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Scattered Stars: Conviction #4
Fortitude
An offer that no one else could match
A mission that no one else could achieve
An enemy only a few know they share…
Commodore Kira Demirci is now the commander of a small but powerful mercenary force—one of the most dangerous in the cluster of stars she now calls home. Her own actions have brought peace to the Syntactic Cluster, though, and a mercenary is in limited demand.
A mutual interest brings her into the circle of the heir to the Royal Crest, a wealthy kingdom dozens of light-years away. Jade Panosyan has a nightmare brewing—and a plan to deal with it.
In the Crest, a powerful political party beholden to Kira’s own enemies is maneuvering to remove Jade’s father before he can free a dozen star systems from the clutches of the Equilibrium Institute. If they are to fail and the Institute’s plans be thwarted once more, Jade Panosyan needs someone to complete an impossible mission.
The payment? The fleet carrier Fortitude, unmatched by any ship within a hundred light-years.
The catch? Kira Demirci has to capture the carrier—from the elite forces of her employer’s nation!
A mission that no one else could achieve
An enemy only a few know they share…
Commodore Kira Demirci is now the commander of a small but powerful mercenary force—one of the most dangerous in the cluster of stars she now calls home. Her own actions have brought peace to the Syntactic Cluster, though, and a mercenary is in limited demand.
A mutual interest brings her into the circle of the heir to the Royal Crest, a wealthy kingdom dozens of light-years away. Jade Panosyan has a nightmare brewing—and a plan to deal with it.
In the Crest, a powerful political party beholden to Kira’s own enemies is maneuvering to remove Jade’s father before he can free a dozen star systems from the clutches of the Equilibrium Institute. If they are to fail and the Institute’s plans be thwarted once more, Jade Panosyan needs someone to complete an impossible mission.
The payment? The fleet carrier Fortitude, unmatched by any ship within a hundred light-years.
The catch? Kira Demirci has to capture the carrier—from the elite forces of her employer’s nation!
357 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2021
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Glynn Stewart
115 books1,749 followersGlynn Stewart is the author of over 60 books, including Starship’s Mage, a bestselling science fiction and fantasy series where faster-than-light travel is possible–but only because of magic.
Writing managed to liberate Glynn from a bleak future as an accountant. With his personality and hope for a high-tech future intact, he lives in Southern Ontario with his partner, their cats, and an unstoppable writing habit.
Writing managed to liberate Glynn from a bleak future as an accountant. With his personality and hope for a high-tech future intact, he lives in Southern Ontario with his partner, their cats, and an unstoppable writing habit.
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August 3, 2021
Usually a series gets stale by now...
But that's definitely not the case with the Scattered Stars series!
I actually found this book to be quite refreshing. I was wondering where Glynn would take things for Kira, now that she's responsible for basically a fleet. Considering she was quite the pilot, I have to admit, I expected her to be in the cockpit, probably irresponsibly so, considering all that she's supposed to supervise... But Glynn explores some avenues of the merc life I hadn't considered!
Again, we have some interesting characters, and I was introduced to the term "enby" (aka NB, or non-binary). I can't express how much it means to me that there are always under represented groups in Glynn's books.
I did receive this book for free as both a typo hunter, and an advance reader in exchange for an honest review. I once again am buying the book anyway because it's easily worth it. Hope you enjoyed my quick take on this unique, inclusive, and exciting sci fi book!
But that's definitely not the case with the Scattered Stars series!
I actually found this book to be quite refreshing. I was wondering where Glynn would take things for Kira, now that she's responsible for basically a fleet. Considering she was quite the pilot, I have to admit, I expected her to be in the cockpit, probably irresponsibly so, considering all that she's supposed to supervise... But Glynn explores some avenues of the merc life I hadn't considered!
Again, we have some interesting characters, and I was introduced to the term "enby" (aka NB, or non-binary). I can't express how much it means to me that there are always under represented groups in Glynn's books.
