vessel coming through. That turns out to be a mistake since its none other than Admiral Flex with ships and crews from Gref. Their cruisers make short work of the two phase-ships that fired on them and now they sit. Once they do contact Earth, they don’t want to talk to General Vega, but to Captain Blake. Fex is back to inform the Earth that he and his Grefs are there to form a protectorate over Earth. Since Earth has no means of defending itself, he wants the planet to commit to him as its planetary Commander. He wants any and all Earth space forces placed under his command.
Of course, that doesn’t sit well with the Earth. They initially refuse his demands so he takes his small fleet of two ships and departs warning Earth that he will return to enforce the “protectorate” decree for Earth. Meanwhile, Dr. Abrams, who dislikes Blake tremendously, has been busy building another ship. No, not a phase-ship, but a true starship, one that can form it’s own rift and fly to the stars! This is a significant accomplishment. He’s ordered by now Admiral Vega to give Captain Blake a tour of the new ship. The purpose of that tour is to familiarize Captain Blake with his new command.
When Captain Blake finishes building his new crew list, there are a lot of familiar names on it. All his original crew are back but so are about four-hundred other crewmen and women. This new ship is a very large cruiser or small destroyer, but either way, much larger than the old Hammerhead. So now it needs a new name. The crew thinks about this for awhile and settle on Devilfish! So, once again, Leo Blake and his crew are off to the far reaches of space. They need to find out if Fex is really doing the mission directed by Secretary Shug or if this is some deadly plan Fex has dreaded up to get rid of all Earth humans.
A “shake-down” cruise is in order for the Devilfish and it turns out to be a very interesting trip since Dr. Abrams doesn’t really know if his jump drive will actually work. It’s soon put to the test with some interesting results. Also, Godwin is back. He’s one of the Ancients or something like that. We’re not sure who’s side he’s on if he’s on anyones but his own. Blake seems to be the target of his attentions, but that’s not something Blake enjoys. He would just as soon see Godwin gone permanently if possible.
Another good book in the series. And, surprisingly, it’s not over yet. Book #4, Earth Fleet is coming soon.
But, it appears that peaceful existence might be coming to a halt. A rift in deep space has appeared and some unknown ships are arriving. General Vega, commanding all Earth space forces, decides he doesn’t want to wait to find out what’s coming through that rift so he orders his small phase-ship fleet to fire on the first vessel coming through. That turns out to be a mistake since its none other than Admiral Flex with ships and crews from Gref. Their cruisers make short work of the two phase-ships that fired on them and now they sit. Once they do contact Earth, they don’t want to talk to General Vega, but to Captain Blake. Fex is back to inform the Earth that he and his Grefs are there to form a protectorate over Earth. Since Earth has no means of defending itself, he wants the planet to commit to him as its planetary Commander. He wants any and all Earth space forces placed under his command.
Of course, that doesn’t sit well with the Earth. They initially refuse his demands so he takes his small fleet of two ships and departs warning Earth that he will return to enforce the “protectorate” decree for Earth. Meanwhile, Dr. Abrams, who dislikes Blake tremendously, has been busy building another ship. No, not a phase-ship, but a true starship, one that can form it’s own rift and fly to the stars! This is a significant accomplishment. He’s ordered by now Admiral Vega to give Captain Blake a tour of the new ship. The purpose of that tour is to familiarize Captain Blake with his new command.
When Captain Blake finishes building his new crew list, there are a lot of familiar names on it. All his original crew are back but so are about four-hundred other crewmen and women. This new ship is a very large cruiser or small destroyer, but either way, much larger than the old Hammerhead. So now it needs a new name. The crew thinks about this for awhile and settle on Devilfish! So, once again, Leo Blake and his crew are off to the far reaches of space. They need to find out if Fex is really doing the mission directed by Secretary Shug or if this is some deadly plan Fex has dreaded up to get rid of all Earth humans.
A “shake-down” cruise is in order for the Devilfish and it turns out to be a very interesting trip since Dr. Abrams doesn’t really know if his jump drive will actually work. It’s soon put to the test with some interesting results. Also, Godwin is back. He’s one of the Ancients or something like that. We’re not sure who’s side he’s on if he’s on anyones but his own. Blake seems to be the target of his attentions, but that’s not something Blake enjoys. He would just as soon see Godwin gone permanently if possible.
Another good book in the series. And, surprisingly, it’s not over yet. Book #4, Earth Fleet is coming soon.
December 26, 2017
Should earth survive
It feels as if the real question is whether it will be destroyed by friends, allies or enemies. The confusion over who is friend, ally or enemy continues. With the fate of humanity at stake that sounds like a very bad situation.
Another reviewer had problems with the overt sexism that I ignored originally just to be able to read the book. This writer isn't the only one to describe every woman on an attractiveness scale in order to decide if they are worthy of a serious role in the story. It's a big problem, if you can't write a female character as a human character. I feel disgusted with myself for trying to skim over that and stunned how pervasive the practice is among writers. It's time maybe for some writers to develop all male character stories, develop three dimensional female characters or just stop writing.
