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The Ixan Prophecies #1
Supercarrier
Captain Keyes is loved by the public but hated by Command. He captains the UHS Providence, an aging supercarrier and the last human ship not dependent on dark tech - technology humanity has used to rule over the galaxy since barely defeating the Ixa in the First Galactic War.
Dominance has come at a cost. Over the decades, old allies have grown resentful, and when dark tech itself fails, Captain Keyes’s predictions start coming true: those old allies are now enemies.
But Keyes is not the only one proven right. As the galaxy plunges into war, the Ixan Prophecies are being fulfilled, one by one. Humanity’s oldest enemy is on the rise, with weaponry never seen before.
The fate of the galaxy now depends on Captain Keyes, his tired ship, and his oddball crew. It doesn’t pay to be right.
Dominance has come at a cost. Over the decades, old allies have grown resentful, and when dark tech itself fails, Captain Keyes’s predictions start coming true: those old allies are now enemies.
But Keyes is not the only one proven right. As the galaxy plunges into war, the Ixan Prophecies are being fulfilled, one by one. Humanity’s oldest enemy is on the rise, with weaponry never seen before.
The fate of the galaxy now depends on Captain Keyes, his tired ship, and his oddball crew. It doesn’t pay to be right.
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Published May 23, 2021
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Here are some more believable statements:
Scott was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland – the easternmost province of Canada.
During his decade-long journey to become a full-time author, he supported himself by working an assortment of jobs…
...salmon hatchery technician, grocery clerk, youth care worker, ghostwriter, research assistant, pita maker, and freelance editor.
In 2014, he succeeded in becoming a full-time novelist, and he’s been writing science fiction at light speed ever since.
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July 11, 2017
Super disappointing
No real character deveiopment. No explanation of the dark gate or dark tech. No explanation about normal ship propulsion. Theis universes did not seem plausible. Battle scenes were unrealistic. Military disciple, structure etc was poorly done. Disappointing book. Will not bother with any more in series. It was hard enough to finish this one.
No real character deveiopment. No explanation of the dark gate or dark tech. No explanation about normal ship propulsion. Theis universes did not seem plausible. Battle scenes were unrealistic. Military disciple, structure etc was poorly done. Disappointing book. Will not bother with any more in series. It was hard enough to finish this one.
September 9, 2018
After reading book 2, this is what I have to say... "Hoorah! Space opera, military sci fi reminiscent of John Scalzi's 'Interdependency and Star Wars."
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Finally found a keeper! I can't begin to summarize because there's so much going on. We have an intergalactic foundation ruled by humans and its allies. We are able to do this because of "Dark Tech" given to us by some aliens. We have some cool alien allies and foes. Fleet rebellion, fighter pilots, and ship to ship warfare. Along with some humans with bad intentions, possible traitors and promise of more to come. I'm definitely going to read/listen to book 2.
Some reviewers mentioned that Dark Tech wasn't described adequately. Well, I didn't find that to be a problem. In the story, it's the force behind wormholes and "dark gates". In real life, most of the universe is made of dark matter and we have no idea wtf it is. So I see no problem with a storyline using such a thing when it's gifted by another alien race and the humans using it may not even fully know how it works.
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Finally found a keeper! I can't begin to summarize because there's so much going on. We have an intergalactic foundation ruled by humans and its allies. We are able to do this because of "Dark Tech" given to us by some aliens. We have some cool alien allies and foes. Fleet rebellion, fighter pilots, and ship to ship warfare. Along with some humans with bad intentions, possible traitors and promise of more to come. I'm definitely going to read/listen to book 2.
Some reviewers mentioned that Dark Tech wasn't described adequately. Well, I didn't find that to be a problem. In the story, it's the force behind wormholes and "dark gates". In real life, most of the universe is made of dark matter and we have no idea wtf it is. So I see no problem with a storyline using such a thing when it's gifted by another alien race and the humans using it may not even fully know how it works.
June 14, 2019
The Wingers, the Gok and the Ixan are all aligned against humanity and it appears they are getting inside information from inside Earth's Military.
It's up to Captain Keyes to figure out who the real enemies are and how to garner peace before all of humanity is wiped out.
A rousing space adventure and a great start to a trilogy by Scott Bartlett.
Recommended author and series
It's up to Captain Keyes to figure out who the real enemies are and how to garner peace before all of humanity is wiped out.
A rousing space adventure and a great start to a trilogy by Scott Bartlett.
Recommended author and series
February 19, 2020
It just didn't engage me.
May 14, 2019
I’ve been trying to find a new SciFi series and this sounded interesting, unfortunately after half-a-dozen chapters I was already losing interest. After another dozen chapters I was not only bored but confused, I had to keep rereading sections just to make sure I hadn’t missed something. It felt like the different chapters didn’t really relate to each other and the author just couldn’t be bothered to connect things together.
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September 27, 2025The book is rubbish. Rating: minus 15 on a scale of minus 5 to plus 5.
I am rewriting my reviews for increased clarity. Goodreads had blocked my view of others. I would imagine that the one star rated reviews are worth a look. This book is badly planned, if at all. More detail below but first..
I need a visit to the YouTube. This was made possible by Doctor Who/Never Cruel or Cowardly - Ozar, NCMI, Anark, RevolutionarythOt, Tod Maffin, SolarpunkAlana, Red Glasgow, No Justice, Honest Government Ads, Amadeus Quartet, ScaredKetchup, FAFO, Heather Cox Richardson, Welcome to Ukraine, Unlearning Economics, KernowDamo, Silicon Curtain, Eugenia from Ukraine, Matriarchetype, The New Enlightenment with Ashley, Reese Waters. The Military Show, Lisandra Vazquez, Postmodern Jukebox, ATP Geopolitics, Stanzi, Kozak Siromaha, Agro Squirrel Narrates, Offizier Amira, NerdForge, League of Steam, DUST, Naughty Nana DUZ, Blooms & Greens by Chloe, Octopus Lady, Petticoats and Prose, Reese Waters, Council of Geeks, Jay Exci, Alex Fleev, Smack the Pony, Mercado Media, Ship Happens, Kris Atomic, Ukraine News TV, Sailing Melody, Cruising Alba, Hoots, GhostTime History, The Great War, Hej Sokoly, Kings and Generals, Veritas et Caritas, Players Aid, Ministry of Miniatures, Central Crossing, Dark Brandon, The Confused Adipose, Geo Girl, Acollierastro, Rogue Hobbies, Alice in Wonderland, Miniminuteman, Chem Thug, Julingo, Dungeons and Discourse, MS Paints, Squidmar Miniatures, Starbound Extra, Novara Media, Bill Making Stuff, Sabine Hossenfelder, Munecat, Anvil of Doom Miniatures, AllShorts, Scallydandling About the Books, Kat Abughazaleh, Delamer, Just in Time Worldbuilding, Ukraine Today, Anti-Social Studies.
I saw a Snowflake (arrogant, nasty US baby-man) who in the midst of insulting an essayist I mention, complain to her that I list trans creators. The disease which transforms white US males into the Snowflake (whinging, arrogant baby-man), should be a research priority. That being said, until a cure is developed a trigger warning is needed.
The channels which I list include primatologist, botanist, bi, Irish, autist, tall, asexual, archaeologist, chess player, mathematician, cis, modeller, musician, Indian, intersex, boat builder, marine biologist, trans, miniatures player, Australian, astrophysicist, queer, WOC, redhaired, lesbian, married, German, architect, literary critic and other creators known as Women.
Almost as damaging are the channels hosted by the ship builder, zoologist, Estonian, other LGBTQI+, ethnocynologist, RPG player, fashion historian, Ukrainian, linguist, other BIPOC, hat historian, philosopher, chemist, archaeologist, military boardgamer, Welsh, BookTuber, other neurodivergent, writer, musician among other creators known as Human Beings.
Should the voices persist, seek immediate therapy, begin worship at nearest Shinto
Temple or apply for an emergency exorcism.
My feelings towards such clods is very similar to those of the 13 Ukrainian marines defending Snake Island, when Russians demanded their surrender. Their response "Russian Warship, Go F@ck yourself". Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the Heroes. Crimea is Ukraine.
Once more unto the page, dear friends. The almost universal first failure of US romance and speculative fiction, especially Amazon offerings less than 15 to 20 years old is worldbuilding. Incomplete or sketchy context will not usually allow for character depth, consistent interactions, plausible scenes, etc. This book did not clear that hurdle.
The plot is the usual for low end US fare, a string of barely connected nonsensical scenes. The characters human and alien are offensive caricatures. That is fairly standard for Unlimited selections but also in US science fiction generally, it seems.
The technology is poorly envisioned or described by the writer, again common to US print. The human naval and military aspects of the book which are its core, do not meet the measure of the worst of games, TV or film.
The alien technology and naval/military organization, strength, logistics, etc are more vague even, than those of humanity.
The human navy have an officer corps composed solely of US citizens and is essentially the US navy. The aliens in the fleet are subordinate. These were supposedly space faring civilisations but now have no navy of their own. They suffer discrimination and abuse happily.
In some manner the US navy by itself dominates the sector of the galaxy. We are told that the Americans won a war against another race with no history given. There is no timeline or hint at the year in which the book takes place.
The greatest obstacle to the smooth operation of the US navy in space, are the human students protesting for alien's rights. The main character spouts a page or more of complaint to make the point. None of the low tier writers seem familiar with subtlety. This racist rant or something like it, is almost universal in Low end US science fiction.
The Supercarrier is the typical low end fiction and game shoot-em-up over the top fantasy warship. Only because of the cluelessness demonstrated by commenters, I must mention that no carrier/battleship/troopship will be fielded or operate without escorts. The book is another of the US hegemonic fantasy which seems to sustain a sizeable majority of US citizens and the vast majority of science fiction reading US males on the Goodreads site.