I did receive this book for free as both a typo hunter, and an advance reader in exchange for an honest review. I once again am buying the book anyway because it's easily worth it. Hope you enjoyed my quick take on this unique, inclusive, and exciting sci fi book!
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July 30, 2022Rating: minus 3
Samantha Campbell has written a great review of the book. You might want to read it.
For myself, read my review of "Dark Horse", a good story by M Diener or my review of Powers of the Earth (a silly book) and comments from a Claes Rees, Jr/cgr710 (a self-identified NeoNazi). If you have no issues with his comments or the action of Amazon/Goodreads, I ask that you not read my reviews. Thank you.
To Claes Rees, Jr
Don't be a numpty, be a smarty. Come and join the Communist Party.
GLORY TO UKRAINE !
The series highlights intentionally or not all the weaknesses of the mercenary in space stories. Given the nature and the history of the mercenary, they do not make good protagonists, except to an audience of fifteen year olds or adults with the emotional development of a fifteen year old, such as sociopaths in the NeoNazi, bitter incel, libertarian, ethnosupremacist mold.
I think that with all the issues that I list, Glynn Stewart still writes the best of the subgenre, which says much about the type of story.
He describes a super carrier as being 240 meters long with 150 combat craft and a crew of 1500. Unlike many of the other military science fiction *writers", he would have done a little research. He all but forces a reader to question how a US fleet carrier can weigh in at 320 to 340 meters long, with an air wing of 80 to 90 craft and crew of 4 to 5 thousand.
Its power plant should be much larger than that of a sea going carrier. Storage for raw material (for fabricators), food stuffs, ship board hydroponics probably, living space for a crew numbering 1500, ammunition for ship's weapons and fast attack craft and other things that I can not be bothered to imagine. This is space not an ocean. Imagine the greater mass, greater power requirements, machinery spaces, fuel stores, oxygen and water stores and every thing else required to keep the ship and its crew alive and able to fight.
The previous carrier home to our heroes, was a little smaller than the 240 meter supercarrier but only needed a crew of 250. That carrier had a capacity of 64 attack craft with a flight deck crew of 8 or 9? The crew included 18 pilots and 30 to 40 ground assault personnel. 190 or less sailors for maintenance, engineering, life support, supply, communications, medical and actual sailing? The inconsistencies are either mockery or very tired writing.
The fighters are the size of an F-16 or Tornado? The pilot can stay in space for 10 and in one scene, 36 hours in space. Except in Star Wars, how does that work? Have you tried driving a car for 10 to 36 hours continuously? An F 16 is larger than an X-wing. An atmospheric fighter does not need the additional armor that a space plane must have because no space pebble will be hitting it at 10 thousand kilometer per hour. The space plane requires oxygen and water and amenities because atmospheric fighters are only going to be in the AIR for 2 to 3 hours maximum. A crew of one for a very expensive space fighter seems far fetched, because it is a small space ship and should be a lot larger than a Tornado.
I only take apart a portion of the absurdities of all these stories per review. I think that Stewart purposely demonstrates how fast and loose, low effort writers play with logic, physics, the reality of any kind of combat and the non-combat details that keep spaceships sailing, soldiers fighting, organizational structures that keep crews and soldiers responsible, fed, medically supported, warm, armed, etc. Again despite his pointing to these crazy military science fiction "standards", he still writes it better and it still is not close to the equal of any of his other series. Given that you are not thrown out of the story when you hit one of these absurdities, it can be sort of fun in a lifeless detached way. At least it's edited and someone proofread it. I still wonder if this is a spoof series or serious.
Anymore I watch more science fiction, than read it. There is too much low effort/low end fiction in any catalogue of science fiction for me. All the other channels offer science fiction but Netflix has, I think the largest and it's multilingual, which is a treat.
Curiosity Stream/Nebula was nice accidental discovery from a YouTube channel that I liked. It has a growing library of educational video and it only costs $15 USD for a yearly subscription. Worth it easily if that content appeals.
