In Harm's Way

Halberd #2

by John Spearman

The continuing adventures of Captain Jonah Halberd, Royal Navy of the Interplanetary Commonwealth. Join Captain Halberd in the Commonwealth's fight against the Rodinan Federation. A thinker as well as a man of action, Halberd finds ways to improve his odds when he finds himself 'In Harm's Way.'

Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction

227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2022

About the author

John Spearman is an award-winning author. In the past, he served a Latin teacher and coach at a prestigious New England boarding school. Before joining the world of academia, Spearman had been a sales and marketing executive for 25 years.

Reviews

[Alison Brady · Rating 5 out of 5]

Moved at great pace

John's take on today's world projected onto a conflict across world's is genius. Depth in knowledge of navel warfare .If only the Royal Navy was this good.

[Ray Knighton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

These are the first books I have read by John Spearman and they are great! Lots of action and the ending of this book makes you buy the next one!

[Charles Rosenau · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Great story continues delivered upon its pages.

Very pleased with this story line. Very good characters and unexpected situations.

A caption who feels for his crew, and turns them into, a well oiled team "challenged" with overwealming odds...

I found these books often pulling me into the figuring
out, of how to survive in many hopeless situations.

I Recommend this series that keeps giving me wanting more.....

CharlesR

[Volpot · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. About as expected. Fairly shallow book that continues the story of the MC's rise in the navy of a "British" type of space empire. The action is continuous but but forget about any character development or deep plot development. Having said that, I'll read the next in the series. I eat ice cream more than I should as well.

[Ronald L Myers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoying the series

Enjoying this series thus far...have focused on the action and twists and turns and have not paid too much attention to the hard mechanics of space travel,cosmic distances,etc.

[Alison Shanahan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exciting, Entertaining Series

Jonah Halberd is a star ship Captain for the British, involved in a battle with Russian opponents. The characters are beguiling, the situations fraught, action abounds. It's a fun read, hard to put down.

[Ralph O'Banion · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great balance of action and character development

The whole premise of space warfare based on only missiles was unique and held my interest. His character development and storyline made me enjoy the entire book.

[Lelia Howell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished another great book.

This is another example of a good book. I am going to buy the next book and keep up with my characters.

[Donald Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

A worthy entry in the genre begun by Horatio Hornblower and defined by Honor Harrington. If you liked either you will enjoy this series.

[Sue]

totally fascinating page to page

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.0

I continue to enjoy the main characters in this story and am looking forward to the next book. This is clearly a middle book as the hero is left in quite a pickle.

[Raymond Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice plot twists.

Very fast paced. A can't put down read. The characters continue to flesh out. The action is furious. Some unexpected twists.

[Joe Duncan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great space adventure

A really fun read ( the entire series), including the cliffhanger at the end of each book. Looking forward to the next book.

[William Perry · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent series!

I really like this series. Enough action to keep it exciting. And not so much that it just blood and got. I recommend.

[Jerry Mooney · Rating 4 out of 5]

The war gets interesting

Halberds life continues to grow both socially and militarily, in interesting ways. A good 2nd book. Looking forward to number 3.

[Milton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have finished all four books in the series, one right after another. Took me two days to read the three books, and all were just as enjoyable as the first one. If you enjoy space operas, this author delivers good ones.

[Liz See · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even better than the previous!

A better use of the characters in this book than the previous. It the story was a good fighting tale with a few sexy scenes thrown in.