The third installment of the series, is as much a thriller as the preceding 2, which is not a good thing. I have to part ways with B.V.
It feels as if the real question is whether it will be destroyed by friends, allies or enemies. The confusion over who is friend, ally or enemy continues. With the fate of humanity at stake that sounds like a very bad situation.
Another reviewer had problems with the overt sexism that I ignored originally just to be able to read the book. This writer isn't the only one to describe every woman on an attractiveness scale in order to decide if they are worthy of a serious role in the story. It's a big problem, if you can't write a female character as a human character. I feel disgusted with myself for trying to skim over that and stunned how pervasive the practice is among writers. It's time maybe for some writers to develop all male character stories, develop three dimensional female characters or just stop writing.
The third installment of the series, is as much a thriller as the preceding 2, which is not a good thing. I have to part ways with B.V.
June 28, 2020
Larson dials up the subterfuge in the 3rd instalment of the Rebel Fleet series, with more intrigue and politicking to the point it almost makes up for the gung-hu, misogynistic, moronic protagonist... almost.
Ultimately, there's nothing particularly original going on here, but it's relatively solid and somewhat engaging if one can get past the libido driven narrative.
Ultimately, there's nothing particularly original going on here, but it's relatively solid and somewhat engaging if one can get past the libido driven narrative.
December 11, 2017
Continues to be entertaining, the story, once you are able to suspend some disbelief of some plot driven drama, is solid.
I just wished we didn't have to deal with cringe worthy crisis just because. I feel there were more organic ways to create the conflict.
Will pick up the next though.
I just wished we didn't have to deal with cringe worthy crisis just because. I feel there were more organic ways to create the conflict.
Will pick up the next though.
November 12, 2017
3.4⭐️. Not as good as previous books in this series. The story would have been better if less time spent on Blake’s libido.
October 5, 2020
A simple but fun story. Nothing but twaddle, albeit fun twaddle.
July 18, 2025
Fun series, but Larson leans way too heavily into sexualizing nearly every woman Leo Drake lays eyes upon. I find Drake's relationship with his "cat girl" both disgusting and pointless as there's no real commitment to her, but there kind of is, but the relationship never brings up anything interesting, and Drake hardly thinks about it. Larson is trying way too hard to make him a Captain Kirk type with Drake's philandering. The "sex scenes" are just filler with no descriptions and overuses the weak, sanitized term of "make love." I loathe cheaters, and every single time Drake thinks about bedding a woman while supposedly being committed to his "cat girlfriend" makes me dislike him a little bit more. Why not just make Leo a single man uncommitted to anyone? Drake also running into the exact same Imperial captain, dealing with the exact same Rebel officers, and with supposedly thousands of species and worlds, yet only seeing a few examples, makes the galaxy feel small. Kinda how everyone in the current Star Wars universe is a Skywalker, Solo, or Palpatine. Like the previous two installments the story meanders, with plotlines begun and ended abruptly, with loads of twists and turns, to the point where it's almost incoherent. All the humans with few exceptions are cardboard cutouts with little to no personality, and the same goes for some of the alien characters as well. Every single character is annoying to one degree or another. Loads of logical inconsistencies, hammy dialogue, plot holes, and unnecessary scenes. The books really shine when it focusses more on the adventure, battles, and discoveries, as well as some of the tactics and tricks Drake uses throughout. I listened to the series as audiobooks, which made keeping track of which character was saying what easy, but due to the lack of any personality and/or characterization the majority of characters have, I think it'd he harder to keep track in print. A lot of the characters sound the exact same. Character deaths carry no weight as there was either little time spent with them, or their deaths were "greatly exaggerated" and they came back later, Drake and crew always solve every problem with relative ease, or deus ex machina comes along to save them, which makes the stakes feel rather low. Drake and other characters have to make a lot of dumb decisions just to add a new plotline or move a current one along. It's reminiscent of pulp sci-fi for better and for worse. It's still a fun series in spite of its flaws, but overall it's just OK.
September 3, 2017
Light summer reading. No principles, morals or sensibilities being taxed. Space opera with no attempt to hard science, which is okay with me at this point. A bit of a wild ride, some unexpected twists of plot. But as it is the case with sequels, it looks as if by the third novel in the series, the author ran out of steam. Or rather the characters that used to be fun, are turning annoying. This book felt more like a bridge to the next one. Would I read the fourth in the series? Yes. Some things that happened in this book gives me hope for the next one.
March 27, 2018
Very good book!
I chose to rate 5 stars because it is a fast paced book & it has a lot of action. Also being science fiction is why I ran into this series. Sci-fi & fantasy are my favorite types of books & this author writes very logical sci-fi books. I hope he writes more in this series.
I chose to rate 5 stars because it is a fast paced book & it has a lot of action. Also being science fiction is why I ran into this series. Sci-fi & fantasy are my favorite types of books & this author writes very logical sci-fi books. I hope he writes more in this series.
May 22, 2018
The end?
This can't be the end to this story can it? B.V. Larson you once again build up a new hero then leave your loyal readers hanging, just like you did in the last series I read. I enjoyed the series, I truly did, but, I don't think I want to start another series of yours. You leave too much undone.