After "enjoying" the Goodreads experience, I have moved most of my media attention to YouTube. You can find there a real bibliophile's community. In addition to book tubers, there are my other interest channels. Some of my favorite YouTube channels are.
Art by Annamarie, Tom Nicholas, Owen Jones, Rex's Hangar, Some More News, Tara Mooknee, The Juice Media, Beautifully Bookish Bethany, Munecat, CRUX, Novara Media, Philosophy Tube, Neringa Rekaslute, Tulia, The Narrowboat Pirate, Tibees, Sort of Interesting, History Marche, Mrs Betty Bower. Three Arrows, Patrick is a Navajo, Dan Davis History, Between the Wars, Merphy Napier, Alize, Alice Cappelle, Jessica Gagnon, France 24 Elliot Brooks, Told in Stone, Hello Future Me, Prime of Midlife, The Shades of Orange, Sabine Hossenfelder, Autumn's Boutique, Eleanor Morton, Sarah Z, We're in Hell, Second Thought, Big Joel, Epimetheus, Mythic Concepts, Boat Time, Cruising the Cut, Double Down News, DW News, Celtica, The Welsh Viking, Jake Tran, With Olivia, Dead Good Books, Camper Vibe, Karolina Zebrowska, Granniopteryx, Lady knight the Brave, Lady of the Library, Artificial Intelligence Universe, Between the Lines, History Line, Real Engineering, Traveling K, A Cup of Nicole, A Clockwork Reader, 2Cellos, The Irish Reader, Swell Entertainment, Sufficiently Advanced Lena, Jessie Gender, DUST, Jack in the Books, Renegade Cut, Emmie, Noah Sampson, A Life of Lit, Lilly's expat life, Lily Alexander, Rebecca Watson, Violet Orlandi, Bookslike Whoa, Juliette Wade, What Vivi did next, Natasha's Adventures, IzzzYzzz, Bovington Tank Museum, The Great War, Between the Wars, Anton Petrov, GK Reads, Zoe Baker, 2 Steps from Hell, Jump Gate, The Templin Institute, The Gravel Institute, Spacedock, Practical Engineering, Noelle Gallagher, Abbie Emmons, The Amber Ruffin Show, Maiorianus, Epic History TV, Maggie May Fish, Eckharts Ladder, The Mindful Narrowboat, Then and Now, Ben and Emily.
I wish you a wonderful morning, a gorgeous afternoon, a cozy evening and a superb night.
Hope and Courage are twins.
Meditations, Nineteenth Route Trade Fleet
Samantha Campbell has written a great review of the book. You might want to read it.
For myself, read my review of "Dark Horse", a good story by M Diener or my review of Powers of the Earth (a silly book) and comments from a Claes Rees, Jr/cgr710 (a self-identified NeoNazi). If you have no issues with his comments or the action of Amazon/Goodreads, I ask that you not read my reviews. Thank you.
To Claes Rees, Jr
Don't be a numpty, be a smarty. Come and join the Communist Party.
GLORY TO UKRAINE !
The series highlights intentionally or not all the weaknesses of the mercenary in space stories. Given the nature and the history of the mercenary, they do not make good protagonists, except to an audience of fifteen year olds or adults with the emotional development of a fifteen year old, such as sociopaths in the NeoNazi, bitter incel, libertarian, ethnosupremacist mold.
I think that with all the issues that I list, Glynn Stewart still writes the best of the subgenre, which says much about the type of story.
He describes a super carrier as being 240 meters long with 150 combat craft and a crew of 1500. Unlike many of the other military science fiction *writers", he would have done a little research. He all but forces a reader to question how a US fleet carrier can weigh in at 320 to 340 meters long, with an air wing of 80 to 90 craft and crew of 4 to 5 thousand.