If US readers imagine that the treatment of non-whites or their alien stand-in is not only acceptable but necessary in either the book or real life, I refer them to "The Great Sepoy Rebellion".
This book is poorly written even for one of Amazon's spacey-space boom-boom books.
Have earned another visit to the YouTube. This next is made possible by Doctor Who -The Fallen - Grayze TV, NCMI, Fiona Hill, The Military Show, Cindy's Villa, Purple Sweater, Riverboat Jack, Hawk's Podcasts, Wes O'Donnell, Verilybitchie, Blackboot Official, FAFO, Nope Brigade, Leeja Miller, Raw News and Politics, Leeanne Morgan, Amie's Literary Empire, Britta Bohler, Jess Owens, Mr Newberger's AI Funnies, Queen Penguin, Dr Becky, Hoots, CBC News, The Great War, Reads with Rachel, Anna Cramling, Alice in Wonderland, Dr Ben Miles, Planet D, Tom Nicholas, Reads with Rachel, Anton Petrov, Tibees, Toni and Ryan, Your True Shelf, Vidya Mitra, Kozak Muzon, ScaredKetchup, WION, Mynameismarines, Kat Blacque, Democratic Penguins Republic, Canadian Updates, Weirdo Book Club, Cappy Army, Gingers are Black, Red Quills Mapmaking, The Dark Side of Russia, Aid Thompsin, Dreamloop Cinema, Squire, Baltic Defence Review, Evie Lupine, Dark Brandon, Monte Mader, Essence of Thought, 7News Australia, Business Basics, Jake Broe, Professor Tim Wilson, Claus Kellerman POV, Electro Swing, Charlie Angus, Lily Simpson, Ellie Dashwood, Miranda Mills, The Buzz, ExtinctZoo, Chem Thug, Military Rated.
Consider treating this as a hostile site. 🤔
Goodreads do not do discourse. As example, I wrote a short negative review of Powers of the Earth, a poorly written salute to the libertarian/anarcho capitalist/thuggish January 6, 2021 hero.
The story is of a rich twat enlisting the military in overthrow of the US government in order that he not pay inheritance tax. It had been blurbed as similar to a Heinlein novel but has since been changed. Powers is instead "Atlas Shrugged" on the Moon and was just as bad a book.
The writer, Travis Corcoran self-described as libertarian (now anarcho capitalist, soon to discover that he is not a capitalist, I am sure) and proponent of the return of chattel slavery (very popular among the MAGA and supported by US state and federal legislative initiatives), veteran, employee of an unnamed federal agency and supporter of Putin (another stance popular among the MAGA and in the White House).
He and six fellow US patriots, objected to my communist opinion that the storyline (common in the Unlimited library) was dangerous and unhealthy. How naive I was. In 2025 USA, 77+ millions of US citizens have voted to protect the rights of the abused billionaire class, even at the cost of what few rights the working classes had retained and destruction of the already inadequate social safely net. Such dedication is to be admired.
For close to a year, that merry band spent pages of comment demanding a response. Their comments ranged from the virtues of white supremacy, judgement of my intelligence, the role of women readers, my narcissism in not responding and the evils of socialism. I had hoped that they might have answers to the disappearance of the Indus civilisation. Sadly, that they did not offer.
A shame that they will never appreciate the layers of irony.
The final comment was delivered by Claes Rees Jr aka cgr710 now ka Clayton R Jesse Jr.
He after referencing the contents of my last message to a Goodreads friend, declared that They had "won" (?). They and recruits had launched a year long campaign (which continues in muted firm) of vile sexual, racist, anti-LGBTQ and other attacks against apparently every channel I mentioned.
They failed to charm the astrophysicist, midteen boater or her mother, historian, linguist and other female creators. Despite that failure, They certainly increased the world's oversupply of ugliness and did deliver a faithful self-portrait of the Snowflake (vicious, poorly socialised, stupid US baby-man) to a multinational audience. On balance, quite the Victory.
Goodreads is a most interesting reader forum.
I had originally assumed that most speculative fiction reader members expected solid worldbuilding, some character depth with sensible dialogue, serviceable prose overall. A given was some line editing, a scan for plot hole and contrivance, spelling check at the least. What point to that genre fiction without a new idea, perspective or examination of present and past society.
US print fiction no longer offer these, nor do readers demand them. The spacey-space boom-boom book has put me off science fiction in general and print in particular. I do watch video for science fiction rather than try to read typical low end science fiction. The streaming services offer a better written product as a rule and are always more entertaining.
I was lucky to have stumbled onto all the content available on YouTube about three years ago now. I first found science fiction discussion channels and educational video. YouTube have a good number of essayist and documentary channels. There are advertisements on the channels for many documentary sites, of which Curiosity Stream/Nebula were my first subscription.
After watching the literary deep dives of Lindsay Ellis 😍, I stumbled onto BookTube and they were wonderful. 😍 The communities of readers to be found are serious, curious, thoughtful and excited by all bookish things. This is completely opposite to the toxic experience of Goodreads.
Have earned yet another YouTube break. This next was made possible by Doctor Who/Never Fail to Be Kind - Slyfer2812, NCMI, Russian Media Monitor, Belinda Strnad, AllShorts, Jason Jay Smart, Tom Powell Jr, Mao Bushcraft, Chris and Yeji, CBC News, Nomadic Crobot, Kathy's Flog in France, Yankee Farm Wife, Roads with Belle, TVP World, Dark Skies, Dark Docs, Dark Seas, Event Horizon, Isaac Arthur, A Very Casual Librarian, France 24, Munecat, May, Hej Sokoly, Cambrian Chronicles, Irish Myths, Maggie Mae Fish, Cossack and Caucasus Sword Dance, 60 Minutes Australia, Just in Time Worldbuilding, Words in Time, Tristan and the Classics. Broken Peach, Esther Natakunda, Paul Warburg, Raw Medieval, The Octopus Lady, Oceanliner Designs. Thoughty2, Josie Lewis, PoliticsGirl, Ana Fern, Interior Design Hub, Fundie Fridays, Reads with Rachel, Reads with Cindy, More Perfect Union, Rogue Rocket, Professor Gerdes Explains, ATP Geopolitics, Political CUSTARD, Lore Saga AI, Clint's Reptiles, Spacedock, CoachD, ThatDaneshGuy, She's Right, Petrik Leo, The Enemy from Within, Combat Veteran Reacts, Ammy Robinson, PPR Global, Voices of the North - Redactably, Alyssa Grenfell.
Ominous music begins. 😊 The comment gangs are very active across the membership, not only science fiction. They do not limit their antics to nasty comments. They have doxxed, stalked and threatened members, even BookTubers. I doubt that They recognise limits in 2025 America.
Giving over my very limited message history to those deranged members after my Powers review might not be. I scan YouTube and am not reassured by Republican and MAGA rhetoric. Pine Gap Centre extracted a favour from Australian Security to interrogate the one Goodreads friend, whom I occasionally messaged. Mental, yes. Securing my personal history, no. Creating two outraged customers, of course.
Only after our sharing of that bizarre, illegal incident, did Amazon become concerned. Amazon did respond not by apology or explanation but by removing all visible harassment from my pages. Page options and format were restored, Lurkers whom I had not previously been Permitted to remove, were disappeared en masse and the rest.
One wonders whether Amazon ought revise Their customer service protocols.
Among other stories involving US data corporations, a seventh ex-employee of EBay was sentenced for harassment of a couple whose small ecommerce channel had been deemed unkind to EBay. The couple were awarded millions and that ex-employee had been the EBay Chief of Global Security or some such. These and other stories occurred years before the current Carte Blanche handed by the US government to these firms. Something to ponder.
I suggest simple precautions to improve safety on Amazon sites. Remove all personal information from profile and use message function carefully. Remove lurkers, those friends who never post are not admirers. They are monitors for gangs or dummies created by cowardly employees. Given the flexible approach of Amazon towards customer voices or even safety, the screenshot of the odd, ugly and threatening are a lifesaver. These should suffice.
Kindle are a different matter. Do Not use Kindle Files, Contacts, Calendar or E-mail. I confirmed that Amazon read customer email without notice or permission. Make of that what you will. Do Not "purchase" Amazon e-books, as you own only your device not downloads. Those may be altered or deleted at will. BookTubers discuss alternatives device and e-book vendors, as well as alternatives to e-book purchase.
All Silk searches should be innocuous and non-critical, of course.
I recommend a scan of FAFO channels on YouTube if you entertain any doubts about the lack of intelligence or morality of what seem to be a majority of Americans. They are the pool from which a majority of English language site users and employees are drawn and are US patriots. Ominous music ends. 😊
Be safe and may we all find good reading. 🤗
Some of my favourite YouTube channels.