This can't be the end to this story can it? B.V. Larson you once again build up a new hero then leave your loyal readers hanging, just like you did in the last series I read. I enjoyed the series, I truly did, but, I don't think I want to start another series of yours. You leave too much undone.
September 10, 2017
Pulp fiction at its best
I love this stuff. Exciting, funny, and wholly unpretentious, this is the kind of book you can read in a single sitting and be left satisfied but eager but for more.
I love this stuff. Exciting, funny, and wholly unpretentious, this is the kind of book you can read in a single sitting and be left satisfied but eager but for more.
September 12, 2017
Good read great series
Solid characters with a lot of consistency in their thinking and actions. Looking forward to the next installment. Would love to see what our hero does with a fleet under his command.
Solid characters with a lot of consistency in their thinking and actions. Looking forward to the next installment. Would love to see what our hero does with a fleet under his command.
September 23, 2017
Intrigued
This series is interesting and funny but keeps you wondering when everything is going to fall apart. There are so many things going on that I keep wondering when things will go wrong and that's it for earth.
This series is interesting and funny but keeps you wondering when everything is going to fall apart. There are so many things going on that I keep wondering when things will go wrong and that's it for earth.
October 16, 2017
Another great series
More I need more. I'm loving this authors work. If you like space opera that's close to home you'll love this series. I will look forward to more from this author.
More I need more. I'm loving this authors work. If you like space opera that's close to home you'll love this series. I will look forward to more from this author.
December 2, 2017
The finale?
A thoroughly enjoyable series of books, but, as is all too common, the "final" story had a Perils of Pauline ending. I like a sequel, prequel, whatever as much as the next person, but I also like stories to have a conclusion.
A thoroughly enjoyable series of books, but, as is all too common, the "final" story had a Perils of Pauline ending. I like a sequel, prequel, whatever as much as the next person, but I also like stories to have a conclusion.
December 19, 2017
Excellent
I have read all three of the books in this series. It started a bit slow, but each book builds effectively on the previous to make a sprawling and interesting universe that is truly different. I have highly enjoyed it.
I have read all three of the books in this series. It started a bit slow, but each book builds effectively on the previous to make a sprawling and interesting universe that is truly different. I have highly enjoyed it.
January 5, 2018
Excellen trilogy
This book was action packed and the characters were well represented. .Welcome back and I can't wait for the next book to come keep up the good writing.. I enjoy all your books.
This book was action packed and the characters were well represented. .Welcome back and I can't wait for the next book to come keep up the good writing.. I enjoy all your books.
March 10, 2018
some military strategy, a guy that is good at thinking on his feet, also somwhat macho ( a lot of female interest), complicated situations with all sorts of aliens, a scientist with all sorts of extraordinary contributions ... enjoyable, but following the same recipe from the other series
March 16, 2018
Yet another cliffhanger ending, but I am happy to go on this journey. The Rebel Fleet series has always been a fun one for it is not too heavyhearted nor too lighthearted. Hoping for a fourth book soon.
May 30, 2018
Rebel fleet one and two were really great. The third installment is a bit less thrilling although, to be honest, I read it rather fast. So I would still recommend it. To me, this is preparing a fourth installment and I hope for a great next book
June 16, 2018
Fast Pace Action, Great Characters and enough plot twists to keep you turning the pages.
I enjoy a good Sci Do Space Opera and B.V. Larson never fails to deliver. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.
I enjoy a good Sci Do Space Opera and B.V. Larson never fails to deliver. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.
July 6, 2018
Love it
Completely hooked. Had to read book 4 before I came back and reviewed this one because I just wanted more lol. If you like this then try his other series, classic pulp sci-fi, brilliant, imaginative, funny, devious, fast paced, more please
Completely hooked. Had to read book 4 before I came back and reviewed this one because I just wanted more lol. If you like this then try his other series, classic pulp sci-fi, brilliant, imaginative, funny, devious, fast paced, more please
April 30, 2020
Nothing sophisticated, just an interesting, imaginative space adventure with intriguing characters. Escapist Sci-fi that doesn't strain the brain but also doesn't insult your intelligence. I'm reading all of his series of books.
July 21, 2017
Love it and all of the books that I have read from B. V. Larson. Would love more in this series.
July 26, 2017
A great story
This book kept me interested to the end and kept me guessing how it would end. A good read. What's next?
This book kept me interested to the end and kept me guessing how it would end. A good read. What's next?
July 26, 2017
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Interesting story line and a good plot sometimes confusing but not believable thAnk god. Mortgage and quality time with your
Interesting story line and a good plot sometimes confusing but not believable thAnk god. Mortgage and quality time with your
July 26, 2017
Blake and crew are tricked into attacking the Imperials by the Nomads. Once again they do it with style; very funny.
July 27, 2017
Enjoyed the book, looking forward to another one in this series.
July 31, 2017
FUN
Nice to get reacquainted again with Leo et al. The story line was new but familiar and the plot engaging.
Nice to get reacquainted again with Leo et al. The story line was new but familiar and the plot engaging.
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