Its power plant should be much larger than that of a sea going carrier. Storage for raw material (for fabricators), food stuffs, ship board hydroponics probably, living space for a crew numbering 1500, ammunition for ship's weapons and fast attack craft and other things that I can not be bothered to imagine. This is space not an ocean. Imagine the greater mass, greater power requirements, machinery spaces, fuel stores, oxygen and water stores and every thing else required to keep the ship and its crew alive and able to fight.
The previous carrier home to our heroes, was a little smaller than the 240 meter supercarrier but only needed a crew of 250. That carrier had a capacity of 64 attack craft with a flight deck crew of 8 or 9? The crew included 18 pilots and 30 to 40 ground assault personnel. 190 or less sailors for maintenance, engineering, life support, supply, communications, medical and actual sailing? The inconsistencies are either mockery or very tired writing.
The fighters are the size of an F-16 or Tornado? The pilot can stay in space for 10 and in one scene, 36 hours in space. Except in Star Wars, how does that work? Have you tried driving a car for 10 to 36 hours continuously? An F 16 is larger than an X-wing. An atmospheric fighter does not need the additional armor that a space plane must have because no space pebble will be hitting it at 10 thousand kilometer per hour. The space plane requires oxygen and water and amenities because atmospheric fighters are only going to be in the AIR for 2 to 3 hours maximum. A crew of one for a very expensive space fighter seems far fetched, because it is a small space ship and should be a lot larger than a Tornado.
I only take apart a portion of the absurdities of all these stories per review. I think that Stewart purposely demonstrates how fast and loose, low effort writers play with logic, physics, the reality of any kind of combat and the non-combat details that keep spaceships sailing, soldiers fighting, organizational structures that keep crews and soldiers responsible, fed, medically supported, warm, armed, etc. Again despite his pointing to these crazy military science fiction "standards", he still writes it better and it still is not close to the equal of any of his other series. Given that you are not thrown out of the story when you hit one of these absurdities, it can be sort of fun in a lifeless detached way. At least it's edited and someone proofread it. I still wonder if this is a spoof series or serious.
Anymore I watch more science fiction, than read it. There is too much low effort/low end fiction in any catalogue of science fiction for me. All the other channels offer science fiction but Netflix has, I think the largest and it's multilingual, which is a treat.
Curiosity Stream/Nebula was nice accidental discovery from a YouTube channel that I liked. It has a growing library of educational video and it only costs $15 USD for a yearly subscription. Worth it easily if that content appeals.
After "enjoying" the Goodreads experience, I have moved most of my media attention to YouTube. You can find there a real bibliophile's community. In addition to book tubers, there are my other interest channels. Some of my favorite YouTube channels are.
Art by Annamarie, Tom Nicholas, Owen Jones, Rex's Hangar, Some More News, Tara Mooknee, The Juice Media, Beautifully Bookish Bethany, Munecat, CRUX, Novara Media, Philosophy Tube, Neringa Rekaslute, Tulia, The Narrowboat Pirate, Tibees, Sort of Interesting, History Marche, Mrs Betty Bower. Three Arrows, Patrick is a Navajo, Dan Davis History, Between the Wars, Merphy Napier, Alize, Alice Cappelle, Jessica Gagnon, France 24 Elliot Brooks, Told in Stone, Hello Future Me, Prime of Midlife, The Shades of Orange, Sabine Hossenfelder, Autumn's Boutique, Eleanor Morton, Sarah Z, We're in Hell, Second Thought, Big Joel, Epimetheus, Mythic Concepts, Boat Time, Cruising the Cut, Double Down News, DW News, Celtica, The Welsh Viking, Jake Tran, With Olivia, Dead Good Books, Camper Vibe, Karolina Zebrowska, Granniopteryx, Lady knight the Brave, Lady of the Library, Artificial Intelligence Universe, Between the Lines, History Line, Real Engineering, Traveling K, A Cup of Nicole, A Clockwork Reader, 2Cellos, The Irish Reader, Swell Entertainment, Sufficiently Advanced Lena, Jessie Gender, DUST, Jack in the Books, Renegade Cut, Emmie, Noah Sampson, A Life of Lit, Lilly's expat life, Lily Alexander, Rebecca Watson, Violet Orlandi, Bookslike Whoa, Juliette Wade, What Vivi did next, Natasha's Adventures, IzzzYzzz, Bovington Tank Museum, The Great War, Between the Wars, Anton Petrov, GK Reads, Zoe Baker, 2 Steps from Hell, Jump Gate, The Templin Institute, The Gravel Institute, Spacedock, Practical Engineering, Noelle Gallagher, Abbie Emmons, The Amber Ruffin Show, Maiorianus, Epic History TV, Maggie May Fish, Eckharts Ladder, The Mindful Narrowboat, Then and Now, Ben and Emily.