NCMI, No Justice, Lindsay Ellis, Some More News, Eleanor Morton, Novara Media, Riverboat Jack, Owen Jones, The Armchair Historian, Redactably, Tulia, Brittany the Bibliophile, The Leftist Cooks, Jessie Gender, The Juice Media, Lady of the Library, Chloe Stafler, Sabine Hossenfelder, Mrs Betty Bowers, Michael DuBois, Tibees, Irish Pagan School, Chill Goblin, FunkyFrogBait, Bookleo, Prime of Midlife, 2Cellos, The Piano Boat, Boat Time, Nerine Skinner, Pentatonix, Telltale Fireside Chat, Cruising Alba, Cruising Crafts, Engineering with Rosie, Invicta, Military History Visualised, Red Viburnam Song, Tom Nicholas, Travelling K, Sarah Z, Philip Thompson, The Budget Museum, Anka Daily News, Big Maj Studios, Kathy's Flog in France, Joe Scott, Hello Future Me, Vlad Vexler, Philosophy Tube, Art by Annamarie, All Shorts, We're in Hell, Sort of Interesting, SciFi Odyssey, The Present Past, The Leftist Cooks, Rekkin, Real Science, Filaxim Historia, PolyMatter, Adult Wednesday Addams -2 seasons, Thersites the Historian, Science Intuition, Chloe Daniels, Northern Narrowboaters, Ship Happens, Yoyomi, Then & Now, Real Time History, Robwords, The Templin Institute, Vanwives, Crecganford, Lindsey Stirling, David John Wellman, Joe Scott, Astrum, Cecilia Blomdahl, Writing with Jenna Moreci, Rowan J Coleman, StatQuest, Historian's Craft, Warographics, Exurbia, Half as Interesting, The Cold War, Eckharts Ladder, The Library Ladder, But Why, The Ritual Kitchen with Laura May, Maggie Mae Fish, Harp Twins, The Mindful Narrowboat, Luciana Zogbi, Christy Anne Jones, Irish Myths, CandleLit Tales, Keffals.
I wish you a sunny morning, a breezy afternoon, an exciting evening, a wonderful night and may we all continue learning.
How else to judge a person's Humanity, if not their store of Empathy.
Lore, Dark Sisters
I am rewriting my reviews for increased clarity. Goodreads had blocked my view of others. I would imagine that the one star rated reviews are worth a look. This book is badly planned, if at all. More detail below but first..
I need a visit to the YouTube. This was made possible by Doctor Who/Never Cruel or Cowardly - Ozar, NCMI, Anark, RevolutionarythOt, Tod Maffin, SolarpunkAlana, Red Glasgow, No Justice, Honest Government Ads, Amadeus Quartet, ScaredKetchup, FAFO, Heather Cox Richardson, Welcome to Ukraine, Unlearning Economics, KernowDamo, Silicon Curtain, Eugenia from Ukraine, Matriarchetype, The New Enlightenment with Ashley, Reese Waters. The Military Show, Lisandra Vazquez, Postmodern Jukebox, ATP Geopolitics, Stanzi, Kozak Siromaha, Agro Squirrel Narrates, Offizier Amira, NerdForge, League of Steam, DUST, Naughty Nana DUZ, Blooms & Greens by Chloe, Octopus Lady, Petticoats and Prose, Reese Waters, Council of Geeks, Jay Exci, Alex Fleev, Smack the Pony, Mercado Media, Ship Happens, Kris Atomic, Ukraine News TV, Sailing Melody, Cruising Alba, Hoots, GhostTime History, The Great War, Hej Sokoly, Kings and Generals, Veritas et Caritas, Players Aid, Ministry of Miniatures, Central Crossing, Dark Brandon, The Confused Adipose, Geo Girl, Acollierastro, Rogue Hobbies, Alice in Wonderland, Miniminuteman, Chem Thug, Julingo, Dungeons and Discourse, MS Paints, Squidmar Miniatures, Starbound Extra, Novara Media, Bill Making Stuff, Sabine Hossenfelder, Munecat, Anvil of Doom Miniatures, AllShorts, Scallydandling About the Books, Kat Abughazaleh, Delamer, Just in Time Worldbuilding, Ukraine Today, Anti-Social Studies.
I saw a Snowflake (arrogant, nasty US baby-man) who in the midst of insulting an essayist I mention, complain to her that I list trans creators. The disease which transforms white US males into the Snowflake (whinging, arrogant baby-man), should be a research priority. That being said, until a cure is developed a trigger warning is needed.
The channels which I list include primatologist, botanist, bi, Irish, autist, tall, asexual, archaeologist, chess player, mathematician, cis, modeller, musician, Indian, intersex, boat builder, marine biologist, trans, miniatures player, Australian, astrophysicist, queer, WOC, redhaired, lesbian, married, German, architect, literary critic and other creators known as Women.
Almost as damaging are the channels hosted by the ship builder, zoologist, Estonian, other LGBTQI+, ethnocynologist, RPG player, fashion historian, Ukrainian, linguist, other BIPOC, hat historian, philosopher, chemist, archaeologist, military boardgamer, Welsh, BookTuber, other neurodivergent, writer, musician among other creators known as Human Beings.
Should the voices persist, seek immediate therapy, begin worship at nearest Shinto
Temple or apply for an emergency exorcism.
My feelings towards such clods is very similar to those of the 13 Ukrainian marines defending Snake Island, when Russians demanded their surrender. Their response "Russian Warship, Go F@ck yourself". Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the Heroes. Crimea is Ukraine.
Once more unto the page, dear friends. The almost universal first failure of US romance and speculative fiction, especially Amazon offerings less than 15 to 20 years old is worldbuilding. Incomplete or sketchy context will not usually allow for character depth, consistent interactions, plausible scenes, etc. This book did not clear that hurdle.
The plot is the usual for low end US fare, a string of barely connected nonsensical scenes. The characters human and alien are offensive caricatures. That is fairly standard for Unlimited selections but also in US science fiction generally, it seems.
The technology is poorly envisioned or described by the writer, again common to US print. The human naval and military aspects of the book which are its core, do not meet the measure of the worst of games, TV or film.
The alien technology and naval/military organization, strength, logistics, etc are more vague even, than those of humanity.
The human navy have an officer corps composed solely of US citizens and is essentially the US navy. The aliens in the fleet are subordinate. These were supposedly space faring civilisations but now have no navy of their own. They suffer discrimination and abuse happily.
In some manner the US navy by itself dominates the sector of the galaxy. We are told that the Americans won a war against another race with no history given. There is no timeline or hint at the year in which the book takes place.
The greatest obstacle to the smooth operation of the US navy in space, are the human students protesting for alien's rights. The main character spouts a page or more of complaint to make the point. None of the low tier writers seem familiar with subtlety. This racist rant or something like it, is almost universal in Low end US science fiction.
The Supercarrier is the typical low end fiction and game shoot-em-up over the top fantasy warship. Only because of the cluelessness demonstrated by commenters, I must mention that no carrier/battleship/troopship will be fielded or operate without escorts. The book is another of the US hegemonic fantasy which seems to sustain a sizeable majority of US citizens and the vast majority of science fiction reading US males on the Goodreads site.
If US readers imagine that the treatment of non-whites or their alien stand-in is not only acceptable but necessary in either the book or real life, I refer them to "The Great Sepoy Rebellion".
This book is poorly written even for one of Amazon's spacey-space boom-boom books.
Have earned another visit to the YouTube. This next is made possible by Doctor Who -The Fallen - Grayze TV, NCMI, Fiona Hill, The Military Show, Cindy's Villa, Purple Sweater, Riverboat Jack, Hawk's Podcasts, Wes O'Donnell, Verilybitchie, Blackboot Official, FAFO, Nope Brigade, Leeja Miller, Raw News and Politics, Leeanne Morgan, Amie's Literary Empire, Britta Bohler, Jess Owens, Mr Newberger's AI Funnies, Queen Penguin, Dr Becky, Hoots, CBC News, The Great War, Reads with Rachel, Anna Cramling, Alice in Wonderland, Dr Ben Miles, Planet D, Tom Nicholas, Reads with Rachel, Anton Petrov, Tibees, Toni and Ryan, Your True Shelf, Vidya Mitra, Kozak Muzon, ScaredKetchup, WION, Mynameismarines, Kat Blacque, Democratic Penguins Republic, Canadian Updates, Weirdo Book Club, Cappy Army, Gingers are Black, Red Quills Mapmaking, The Dark Side of Russia, Aid Thompsin, Dreamloop Cinema, Squire, Baltic Defence Review, Evie Lupine, Dark Brandon, Monte Mader, Essence of Thought, 7News Australia, Business Basics, Jake Broe, Professor Tim Wilson, Claus Kellerman POV, Electro Swing, Charlie Angus, Lily Simpson, Ellie Dashwood, Miranda Mills, The Buzz, ExtinctZoo, Chem Thug, Military Rated.
Consider treating this as a hostile site. 🤔
Goodreads do not do discourse. As example, I wrote a short negative review of Powers of the Earth, a poorly written salute to the libertarian/anarcho capitalist/thuggish January 6, 2021 hero.
The story is of a rich twat enlisting the military in overthrow of the US government in order that he not pay inheritance tax. It had been blurbed as similar to a Heinlein novel but has since been changed. Powers is instead "Atlas Shrugged" on the Moon and was just as bad a book.
The writer, Travis Corcoran self-described as libertarian (now anarcho capitalist, soon to discover that he is not a capitalist, I am sure) and proponent of the return of chattel slavery (very popular among the MAGA and supported by US state and federal legislative initiatives), veteran, employee of an unnamed federal agency and supporter of Putin (another stance popular among the MAGA and in the White House).
He and six fellow US patriots, objected to my communist opinion that the storyline (common in the Unlimited library) was dangerous and unhealthy. How naive I was. In 2025 USA, 77+ millions of US citizens have voted to protect the rights of the abused billionaire class, even at the cost of what few rights the working classes had retained and destruction of the already inadequate social safely net. Such dedication is to be admired.
For close to a year, that merry band spent pages of comment demanding a response. Their comments ranged from the virtues of white supremacy, judgement of my intelligence, the role of women readers, my narcissism in not responding and the evils of socialism. I had hoped that they might have answers to the disappearance of the Indus civilisation. Sadly, that they did not offer.
A shame that they will never appreciate the layers of irony.
The final comment was delivered by Claes Rees Jr aka cgr710 now ka Clayton R Jesse Jr.
He after referencing the contents of my last message to a Goodreads friend, declared that They had "won" (?). They and recruits had launched a year long campaign (which continues in muted firm) of vile sexual, racist, anti-LGBTQ and other attacks against apparently every channel I mentioned.
They failed to charm the astrophysicist, midteen boater or her mother, historian, linguist and other female creators. Despite that failure, They certainly increased the world's oversupply of ugliness and did deliver a faithful self-portrait of the Snowflake (vicious, poorly socialised, stupid US baby-man) to a multinational audience. On balance, quite the Victory.
Goodreads is a most interesting reader forum.
I had originally assumed that most speculative fiction reader members expected solid worldbuilding, some character depth with sensible dialogue, serviceable prose overall. A given was some line editing, a scan for plot hole and contrivance, spelling check at the least. What point to that genre fiction without a new idea, perspective or examination of present and past society.
US print fiction no longer offer these, nor do readers demand them. The spacey-space boom-boom book has put me off science fiction in general and print in particular. I do watch video for science fiction rather than try to read typical low end science fiction. The streaming services offer a better written product as a rule and are always more entertaining.
I was lucky to have stumbled onto all the content available on YouTube about three years ago now. I first found science fiction discussion channels and educational video. YouTube have a good number of essayist and documentary channels. There are advertisements on the channels for many documentary sites, of which Curiosity Stream/Nebula were my first subscription.
After watching the literary deep dives of Lindsay Ellis 😍, I stumbled onto BookTube and they were wonderful. 😍 The communities of readers to be found are serious, curious, thoughtful and excited by all bookish things. This is completely opposite to the toxic experience of Goodreads.
Have earned yet another YouTube break. This next was made possible by Doctor Who/Never Fail to Be Kind - Slyfer2812, NCMI, Russian Media Monitor, Belinda Strnad, AllShorts, Jason Jay Smart, Tom Powell Jr, Mao Bushcraft, Chris and Yeji, CBC News, Nomadic Crobot, Kathy's Flog in France, Yankee Farm Wife, Roads with Belle, TVP World, Dark Skies, Dark Docs, Dark Seas, Event Horizon, Isaac Arthur, A Very Casual Librarian, France 24, Munecat, May, Hej Sokoly, Cambrian Chronicles, Irish Myths, Maggie Mae Fish, Cossack and Caucasus Sword Dance, 60 Minutes Australia, Just in Time Worldbuilding, Words in Time, Tristan and the Classics. Broken Peach, Esther Natakunda, Paul Warburg, Raw Medieval, The Octopus Lady, Oceanliner Designs. Thoughty2, Josie Lewis, PoliticsGirl, Ana Fern, Interior Design Hub, Fundie Fridays, Reads with Rachel, Reads with Cindy, More Perfect Union, Rogue Rocket, Professor Gerdes Explains, ATP Geopolitics, Political CUSTARD, Lore Saga AI, Clint's Reptiles, Spacedock, CoachD, ThatDaneshGuy, She's Right, Petrik Leo, The Enemy from Within, Combat Veteran Reacts, Ammy Robinson, PPR Global, Voices of the North - Redactably, Alyssa Grenfell.
Ominous music begins. 😊 The comment gangs are very active across the membership, not only science fiction. They do not limit their antics to nasty comments. They have doxxed, stalked and threatened members, even BookTubers. I doubt that They recognise limits in 2025 America.
Giving over my very limited message history to those deranged members after my Powers review might not be. I scan YouTube and am not reassured by Republican and MAGA rhetoric. Pine Gap Centre extracted a favour from Australian Security to interrogate the one Goodreads friend, whom I occasionally messaged. Mental, yes. Securing my personal history, no. Creating two outraged customers, of course.
Only after our sharing of that bizarre, illegal incident, did Amazon become concerned. Amazon did respond not by apology or explanation but by removing all visible harassment from my pages. Page options and format were restored, Lurkers whom I had not previously been Permitted to remove, were disappeared en masse and the rest.
One wonders whether Amazon ought revise Their customer service protocols.
Among other stories involving US data corporations, a seventh ex-employee of EBay was sentenced for harassment of a couple whose small ecommerce channel had been deemed unkind to EBay. The couple were awarded millions and that ex-employee had been the EBay Chief of Global Security or some such. These and other stories occurred years before the current Carte Blanche handed by the US government to these firms. Something to ponder.
I suggest simple precautions to improve safety on Amazon sites. Remove all personal information from profile and use message function carefully. Remove lurkers, those friends who never post are not admirers. They are monitors for gangs or dummies created by cowardly employees. Given the flexible approach of Amazon towards customer voices or even safety, the screenshot of the odd, ugly and threatening are a lifesaver. These should suffice.
Kindle are a different matter. Do Not use Kindle Files, Contacts, Calendar or E-mail. I confirmed that Amazon read customer email without notice or permission. Make of that what you will. Do Not "purchase" Amazon e-books, as you own only your device not downloads. Those may be altered or deleted at will. BookTubers discuss alternatives device and e-book vendors, as well as alternatives to e-book purchase.
All Silk searches should be innocuous and non-critical, of course.
I recommend a scan of FAFO channels on YouTube if you entertain any doubts about the lack of intelligence or morality of what seem to be a majority of Americans. They are the pool from which a majority of English language site users and employees are drawn and are US patriots. Ominous music ends. 😊
Be safe and may we all find good reading. 🤗
Some of my favourite YouTube channels.
NCMI, No Justice, Lindsay Ellis, Some More News, Eleanor Morton, Novara Media, Riverboat Jack, Owen Jones, The Armchair Historian, Redactably, Tulia, Brittany the Bibliophile, The Leftist Cooks, Jessie Gender, The Juice Media, Lady of the Library, Chloe Stafler, Sabine Hossenfelder, Mrs Betty Bowers, Michael DuBois, Tibees, Irish Pagan School, Chill Goblin, FunkyFrogBait, Bookleo, Prime of Midlife, 2Cellos, The Piano Boat, Boat Time, Nerine Skinner, Pentatonix, Telltale Fireside Chat, Cruising Alba, Cruising Crafts, Engineering with Rosie, Invicta, Military History Visualised, Red Viburnam Song, Tom Nicholas, Travelling K, Sarah Z, Philip Thompson, The Budget Museum, Anka Daily News, Big Maj Studios, Kathy's Flog in France, Joe Scott, Hello Future Me, Vlad Vexler, Philosophy Tube, Art by Annamarie, All Shorts, We're in Hell, Sort of Interesting, SciFi Odyssey, The Present Past, The Leftist Cooks, Rekkin, Real Science, Filaxim Historia, PolyMatter, Adult Wednesday Addams -2 seasons, Thersites the Historian, Science Intuition, Chloe Daniels, Northern Narrowboaters, Ship Happens, Yoyomi, Then & Now, Real Time History, Robwords, The Templin Institute, Vanwives, Crecganford, Lindsey Stirling, David John Wellman, Joe Scott, Astrum, Cecilia Blomdahl, Writing with Jenna Moreci, Rowan J Coleman, StatQuest, Historian's Craft, Warographics, Exurbia, Half as Interesting, The Cold War, Eckharts Ladder, The Library Ladder, But Why, The Ritual Kitchen with Laura May, Maggie Mae Fish, Harp Twins, The Mindful Narrowboat, Luciana Zogbi, Christy Anne Jones, Irish Myths, CandleLit Tales, Keffals.
I wish you a sunny morning, a breezy afternoon, an exciting evening, a wonderful night and may we all continue learning.
How else to judge a person's Humanity, if not their store of Empathy.
Lore, Dark Sisters
December 30, 2016
Clueless Author Shows Results of Participation Trophy Legacy
"Supercarrier," showcases how an author, who is fully clueless on military concepts, exemplifies the legacy of "Participation Trophy," philosophy. Decisions in life have consequences, good, bad or indifferent. The author, writing from an apparent safe space, surrounded by stuffed toys, coloring books, crayons, and therapy dogs, is promulgating a leftist, socialist democratic agenda.
The eBook was so bad, I aborted and DNF. The drivel was accessed via Kindle Unlimited.
"Supercarrier," showcases how an author, who is fully clueless on military concepts, exemplifies the legacy of "Participation Trophy," philosophy. Decisions in life have consequences, good, bad or indifferent. The author, writing from an apparent safe space, surrounded by stuffed toys, coloring books, crayons, and therapy dogs, is promulgating a leftist, socialist democratic agenda.
The eBook was so bad, I aborted and DNF. The drivel was accessed via Kindle Unlimited.
September 17, 2018
I'm not going to try to finish it. Things happen and then more things happen and then... The characters are cardboard cutouts without souls.
April 15, 2022
There's something about this story that just doesn't sit right with me. I'm not sure the author knows that much about the military or if he/she does, then it's not showing in this book. It starts off with a young guy being assigned to the Providence, a United Human Fleet starship that had seen better days. It's an old battleship/carrier that is just barely being kept out of the mothball fleet. Vin Husher is the young guy and he's just been demoted via a military court-martial and now assigned to the Providence.
Such assignment is meant as a continuation of his punishment since the Providence is usually the end point of a career for anyone assigned to her. The book says that now Husher is a First Lieutenant, down from Captain, which, if this was an Army organization, would be correct. But, the story leads you to believe that Vin Husher was a former starship Captain which doesn't make sense in that is a Naval rank. He, himself, later says he's a Condor pilot, which he could be as 1st Lt. if the Condors were part of an Air Force not the Navy. So, I'm already confused as to what kind of military they are using in this book. I get distracted by this kind of writing.