I wish you a wonderful morning, a gorgeous afternoon, a cozy evening and a superb night.
Hope and Courage are twins.
Meditations, Nineteenth Route Trade Fleet
September 14, 2023
Policy Before Other Means
Fortitude delivers on the conceit of the Scattered Stars series: a mercenary fleet doing whatever was needed to make ends meet. However, this means the novel has a different flavour from the previous military science-fiction campaigns. Additionally, the author flexes his worldbuilding muscles and drags reluctant readers down the rabbit hole of political, economic, and banking systems.
I joked that Conviction was about corporations in space, an esoteric topic to say the least, and this novel dives deeper into humanity’s penchant for monetary institutions. The universe of Scattered Stars revolves around the limitations of their FTL Nova drive, and the highly decentralized nature of the resulting societies allows the author to explore the nuances of authority and ruling beliefs, as well as the mechanisms of interstellar trade. It’s very different, unique, and well-realized. It’s also not what readers were expecting.
Fortitude doesn’t stop there, as it’s a story about the planning and execution of a heist. I also believe it’s more realistic: much of the page count is spent on research and preparatory tasks. Most of the action is conversational: politics, spycraft, and negotiations aplenty. The wider universe gets developed and other state actors are subtly foreshadowed. In short, there’s not a lot of pew-pew.
The author took a risk and produced a thriller in space. The details of the heist depend on the capabilities and limitations of existing technologies, underscoring the science-fiction credentials of the tale. While the switch in genres might be unexpected, it keeps the story fresh. If you’re open to action that’s more refined than lasers and explosions, you’ll find Fortitude to be well-paced and entertaining.
Recommended.
Fortitude delivers on the conceit of the Scattered Stars series: a mercenary fleet doing whatever was needed to make ends meet. However, this means the novel has a different flavour from the previous military science-fiction campaigns. Additionally, the author flexes his worldbuilding muscles and drags reluctant readers down the rabbit hole of political, economic, and banking systems.
I joked that Conviction was about corporations in space, an esoteric topic to say the least, and this novel dives deeper into humanity’s penchant for monetary institutions. The universe of Scattered Stars revolves around the limitations of their FTL Nova drive, and the highly decentralized nature of the resulting societies allows the author to explore the nuances of authority and ruling beliefs, as well as the mechanisms of interstellar trade. It’s very different, unique, and well-realized. It’s also not what readers were expecting.
Fortitude doesn’t stop there, as it’s a story about the planning and execution of a heist. I also believe it’s more realistic: much of the page count is spent on research and preparatory tasks. Most of the action is conversational: politics, spycraft, and negotiations aplenty. The wider universe gets developed and other state actors are subtly foreshadowed. In short, there’s not a lot of pew-pew.
The author took a risk and produced a thriller in space. The details of the heist depend on the capabilities and limitations of existing technologies, underscoring the science-fiction credentials of the tale. While the switch in genres might be unexpected, it keeps the story fresh. If you’re open to action that’s more refined than lasers and explosions, you’ll find Fortitude to be well-paced and entertaining.