Next, it seems that Captain Keyes, commanding the Providence, is a Naval officer and he's very protective of his ship. His boss, Admiral Carrow doesn't think much of the Providence and does all he can to keep it away from any real Naval action. Right now, they are assigned to investigate who is attacking some Ocharium mining operation in the Caspar region. Captain Keyes assigns 1st Lt. Husher to the ground force to go to the Thessaly colony and find out what's going on. Now, again, why would a 1st Lt. pilot be assigned to a combat mission best suited for Marines? And then he's place under the command of a Marine Seargeant! Not going to happen or at least it shouldn't happen. This, again, shows the authors lack of military knowledge.
But, the story continues on and even gets stranger. Aboard the Providence are several types of starfighters and shuttles. Since this battleship also acts as a carrier, it has a Commander of the Air Group or CAG, which is usually a full Commander. Yet, we find the CAG isn't even a human but a Winger, a bird-like alien, named Fesky! There is a Lieutenant Hornwood that supposed to be the CAG, but he's, for some reason, non-functional or shoved aside by this alien presumedly with Captain Keyes approval. Not the way to run a ship. The alien Winger isn't even supposed to be aboard a human vessel and certainly isn't in the human Navy!
So, 1st Lt. Husher goes on the ground mission and they accomplish what they intended. Then they are attacked by the Wingers, yes, the same species as Fesky, and these Wingers were supposed to be allies of the humans. But, it appears that the humans are not the best characters in this universe. They apparently have control of a mineral called Ocharium which has some amazing properties. One of which is that it can produce wormholes when used just right which ships can use to go from place to place very quickly. With humans the only ones controlling this mineral, it has allowed them to pretty much clamp down on any other species free travel about the universe. Additionally, the human fleet can appear anywhere and take on any other alien military without much fear of retaliation since the humans ship can just jump away if attacked. All this has done is to make the other aliens now a little hostile towards humans.
For some reason a human starship orbiting the home world of the Wingers, suddenly took a nose dive and crashed into the planet. This caused a lot of loss of live as expected and was considered an act of war by the Wingers! They have cut off all communications with the humans and are now attacking any human vessel that approaches any of their planets. The Providence is tasked with going to the Wingers home planet and getting them to talk so the humans can explain what happened and end the war before it gets started.
As you can read, there are a lot of things I don't care for in the book. Captain Keyes is not the best starship Captain I've read about and his commander, Admiral Carrow and the entire human Navy is pretty stupid. As for our main character, why is a supposed Naval officer acting like a Marine one moment, then a fighter pilot the next and then as a mad bomber on a suicide mission the next? Strange story to say the least.
This is a trilogy all in one book. I'm not going to read the next book, yet. I just don't find it that interesting. Oh, I might come back to it later, but I've got to read something a little more realistic even if this is all science fiction!
Such assignment is meant as a continuation of his punishment since the Providence is usually the end point of a career for anyone assigned to her. The book says that now Husher is a First Lieutenant, down from Captain, which, if this was an Army organization, would be correct. But, the story leads you to believe that Vin Husher was a former starship Captain which doesn't make sense in that is a Naval rank. He, himself, later says he's a Condor pilot, which he could be as 1st Lt. if the Condors were part of an Air Force not the Navy. So, I'm already confused as to what kind of military they are using in this book. I get distracted by this kind of writing.
Next, it seems that Captain Keyes, commanding the Providence, is a Naval officer and he's very protective of his ship. His boss, Admiral Carrow doesn't think much of the Providence and does all he can to keep it away from any real Naval action. Right now, they are assigned to investigate who is attacking some Ocharium mining operation in the Caspar region. Captain Keyes assigns 1st Lt. Husher to the ground force to go to the Thessaly colony and find out what's going on. Now, again, why would a 1st Lt. pilot be assigned to a combat mission best suited for Marines? And then he's place under the command of a Marine Seargeant! Not going to happen or at least it shouldn't happen. This, again, shows the authors lack of military knowledge.
But, the story continues on and even gets stranger. Aboard the Providence are several types of starfighters and shuttles. Since this battleship also acts as a carrier, it has a Commander of the Air Group or CAG, which is usually a full Commander. Yet, we find the CAG isn't even a human but a Winger, a bird-like alien, named Fesky! There is a Lieutenant Hornwood that supposed to be the CAG, but he's, for some reason, non-functional or shoved aside by this alien presumedly with Captain Keyes approval. Not the way to run a ship. The alien Winger isn't even supposed to be aboard a human vessel and certainly isn't in the human Navy!
So, 1st Lt. Husher goes on the ground mission and they accomplish what they intended. Then they are attacked by the Wingers, yes, the same species as Fesky, and these Wingers were supposed to be allies of the humans. But, it appears that the humans are not the best characters in this universe. They apparently have control of a mineral called Ocharium which has some amazing properties. One of which is that it can produce wormholes when used just right which ships can use to go from place to place very quickly. With humans the only ones controlling this mineral, it has allowed them to pretty much clamp down on any other species free travel about the universe. Additionally, the human fleet can appear anywhere and take on any other alien military without much fear of retaliation since the humans ship can just jump away if attacked. All this has done is to make the other aliens now a little hostile towards humans.
For some reason a human starship orbiting the home world of the Wingers, suddenly took a nose dive and crashed into the planet. This caused a lot of loss of live as expected and was considered an act of war by the Wingers! They have cut off all communications with the humans and are now attacking any human vessel that approaches any of their planets. The Providence is tasked with going to the Wingers home planet and getting them to talk so the humans can explain what happened and end the war before it gets started.
As you can read, there are a lot of things I don't care for in the book. Captain Keyes is not the best starship Captain I've read about and his commander, Admiral Carrow and the entire human Navy is pretty stupid. As for our main character, why is a supposed Naval officer acting like a Marine one moment, then a fighter pilot the next and then as a mad bomber on a suicide mission the next? Strange story to say the least.
This is a trilogy all in one book. I'm not going to read the next book, yet. I just don't find it that interesting. Oh, I might come back to it later, but I've got to read something a little more realistic even if this is all science fiction!
September 10, 2020
If I were a company who wanted to co-opt humanity’s scientific evolution and manufacture consent for an intergalactic war designed to enrich silicon valley oligarchs, I would not name it “Dark Stream” and give away the game immediately. I would name it something inconspicuous and smart, like “Cool Stream” or “Twitter”.
April 20, 2022
Unfortunately this is nothing special, and at times, it's below average. However it has kept me just interested enough to continue on to book 2, where I hope it improves.
December 15, 2023
You know junk food? This is junk book. Low quality ingredients with a pinch of unknown spices overcooked and bland. Would rather read books from AI's, they would do a more decent job.
July 8, 2017
This really reminded me of the reboot of the Battlestar Galactica series, although, with a few extra alien races. It is like the UHF are the Cylons – they have been taken over and gone bad, led by an evil leader, and the Providence (or Galactica) is the only thing that can stand in their way. They even have a lone senator trying to rally support for their cause. Now don’t get me wrong, because this is not a bad things, ‘Supercarrier’ is a fantastic book, especially if you like a good story, with some brilliant characters and just good old fashioned Sci-Fi.
Although not what I would call hard Sci-Fi, or really full-on, this story does have a lot of plots and a lot of action.
The Human race had the first interstellar war a while ago, and won thanks to an Alien called Ocharium, who gave them Darktech, which allowed them to improve their weapons, open their own wormholes, all sorts of fun things. This allowed them to defeat a race called the Ixa. Only the Humans have Darktech, and they have kind of lorded it over the galaxy for a while. The other races, the Wingers, and the Gok, do not like the Humans as they consider themselves oppressed by Humanity. There are also the Fins, a very intelligent race who are also very perceptive, it's almost like they have prescience or an incredible intuition they can strategically and tactically see things so well. The Fins live with the Wingers, so are closely aligned.
When a deliberate incident happens, setting off a chain of events, the galaxy is basically plunged into war, with the Wingers taking the opportunity to attack their oppressors.
In the middle of all of this is the Providence, the last of the Supercarriers, the only ship without Darktech, and therefore vulnerable to manipulation by alien misdoings.
This is not just a book with an incredible amount of spectacular space combat, but also a rather intriguing political thriller as 5 different races all clash for power, and some have multiple factions within, the humans being the prime example.
As the galaxy soon tears itself apart, Captain Keyes and his crew must try and save humanity, protect the providence, and protect those that are too weak to protect themselves. Cue Disgraced Lieutenant Husher (which I have to point out was Admiral Adama’s callsign in Battlestar!!) the son of an alleged traitor who collaborated with the Ixa in the first war. He has just been stripped of his Captaincy for making an ethical decision and has joined Keyes.
To be honest, there were a couple of times I did cringe at some of the characters, the dialogue and the level of ‘heroism’ displayed by some of the main characters, but again, if you look past this, and just go with it, and enjoy this was what it is, this is actually a really fun read. And although the characters are a little overdone in some parts, for the most part, they are pretty good.
Overall, I really enjoyed this (huge fan of BSG, so of course I was going to!), it had an outstanding story, and although I have been a bit critical, the story really is very clever, Bartlett has managed to string together multiple plots without losing any (I'm into the second book and he is still tying them together nicely), and the quality of his space combat is exceptional. The political intrigue is also sensational.
The character writing is a little overdone, but certainly nothing to give up over, you just have to go with the flow and enjoy it. As I said, I am already into the second book ‘Juggernaut’ and it's a bit better than this one, so it is well worth reading the series. If nothing else, who doesn’t love a bit of good, fun Sci-Fi??
Although not what I would call hard Sci-Fi, or really full-on, this story does have a lot of plots and a lot of action.
The Human race had the first interstellar war a while ago, and won thanks to an Alien called Ocharium, who gave them Darktech, which allowed them to improve their weapons, open their own wormholes, all sorts of fun things. This allowed them to defeat a race called the Ixa. Only the Humans have Darktech, and they have kind of lorded it over the galaxy for a while. The other races, the Wingers, and the Gok, do not like the Humans as they consider themselves oppressed by Humanity. There are also the Fins, a very intelligent race who are also very perceptive, it's almost like they have prescience or an incredible intuition they can strategically and tactically see things so well. The Fins live with the Wingers, so are closely aligned.
When a deliberate incident happens, setting off a chain of events, the galaxy is basically plunged into war, with the Wingers taking the opportunity to attack their oppressors.
In the middle of all of this is the Providence, the last of the Supercarriers, the only ship without Darktech, and therefore vulnerable to manipulation by alien misdoings.
This is not just a book with an incredible amount of spectacular space combat, but also a rather intriguing political thriller as 5 different races all clash for power, and some have multiple factions within, the humans being the prime example.
As the galaxy soon tears itself apart, Captain Keyes and his crew must try and save humanity, protect the providence, and protect those that are too weak to protect themselves. Cue Disgraced Lieutenant Husher (which I have to point out was Admiral Adama’s callsign in Battlestar!!) the son of an alleged traitor who collaborated with the Ixa in the first war. He has just been stripped of his Captaincy for making an ethical decision and has joined Keyes.
To be honest, there were a couple of times I did cringe at some of the characters, the dialogue and the level of ‘heroism’ displayed by some of the main characters, but again, if you look past this, and just go with it, and enjoy this was what it is, this is actually a really fun read. And although the characters are a little overdone in some parts, for the most part, they are pretty good.
Overall, I really enjoyed this (huge fan of BSG, so of course I was going to!), it had an outstanding story, and although I have been a bit critical, the story really is very clever, Bartlett has managed to string together multiple plots without losing any (I'm into the second book and he is still tying them together nicely), and the quality of his space combat is exceptional. The political intrigue is also sensational.
The character writing is a little overdone, but certainly nothing to give up over, you just have to go with the flow and enjoy it. As I said, I am already into the second book ‘Juggernaut’ and it's a bit better than this one, so it is well worth reading the series. If nothing else, who doesn’t love a bit of good, fun Sci-Fi??
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April 13, 2017Great, Old Fashioned Fighter/Military Space Opera
Bartlett creates a universe with several dominant races vying for supremacy. The humans apparently won the last war with the evil Ix, but that may have been a long-term strategy by the Ix to beat humanity and all the other races...maybe...
Add to this volatile situation a Human Republic rife with corruption and betrayal, an Ixian who created an entire scientific field and then turned it over to humanity , which then used that technology to win the last war with Ix, and of course, a few stubborn humans trying to act with honor...(This IS a space opera, after all).
There seems to be a lot of racial discrimination (between actual different races), everybody resents the human control of the new science, and a relatively simple problem changes the covert war into open warfare.
Scott Bartlett writes a really good space opera thriller, and this opening novel of a projected trilogy is no exception. He uses tight dialogs to present the conflicts, much like the admired "Dutch" accomplished in his current adventure novels. It is almost written like a screenplay.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED SPACE-FIGHTER CENTERED MILITARY SPACE OPERA WRITTEN LIKE A NNETADVENTURE NOVEL.
Bartlett creates a universe with several dominant races vying for supremacy. The humans apparently won the last war with the evil Ix, but that may have been a long-term strategy by the Ix to beat humanity and all the other races...maybe...
Add to this volatile situation a Human Republic rife with corruption and betrayal, an Ixian who created an entire scientific field and then turned it over to humanity , which then used that technology to win the last war with Ix, and of course, a few stubborn humans trying to act with honor...(This IS a space opera, after all).
There seems to be a lot of racial discrimination (between actual different races), everybody resents the human control of the new science, and a relatively simple problem changes the covert war into open warfare.
Scott Bartlett writes a really good space opera thriller, and this opening novel of a projected trilogy is no exception. He uses tight dialogs to present the conflicts, much like the admired "Dutch" accomplished in his current adventure novels. It is almost written like a screenplay.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED SPACE-FIGHTER CENTERED MILITARY SPACE OPERA WRITTEN LIKE A NNETADVENTURE NOVEL.
April 21, 2019
At some point in the future, ill get back to this. There was a whole lot going on with like several different POVs that all sounded the same that it made it difficult for me to really visualize what was going on. The action scenes are great but seemed implausible. Why would a starship fighter pilot also be present in a ground engagement? These are two different combat scenarios that vastly differ in expertise and experience.
Other than that, the characters could use some development and even some description. I had a general idea of who was who, but then again after chapter 10 or so, the character all started to sound alike.
The best thing about this book is that the chapters don't hold you up long and the scenes flow pretty well. You go from chapter 3 to 40 in no time flat. But at the same time the pot felt like it was always one or even two steps out of reach at all times.
Overall, Supercarrier is not bad, but it could be better if it followed a smaller cast of characters and had a more refined plot from start to finish.
Other than that, the characters could use some development and even some description. I had a general idea of who was who, but then again after chapter 10 or so, the character all started to sound alike.
The best thing about this book is that the chapters don't hold you up long and the scenes flow pretty well. You go from chapter 3 to 40 in no time flat. But at the same time the pot felt like it was always one or even two steps out of reach at all times.
Overall, Supercarrier is not bad, but it could be better if it followed a smaller cast of characters and had a more refined plot from start to finish.
August 14, 2019
This was a mixed bag for me. Some of the elements were exceptional; distinctive aliens and interesting technologies. Others were overly simplistic or unbelievable.
The core premise of aliens gifting technology that turns out to be leveraged against the recipient is as old as the Trojan horse. Also, using the trope of extending conflict by having one party refuse to communicate with another, drives me mad.
In short, it's the lazy over-use of tropes that dropped this book from four or even five stars down to three. If you've never read a space opera before then this story may seem fresh, otherwise, caution is advised.
The core premise of aliens gifting technology that turns out to be leveraged against the recipient is as old as the Trojan horse. Also, using the trope of extending conflict by having one party refuse to communicate with another, drives me mad.
In short, it's the lazy over-use of tropes that dropped this book from four or even five stars down to three. If you've never read a space opera before then this story may seem fresh, otherwise, caution is advised.
February 2, 2018
Disappointing. I think the bit that got to me was that the characters didn't really behave as if they were in the military. The world building was also... sparse... and it felt like I had starting reading in the middle of the book - I had no clue what was going on or who people were; or where even the action was happening
Felt like this could have been a good idea, but the execution was terrible :(
Felt like this could have been a good idea, but the execution was terrible :(
December 22, 2019
Scott Bartlett does an amazing job building a world the reader can get lost in. This book takes place first in his series, and introduces the readers/listeners (for audible version), which I highly recommend Mark Boyett is a delightful narrator.
This isn’t the first Bartlett book I listened to. I started with Powered. Which I preferred over Supercarrier, simply because of the fact of the heavy mech presence. I would also suggest that people listen to at least that book first. It made me feel a little nostalgic listening to Supercarrier because I got to witness some of the same characters, I grew to love from that series return. Like Tessa Notaras then a civilian with distrust and disgust toward Darkstream (The cutthroat Corporation that profits from the bloodshed of war). In Supercarrier she is the naive Head of Security who learns of the evils of Darkstream.
This book produces some of the best lines.
“Humans have suffered from prejudice since we rose from the muck, even prejudice toward one another, and I’m afraid our interactions with aliens have only revealed just how ugly that side of us is.”
“Do you realize we are legally bound to increase shareholder profits? That’s what it means to be a Limited Liability Corporation.”
“Plenty of good CFO’s are sociopaths.”
“Corporations are the immortal gods of humanity, my friends, and they must be appeased.”
One thing I found odd, but the author later addressed was why a Lieutenant was reporting to a Sergeant. Just ignore that question and the author explains why in Chapter 38.
Roughly half way through the book the story takes a dramatic turn as the Providence is thrust into the deadliest battle since the First Galactic War. Who will survive and who will die?
This isn’t the first Bartlett book I listened to. I started with Powered. Which I preferred over Supercarrier, simply because of the fact of the heavy mech presence. I would also suggest that people listen to at least that book first. It made me feel a little nostalgic listening to Supercarrier because I got to witness some of the same characters, I grew to love from that series return. Like Tessa Notaras then a civilian with distrust and disgust toward Darkstream (The cutthroat Corporation that profits from the bloodshed of war). In Supercarrier she is the naive Head of Security who learns of the evils of Darkstream.
This book produces some of the best lines.
“Humans have suffered from prejudice since we rose from the muck, even prejudice toward one another, and I’m afraid our interactions with aliens have only revealed just how ugly that side of us is.”
“Do you realize we are legally bound to increase shareholder profits? That’s what it means to be a Limited Liability Corporation.”
“Plenty of good CFO’s are sociopaths.”
“Corporations are the immortal gods of humanity, my friends, and they must be appeased.”
One thing I found odd, but the author later addressed was why a Lieutenant was reporting to a Sergeant. Just ignore that question and the author explains why in Chapter 38.
Roughly half way through the book the story takes a dramatic turn as the Providence is thrust into the deadliest battle since the First Galactic War. Who will survive and who will die?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 4, 2022
This would have been a 1.5 star if that rating was possible.
As a premise and overall story, the story kept me intrigued enough to read long after I reached my first irritation hurdle. In terms of worldbuilding, the broader verse is interesting and engaging. Humans as the villains/protagonists dynamic is fairly refreshing.
However, the author clearly has limited knowledge of military anything and either didn't bother to research or didn't care to include a sufficient level of detail to offset the inherent flaws in writing about a military starship but not being knowledgeable on the workings of a military crew.