Recommended.
January 14, 2024
Very good story, a transition book (to get a new ship) way better than the second in the series. Action packed, with a coherent universe. The “nova” propulsion system is very well thought out and allows the author to create great strategies.
August 3, 2021
Memorial Force
Excellent series! Loved the story. Hope you keep building her fleet and get her into more battles. Whatever happened to that heavy destroyer that was disabled during the equilibrium box? Would love find out about that. Keep up the good work and more Keira demirci!!
Excellent series! Loved the story. Hope you keep building her fleet and get her into more battles. Whatever happened to that heavy destroyer that was disabled during the equilibrium box? Would love find out about that. Keep up the good work and more Keira demirci!!
August 4, 2021
Good continuation of the series.
Absolutely should be read in order!
Kiri is a Commodore so Memorial Fleet should get more ships!
Meet new allies and get a chance to deal another blow to the Equilibrium Institute.
Well done.
Absolutely should be read in order!
Kiri is a Commodore so Memorial Fleet should get more ships!
Meet new allies and get a chance to deal another blow to the Equilibrium Institute.
Well done.
August 1, 2021
The fight continues! Commodore Demirci just gets better as the Scattered Stars series continues. This book introduces new fronts in the fight against the Equilibrium Institute and new players in the political field. I can't wait to see what happens next.
August 15, 2021
This book in the series is still enjoyable, but the planning sessions of the characters were ponderously written. Having a non-binary supporting character was interesting, but the (very contemporary) use of the pronoun "they" made the dialogues hard to read. I wish the author would have invented his own pronoun or used some neopronoun from the identity politics of today like ze/zir. Lastly, I am afraid that this series is also going in the direction of power inflation as a mechanism to register progress like the Honor Harrington series which provided so much inspiration and, really, like almost all of the author's other series as well (and all of the ones that I have read).
I will be reading the next one as well. The author's work is like a comfy blanket for me, but any review has to point out the very formulaic nature of the plotting and writing, which is not surprising, given the prodigious output of the author.
I will be reading the next one as well. The author's work is like a comfy blanket for me, but any review has to point out the very formulaic nature of the plotting and writing, which is not surprising, given the prodigious output of the author.
September 3, 2021
Good Storey Line, Great Characters
I loved the way the author put this tale together! Characters were likeable and believable, and I'm writing this to cover all four books!
What I did not like was that the author chose to overlay gratuitous lessons in the use of pronouns! I have read his other books, and they did not suffer from this failing! I am completely neutral about any persons sexual preference, but I find the use of plural pronouns for characters for whom their gender is known to be distracting and unnecessary. I won't be reading any more titles by this author.
I loved the way the author put this tale together! Characters were likeable and believable, and I'm writing this to cover all four books!
What I did not like was that the author chose to overlay gratuitous lessons in the use of pronouns! I have read his other books, and they did not suffer from this failing! I am completely neutral about any persons sexual preference, but I find the use of plural pronouns for characters for whom their gender is known to be distracting and unnecessary. I won't be reading any more titles by this author.
July 30, 2021
Got this book through Glynn Stewart's Patreon. Really enjoyed this new addition to the series. It was a bit different than the previous books in that it was less space interceptor combat focused, but the heist aspect was compelling and interesting. A natural progression as the main character becomes more than just a nova fighter wing commander and moves into a leadership position for Memorial Company.