After having read some pretty awesome military sci-fi this story pales and falters as a result. A CAG would not be flying with the pilots (no matter Fesky's idiosyncrasies). A first lieutenant who flits between pilot duty and away teams and I still don't know his actual post or duty. This is sub-par military sci-fi and I could not overcome my irritation to continue.
The world-building also suffered due to a lack of attention to detail. How many Winger colonies are there? Are they restricted to a single system? If so, why? What does the system look like? The name of its star.
Star Wars would have us believe that all space battles are won or lost as a result of individual pilots in small fighters. The reality is that battles in space are brief, the distances too big for effective dog-fighting unless all the capital ships are sitting right on top of each other, and if so, it would be more like battleships at sea, slugging at each other with batteries.
So no. I did not finish. I doubt the positive reviews of this are serious. Weak writing, weak characters, and poor detail. Thank you, but no
As a premise and overall story, the story kept me intrigued enough to read long after I reached my first irritation hurdle. In terms of worldbuilding, the broader verse is interesting and engaging. Humans as the villains/protagonists dynamic is fairly refreshing.
However, the author clearly has limited knowledge of military anything and either didn't bother to research or didn't care to include a sufficient level of detail to offset the inherent flaws in writing about a military starship but not being knowledgeable on the workings of a military crew.
After having read some pretty awesome military sci-fi this story pales and falters as a result. A CAG would not be flying with the pilots (no matter Fesky's idiosyncrasies). A first lieutenant who flits between pilot duty and away teams and I still don't know his actual post or duty. This is sub-par military sci-fi and I could not overcome my irritation to continue.
The world-building also suffered due to a lack of attention to detail. How many Winger colonies are there? Are they restricted to a single system? If so, why? What does the system look like? The name of its star.
Star Wars would have us believe that all space battles are won or lost as a result of individual pilots in small fighters. The reality is that battles in space are brief, the distances too big for effective dog-fighting unless all the capital ships are sitting right on top of each other, and if so, it would be more like battleships at sea, slugging at each other with batteries.
So no. I did not finish. I doubt the positive reviews of this are serious. Weak writing, weak characters, and poor detail. Thank you, but no
January 26, 2020
Supercarrier, book one of The Ixan Prophecies, written by Scott Bartlett, is the military space opera recounting the experiences of the characters aboard the aging supercarrier The Providence. The galaxy is a restless place where multiple alien species interact, and tensions are currently high following the end of the first galaxy war.
Vincent Husher gets assigned to the old supercarrier UHS Providence, under the command of Captain Keyes. Here he teams up with Feske, a member of the Winger race which is on edge with the command of Earth. Tensions built, and an unfortunate… Accident, result in a full scale war between Earth on one side, and multiple alien species on the other. Earth has only one major advantage, that of dark matter derived technology, which they have used to bully the rest of the galaxy, and that technology starts to fail. Husher and the rest of the crew of The Providence finds themselves in the center of a war caused by high level political plotting, and it will require careful strategic to get out safe on the other side.
There’s lots of political intrigue, very diverse alien species, and plenty of both zero and non-zero gravity fighting. I could have used a bit more character development, but the weird aliens species and good action more than made up for it. There’s lots of technology related stuff to keep the science fiction fans happy, plenty of political discussions to keep the world alive, and several unanswered questions to keep the reader guessing. Overall, a very enjoyable science fiction warfare book that kept me hooked all the way through!
I listened to the audiobook which was narrated by Mark Boyett. He did a great job, with good tension in his voice when needed, good pacing, and excellent vocal differences between (alien) characters. I really enjoyed his performance, and he really made the story as interesting as it could be.
I received this audiobook for free in return for a review. I have no affiliation with the author, the narrator, the publisher, or their pets (Although I am sure the latter are quite nice!).
Vincent Husher gets assigned to the old supercarrier UHS Providence, under the command of Captain Keyes. Here he teams up with Feske, a member of the Winger race which is on edge with the command of Earth. Tensions built, and an unfortunate… Accident, result in a full scale war between Earth on one side, and multiple alien species on the other. Earth has only one major advantage, that of dark matter derived technology, which they have used to bully the rest of the galaxy, and that technology starts to fail. Husher and the rest of the crew of The Providence finds themselves in the center of a war caused by high level political plotting, and it will require careful strategic to get out safe on the other side.
There’s lots of political intrigue, very diverse alien species, and plenty of both zero and non-zero gravity fighting. I could have used a bit more character development, but the weird aliens species and good action more than made up for it. There’s lots of technology related stuff to keep the science fiction fans happy, plenty of political discussions to keep the world alive, and several unanswered questions to keep the reader guessing. Overall, a very enjoyable science fiction warfare book that kept me hooked all the way through!
I listened to the audiobook which was narrated by Mark Boyett. He did a great job, with good tension in his voice when needed, good pacing, and excellent vocal differences between (alien) characters. I really enjoyed his performance, and he really made the story as interesting as it could be.
I received this audiobook for free in return for a review. I have no affiliation with the author, the narrator, the publisher, or their pets (Although I am sure the latter are quite nice!).
December 2, 2018
This book is another one that I picked in my latest drive to find something new to read and, unfortunately, it is another not entirely satisfying choice.
The story itself is not really anything new but done right it is a type of story that I would generally enjoy. However, to me, it was both a bit of a mess and going down the wrong path.
First of the world building, the science and the characters are … disappointing. There is absolutely no explanations for the science, something that I would expect from the first book in a series, and most of the technology is really handwavium. Materials with more or less magic properties, bullets changing path 180 degrees in mid air, wormholes reprogrammed to obliterate organic matter and so on. The same goes for the politics, various races etc. It is if the author just started writing and threw in whatever “cool” stuff that came to mind at each turn of a page.
Second, the book centers way too much on political schemes, betrayal and despicable behavior in general for my taste. Not even the, supposedly, good guys are very likable. There was actually no character in the book that I felt like I cared very much about. In addition the schemes and plots are really so outlandish and psychopatic that took me quite some effort to finish the book.
I’m afraid this is another one where I will not continue to read the series. I was almost tempted to give it a single star review but I do reserve that for books that are truly revolting so two stars it is.
The story itself is not really anything new but done right it is a type of story that I would generally enjoy. However, to me, it was both a bit of a mess and going down the wrong path.
First of the world building, the science and the characters are … disappointing. There is absolutely no explanations for the science, something that I would expect from the first book in a series, and most of the technology is really handwavium. Materials with more or less magic properties, bullets changing path 180 degrees in mid air, wormholes reprogrammed to obliterate organic matter and so on. The same goes for the politics, various races etc. It is if the author just started writing and threw in whatever “cool” stuff that came to mind at each turn of a page.
Second, the book centers way too much on political schemes, betrayal and despicable behavior in general for my taste. Not even the, supposedly, good guys are very likable. There was actually no character in the book that I felt like I cared very much about. In addition the schemes and plots are really so outlandish and psychopatic that took me quite some effort to finish the book.
I’m afraid this is another one where I will not continue to read the series. I was almost tempted to give it a single star review but I do reserve that for books that are truly revolting so two stars it is.
September 15, 2025
Bad Military SciFi, Basic Space Opera
It’s a book about a ship with thousands of crew, and everything from a full air wing, to “broadsides” and marines. Yet the main character is diplomat, marine platoon command, ship Captain, and ace fighter pilot. He can already save the galaxy in book one, gets to pick which orders to follow, and his commander loves him for it. Large consequential battles happen, with massive damage and the ship takes essentially no causalities, and is able to get back underway with barely a mention of the repair the efforts. We never get a real feel or sense for the massive scale of the ship, and its crew.
The combat is more like its from Star Wars or Star Trek, flashy effects and maneuvers without any thought of relative speed, distance, and stealth is poorly considered if at all. On the ground ranks are incorrect, with a sergeant leading a multiple platoons of marines. Their combat techniques are basic, and the equipment they have is pretty poor and unimaginative for the top species.
On the space opera front the author manages to have a story with universe ending stakes happen in essentially one “system”. This seems to house multiple alien colonies and humans ones simultaneously, despite there being a whole galaxy of which see a handful of systems. The characters are given thin cartoonish motivations and do incredibly unbelievably things. Like a politician elected to lead said commonwealth yet unable to deal with a handful of protesters without causing a scandal? Or corporate rivals just directly gunning each other down on headquarters.
It’s a book about a ship with thousands of crew, and everything from a full air wing, to “broadsides” and marines. Yet the main character is diplomat, marine platoon command, ship Captain, and ace fighter pilot. He can already save the galaxy in book one, gets to pick which orders to follow, and his commander loves him for it. Large consequential battles happen, with massive damage and the ship takes essentially no causalities, and is able to get back underway with barely a mention of the repair the efforts. We never get a real feel or sense for the massive scale of the ship, and its crew.
The combat is more like its from Star Wars or Star Trek, flashy effects and maneuvers without any thought of relative speed, distance, and stealth is poorly considered if at all. On the ground ranks are incorrect, with a sergeant leading a multiple platoons of marines. Their combat techniques are basic, and the equipment they have is pretty poor and unimaginative for the top species.
On the space opera front the author manages to have a story with universe ending stakes happen in essentially one “system”. This seems to house multiple alien colonies and humans ones simultaneously, despite there being a whole galaxy of which see a handful of systems. The characters are given thin cartoonish motivations and do incredibly unbelievably things. Like a politician elected to lead said commonwealth yet unable to deal with a handful of protesters without causing a scandal? Or corporate rivals just directly gunning each other down on headquarters.
December 17, 2025
3.5 - 4 Stars
Supercarrier is the first book in The Ixan Universe Series (The Ixan Prophecies #1) by Scott Bartlett. This universe took me on a wild space opera with high-stakes, space warfare, political intrigue, and adrenaline-pumping action. Across the interconnected books, Mr. Bartlett crafts a galaxy that feels incredibly vast and yet ‘lived-in’, where every battle has consequences and every decision carries weight.
The balance between the cinematic space combat with the quieter, character-driven moments pulled me in and had me invested - I really cared about the stories and the people behind the starships. The characters are flawed yet compelling, often forced into impossible choices that test their loyalty, morality, and resilience. Mr. Bartlett’s knack for military strategy and believable sci-fi tech adds an extra layer of intrigue, as well as a layer of authenticity - while his sharp dialogue kept the tension alive even outside of battle scenes.
The overarching narrative is ambitious, weaving together multiple plotlines that gradually converge into a satisfying, high-impact climax. While the series delivers plenty of adrenaline-pumping action, it also explores themes of trust, sacrifice, and the cost of survival in a universe where hard-won peace is fragile.
Definitely one you won’t want to miss if you enjoy military sci-fi with a strong emotional core – it has 'Battlestar Galactica' meets 'The Expanse' kind of vibes.
Happy Reading…
Supercarrier is the first book in The Ixan Universe Series (The Ixan Prophecies #1) by Scott Bartlett. This universe took me on a wild space opera with high-stakes, space warfare, political intrigue, and adrenaline-pumping action. Across the interconnected books, Mr. Bartlett crafts a galaxy that feels incredibly vast and yet ‘lived-in’, where every battle has consequences and every decision carries weight.
The balance between the cinematic space combat with the quieter, character-driven moments pulled me in and had me invested - I really cared about the stories and the people behind the starships. The characters are flawed yet compelling, often forced into impossible choices that test their loyalty, morality, and resilience. Mr. Bartlett’s knack for military strategy and believable sci-fi tech adds an extra layer of intrigue, as well as a layer of authenticity - while his sharp dialogue kept the tension alive even outside of battle scenes.
The overarching narrative is ambitious, weaving together multiple plotlines that gradually converge into a satisfying, high-impact climax. While the series delivers plenty of adrenaline-pumping action, it also explores themes of trust, sacrifice, and the cost of survival in a universe where hard-won peace is fragile.
Definitely one you won’t want to miss if you enjoy military sci-fi with a strong emotional core – it has 'Battlestar Galactica' meets 'The Expanse' kind of vibes.
Happy Reading…
May 3, 2023
I like the set up for this novel. Thanks to the invention of something called dark tech, humanity is dominating the galaxy including several other species. Dark tech permits the opening of artificial wormholes for transit and instantaneous interstellar communications, among other things. The technological breakthroughs happened at the end of the war with a species trying to wipe out all other lifeforms. At the start of the novel, the company that makes dark tech is trying to restart hostilities to create a perpetual state of warfare so that their profits will skyrocket.
The only thing really standing between this corporation and its goals is a relic of a supercarrier that was built before dark tech was created. The supercarrier is essentially a fleet all in one with the ability to carry hundreds of fighter craft and some serious weaponry. I couldn’t help thinking of Battlestar Galactica, only bigger.
The book is filled with space battles as the captain of the supercarrier finds himself forced to disobey orders that he believes threaten humanity in the face of a resurgence of the aliens who wish to annihilate everyone. The action was quite good and plentiful and led to a satisfying conclusion to the first book.
The only thing really standing between this corporation and its goals is a relic of a supercarrier that was built before dark tech was created. The supercarrier is essentially a fleet all in one with the ability to carry hundreds of fighter craft and some serious weaponry. I couldn’t help thinking of Battlestar Galactica, only bigger.
The book is filled with space battles as the captain of the supercarrier finds himself forced to disobey orders that he believes threaten humanity in the face of a resurgence of the aliens who wish to annihilate everyone. The action was quite good and plentiful and led to a satisfying conclusion to the first book.
January 7, 2019
This was a really fun read. There is a paper thin allegory thing going on that will (and has) angered some people regarding contemporary US politics, though I do think it is more like looking back further in history, but still. Anyway, fun but shallow space opera where it is hard to care too too much about the characters (we honestly don't learn a lot about them other than standard honor/respect type stuff) but they are likable and fun. Think of it like Star Wars.
I would have gone four stars but I have to admit the "final battle" of this book goes on for far far too long especially considering it just leads to the next book. The action seems fine but probably could have been edited down to about half as many pages. If you are really into this stuff I guess that is great but it was a little too frenetic and required a little too much superheroics on the part of our protagonists. Still solid. I enjoyed.
I would have gone four stars but I have to admit the "final battle" of this book goes on for far far too long especially considering it just leads to the next book. The action seems fine but probably could have been edited down to about half as many pages. If you are really into this stuff I guess that is great but it was a little too frenetic and required a little too much superheroics on the part of our protagonists. Still solid. I enjoyed.
December 21, 2021
I read the book within two days. It was a real page turner. The story is about the local BattleStar Galactica who fights against all the aliens and humans. It is an action packed cool book in cool universe with reptilic Ixans, eagle like Winger aliens.
Why is it not five star then? Well 5 stars is Dune and Foundation. This is just not at that level.
I missed the slower moments. We have no time to move from battle to battle. I missed meeting with the average crew the maintanance people. We have the bridge (CIC) and the fighters or the mission. Our main character is both a marine and a fighter pilot. Is it not much a bit?
The aliens culture is a bit dull. Fresky Madcap is not a real alien. Her speech and thoughts are too human.
So it is a cool exiting military space opera. It is like a film which you watch once. If you want to escape into this space feel free, but do not expect that this book asks any great questions of scifi.
Why is it not five star then? Well 5 stars is Dune and Foundation. This is just not at that level.
I missed the slower moments. We have no time to move from battle to battle. I missed meeting with the average crew the maintanance people. We have the bridge (CIC) and the fighters or the mission. Our main character is both a marine and a fighter pilot. Is it not much a bit?
The aliens culture is a bit dull. Fresky Madcap is not a real alien. Her speech and thoughts are too human.
So it is a cool exiting military space opera. It is like a film which you watch once. If you want to escape into this space feel free, but do not expect that this book asks any great questions of scifi.
January 18, 2017
This is like sci-fi in a zoo. There are bird creatures, fish creatures, lizard creatures, and a couple of undefined species, all of whom can communicate with humans in a spoken language. If not for the constant battles going on, one would expect to see Marlin Perkins (remember him?) trying to get everyone to agree on something. All of the creatures exhibit human behavioral traits, love, hate, political double dealing, and, in some cases, grudging respect. The plot is not new, bad guys in the background trying to get allies to mistrust each other and start fighting so that they can come in and take over. It does take a bit of imagination to visualize a bird piloting a space fighter, or wearing a human designed space suit. This is the first of a trilogy, and the ending is, essentially, tune in tomorrow to see how things work out.
July 4, 2020
I submitted my first review of this series right after completing the first one of three, and I was thrilled then, yet hoping the following 2 books would not be less enjoyable. Happy to report it got better every book.
The combats gets harder to win, emotional conflicts get more intense, the width and depth of the mysteries unfolded get darker.
Hero’s such as captain Keyes, Husher, Sara and others get into much more trouble, wins are preceded with tragedies, enemies get super powerful yet the spirit of the good heroes bring new surprising allies a single dull moment.
It’s just so pleasant surprise to find such a skillful author as Scott is.
Note: I got a free copy of this audio book in return for a candid and honest review, which I did.
Do yourself a favor and spend the time to read it.
Yours,
Jacky
The combats gets harder to win, emotional conflicts get more intense, the width and depth of the mysteries unfolded get darker.
Hero’s such as captain Keyes, Husher, Sara and others get into much more trouble, wins are preceded with tragedies, enemies get super powerful yet the spirit of the good heroes bring new surprising allies a single dull moment.
It’s just so pleasant surprise to find such a skillful author as Scott is.
Note: I got a free copy of this audio book in return for a candid and honest review, which I did.
Do yourself a favor and spend the time to read it.
Yours,
Jacky
February 19, 2021
Looking forward to more
I really enjoyed Supercarrier, it was a fun adventure. I enjoyed the world (universe) building aspect of the book and learning about the different races that populate it. I think is by far the most intriguing aspect of the book and that the surface has barely been scratched. I look forward to reading the rest of the series and seeing if things are fleshed out a bit more. This is why I gave it 4 stars. I feel like there was a lot of things that were explained on the surface, but lacked a bit of depth. The same with the characters. I feel like I now know the characters, but not really their motivations. I have some inklings of motivation, but not really a large depth of it. All in all it's great book that I feel is obviously part of a larger whole.
I really enjoyed Supercarrier, it was a fun adventure. I enjoyed the world (universe) building aspect of the book and learning about the different races that populate it. I think is by far the most intriguing aspect of the book and that the surface has barely been scratched. I look forward to reading the rest of the series and seeing if things are fleshed out a bit more. This is why I gave it 4 stars. I feel like there was a lot of things that were explained on the surface, but lacked a bit of depth. The same with the characters. I feel like I now know the characters, but not really their motivations. I have some inklings of motivation, but not really a large depth of it. All in all it's great book that I feel is obviously part of a larger whole.
October 31, 2023
Scott Bartlett combines the best of Tom Clancy and Arthur C. Clarke. Space, as it turns out, is a really interesting place. Interesting enough, anyway, to provide ample opportunity for Scott Bartlett to tell a really good story while allowing the reader's imagination to soar. And that would be enough, but Bartlett uses real people - with all of their flaws and selfish motives, to provide the audience with takeaways and room for thought that (for me anyway) elevates Bartlett into the pantheon of great science fiction AND military writers. I recommend Bartlett's work to my friends all the time. He has an enthusiastic and growing following among folks in the military. But for anyone in leadership, these are stories that will feed your creative side while also providing insight on problem solving and teamwork.
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