Another enjoyable entry in this series. A real page-turner, 4/5 stars
Another enjoyable entry in this series. A real page-turner, 4/5 stars
August 7, 2021
Long and drawn out
The action, what there was of it doesn't happen until 3/4's of the way thru the book. Up until then it is really slow. Afterwards it does not get any better. I guess this is the kind of book you read on a cold winter day when you want to sleep. I forgot to mention there is really more action in the first few pages than the rest of the book. Still this may be your cup of tea
The action, what there was of it doesn't happen until 3/4's of the way thru the book. Up until then it is really slow. Afterwards it does not get any better. I guess this is the kind of book you read on a cold winter day when you want to sleep. I forgot to mention there is really more action in the first few pages than the rest of the book. Still this may be your cup of tea
August 13, 2021
Impossible missions accomplished
Another feat of plate-spinning by one of the best! The conclusion(?) to the Scattered Stars worldline ends with a grand heist that leaves Kira and friends awash in cash, a surplus of starships, weapons galore and even connections into the Solar Federation. Well-written, well-plotted and Glynn's love of win-every-battle protagonists is deftly disguised in this novel.
Another feat of plate-spinning by one of the best! The conclusion(?) to the Scattered Stars worldline ends with a grand heist that leaves Kira and friends awash in cash, a surplus of starships, weapons galore and even connections into the Solar Federation. Well-written, well-plotted and Glynn's love of win-every-battle protagonists is deftly disguised in this novel.
November 2, 2021
Who doesn’t enjoy a good mercenary in space story? I’m definitely enjoying reading about how the original pilots of this story are building their company. I wouldn’t have minded just a little more action in this book but overall the story was a nice continuation from the first three books. I do think that the main character bounces back a little too easily from some things. What can I say? I enjoy the struggle as much as a good outcome.
May 21, 2022
Interesting and involving
I've binge read this series so far and enjoyed it. I was pleased to read in the first book of some LGBT people and characters being handled as commonplace. However their numbers and their pronouns "they" and "them" by book 4 are becoming a bit wearing and intrusive. Not that I don't want them but just a little more subtly. I'm looking forward to the next volume of these mercenaries' adventures.
I've binge read this series so far and enjoyed it. I was pleased to read in the first book of some LGBT people and characters being handled as commonplace. However their numbers and their pronouns "they" and "them" by book 4 are becoming a bit wearing and intrusive. Not that I don't want them but just a little more subtly. I'm looking forward to the next volume of these mercenaries' adventures.
June 8, 2024
Honestly? Probably my favorite book out of the series so far. My only complaint (minus the less than perfect editing we've seen throughout the series) is what feels like a lack of description of the space battles. I've mentioned this in other reviews, but while they were less of a factor in this particular book, I really feel this is where the series is held back. But overall, this is a really solid book, but again, this series has avoided a 5 star rating. On to the next one!
September 14, 2021
This series is stating to get really interesting. While the story details push at the bounds of suspended disbelief the character development and interactions seem much more natural. There is still some gender confusion 'wokeness' here but it is much less prevalent than in the earlier books. I think Stewart has me for the duration on this series now.
September 15, 2021
Done it again
Scattered Stars just keeps getting better with every book The crew just keeps pulling off battles throwing up at them.It’s good to read a book that can win battles with little deaths and lots of cunning moves now the next book will probably throw up a completely different storyline can hardly wait
Scattered Stars just keeps getting better with every book The crew just keeps pulling off battles throwing up at them.It’s good to read a book that can win battles with little deaths and lots of cunning moves now the next book will probably throw up a completely different storyline can hardly wait
February 22, 2022
Excellent continuation of the series
Memorial Inc is getting, with it comes a reputation and a problem crewing it all
Kira gets offered a job too good to turn down but with a lot of complexities to it. The usual planning, bravado and luck play a significant in how it all turns out, with a small twist at the end to try and keep you guessing
Memorial Inc is getting, with it comes a reputation and a problem crewing it all
Kira gets offered a job too good to turn down but with a lot of complexities to it. The usual planning, bravado and luck play a significant in how it all turns out, with a small twist at the end to try and keep you guessing
June 3, 2022
A Fitting Continuation...
Fortitude is a fitting continuation to the Scattered Stars series. Our heroes have known loss,pain,victory and righteous vengeance. With friends in high place the quest continues to stop the twisted Equilibrium Institute. I forward to the next installment.
Fortitude is a fitting continuation to the Scattered Stars series. Our heroes have known loss,pain,victory and righteous vengeance. With friends in high place the quest continues to stop the twisted Equilibrium Institute. I forward to the next installment.
January 14, 2025
Mejor que las dos anteriores, ya que cambia algo el argumento. Esta vez se trata de ayudar a un rey a no ser reemplazado, robando una nueva nave a su reino. Muy entretenida y no dejas de pasar paginas, aunque tienes una idea bastante clara de por donde va a ir el libro. Y deja alguna señal de cómo serán los dos últimos. A-
August 5, 2021
I hope there's more!
Excellent addition to the series. Don't know if more are planned or not, but this book is well done as always, so could settle if necessary...
Pick it up, enjoy!
Excellent addition to the series. Don't know if more are planned or not, but this book is well done as always, so could settle if necessary...
Pick it up, enjoy!
August 18, 2021
A good book in the series
This book keeps with the main plot of trying to bring down the Equilibrium Institute’s plans. Though the big bad is only referenced in passing, their machinations are what the main characters stop. A good read.
This book keeps with the main plot of trying to bring down the Equilibrium Institute’s plans. Though the big bad is only referenced in passing, their machinations are what the main characters stop. A good read.
August 26, 2021
Great Reading!
It's been a long time since I read a space war Sci-Fi novel and this was very satisfying. Glynn Stewart is a fine storyteller and this story kept me enthralled. I look forward to reading more stories by this author.
It's been a long time since I read a space war Sci-Fi novel and this was very satisfying. Glynn Stewart is a fine storyteller and this story kept me enthralled. I look forward to reading more stories by this author.
August 27, 2021
Scattered Stars Collectively Excellent
Love the combination of technology and science with interstellar political machinations. The story is never a straight line and the characters add so much color that it just keeps you riveted. Keep ‘me coming, Glynn!
Love the combination of technology and science with interstellar political machinations. The story is never a straight line and the characters add so much color that it just keeps you riveted. Keep ‘me coming, Glynn!
September 19, 2021
Fortitude - Conviction Book 4
Loved this series and I hope there are more books to come, as I will certainly read them! The characters are well developed and there is a good balance between intrigued and action.
Loved this series and I hope there are more books to come, as I will certainly read them! The characters are well developed and there is a good balance between intrigued and action.
November 23, 2021
Good Series
Thoroughly enjoyed the series - hope there's another book on the way. There are some good believable characters and intriguing story lines from someone with an intriguing imagination.
Thoroughly enjoyed the series - hope there's another book on the way. There are some good believable characters and intriguing story lines from someone with an intriguing imagination.
January 12, 2022
Great read.
I've enjoyed this totally different take on interstellar warfare by Glynn Stewart. It's so totally different than the Starship Mage series. I sincerely hope this does continues.
I've enjoyed this totally different take on interstellar warfare by Glynn Stewart. It's so totally different than the Starship Mage series. I sincerely hope this does continues.
May 23, 2022
More of the same
As the previous 3 books, extreme abuse of italics every page, pages and pages of technical data on spaceships that don't exist and comparisons. it does get bothersome and complicated.
As the previous 3 books, extreme abuse of italics every page, pages and pages of technical data on spaceships that don't exist and comparisons. it does get bothersome and complicated.
July 11, 2023
Action, adventure, betrayal, repeat
Sounds like it should be formulaic, but joyfully, it's not. A powerful set of characters work together to achieve worthy goals and defeat mutual enemies. Characters grow more familiar as plans are hatched and enacted. Still more action to see.
Sounds like it should be formulaic, but joyfully, it's not. A powerful set of characters work together to achieve worthy goals and defeat mutual enemies. Characters grow more familiar as plans are hatched and enacted. Still more action to see.
August 5, 2021
A great continuation of the series, with military syfy at it's finest. The Immortal Team explores into far fields of the galaxy to pursue contracts and strike back against the Equilibrium.
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