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Scattered Stars: Conviction #5
Huntress
Listening Length 8 hours and 2 minutes
A peaceful world in the crosshairs
A rising threat armed by an old foe
A call to arms she can’t ignore…
Admiral Kira Demirci lost the coin toss with her second-in-command and was supposed to be taking a holiday. That meant waiting in the Redward System while Memorial Force’s new carrier Huntress was commissioned and turned over to the mercenary space fleet.
But when a stranger arrives looking to hire Memorial Force to protect her homeworld, Kira finds money, boredom and altruism combining to bring her into action. The majority of her fleet is elsewhere, but she has two heavy warships, including Huntress. More than enough to protect the pacifist system of Samuels from their neighbors.
Those neighbors were armed by Kira’s old foes in the Brisingr System, and she smells the hand of the Equilibrium Institute behind the scheme. A chance to protect the innocent and frustrate two old foes at once is hard to turn down—and even if things go wrong, the rest of her fleet is on their way.
She’s planned for everything. Hasn’t she?
A peaceful world in the crosshairs
A rising threat armed by an old foe
A call to arms she can’t ignore…
Admiral Kira Demirci lost the coin toss with her second-in-command and was supposed to be taking a holiday. That meant waiting in the Redward System while Memorial Force’s new carrier Huntress was commissioned and turned over to the mercenary space fleet.
But when a stranger arrives looking to hire Memorial Force to protect her homeworld, Kira finds money, boredom and altruism combining to bring her into action. The majority of her fleet is elsewhere, but she has two heavy warships, including Huntress. More than enough to protect the pacifist system of Samuels from their neighbors.
Those neighbors were armed by Kira’s old foes in the Brisingr System, and she smells the hand of the Equilibrium Institute behind the scheme. A chance to protect the innocent and frustrate two old foes at once is hard to turn down—and even if things go wrong, the rest of her fleet is on their way.
She’s planned for everything. Hasn’t she?
9 pages, Audible Audio
First published April 29, 2022
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About the author
Glynn Stewart
116 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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September 17, 2023
Master of None
The Scattered Stars series struggles to find its place in the author’s expansive catalogue of military science-fiction narratives. Of the four existing novels, two have been focused on the negotiations and intrigue of a futuristic mercenary corporation, and the other two have been bloody campaigns fought between nation-states at total war. Huntress finds a balance between the two, but I submit that the result is forgettable.
The author dives into the economics of warfare in the future, providing raisons d’etat for low-intensity conflicts and establishing the limitations of conventional conquest. Combined with the restrained attitudes of a private military corporation, the resulting story is never intense. Yes, trade wars can cause suffering, and our heroes choose missions of high moral calibre, but ultimately I never cared.
Our heroes have also come a long way from their origins as refugees hunted by assassins, and now command a carrier group with both resources and connections. Gone are the frightening technological disparities of Equilibrium or the deviousness of the enemies in Deception. When the antagonists are easily contained by our heroes, there’s not enough tension in the story. There are many set-piece battles, but not once was I concerned for anyone’s life.
There’s a complex set of intrigues in the undercurrents of Huntress, and we explore and learn much of the worldbuilding of the universe. I will never be able to fully express how much I appreciate the author’s handling of the Nova drive and its impact on society. But because of the split focus, the realistic mercenary strategy and trade blockades doesn’t get my blood boiling, and there aren’t any challenging villains to blast apart in starfighter combat. While entertaining in the moment, Huntress’s lasting contribution will be setting the stage for the conclusion of the series.
Recommended with Reservations.
The Scattered Stars series struggles to find its place in the author’s expansive catalogue of military science-fiction narratives. Of the four existing novels, two have been focused on the negotiations and intrigue of a futuristic mercenary corporation, and the other two have been bloody campaigns fought between nation-states at total war. Huntress finds a balance between the two, but I submit that the result is forgettable.
The author dives into the economics of warfare in the future, providing raisons d’etat for low-intensity conflicts and establishing the limitations of conventional conquest. Combined with the restrained attitudes of a private military corporation, the resulting story is never intense. Yes, trade wars can cause suffering, and our heroes choose missions of high moral calibre, but ultimately I never cared.
Our heroes have also come a long way from their origins as refugees hunted by assassins, and now command a carrier group with both resources and connections. Gone are the frightening technological disparities of Equilibrium or the deviousness of the enemies in Deception. When the antagonists are easily contained by our heroes, there’s not enough tension in the story. There are many set-piece battles, but not once was I concerned for anyone’s life.
There’s a complex set of intrigues in the undercurrents of Huntress, and we explore and learn much of the worldbuilding of the universe. I will never be able to fully express how much I appreciate the author’s handling of the Nova drive and its impact on society. But because of the split focus, the realistic mercenary strategy and trade blockades doesn’t get my blood boiling, and there aren’t any challenging villains to blast apart in starfighter combat. While entertaining in the moment, Huntress’s lasting contribution will be setting the stage for the conclusion of the series.
Recommended with Reservations.
June 10, 2024
Best book in the series up to this point
It's been a while since I rated a book 5 stars. But I think this one deserved it. There was a very good mix of politicking and action. The space descriptions felt better than the last few books as well. But honestly, what pushes this over the edge into 5 star territory is the story.
We've been very clearly building up to something bigger over the last little while, and the direction we have taken and how we got there was very well done by Glynn. For the first time in a long while I think I have zero complaints about a book. Very well done.
It's been a while since I rated a book 5 stars. But I think this one deserved it. There was a very good mix of politicking and action. The space descriptions felt better than the last few books as well. But honestly, what pushes this over the edge into 5 star territory is the story.
We've been very clearly building up to something bigger over the last little while, and the direction we have taken and how we got there was very well done by Glynn. For the first time in a long while I think I have zero complaints about a book. Very well done.
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July 30, 2022Rating: minus 3
I finished the book barely and for the first time, I have no desire to read more books in one of his series. This series has been a mashup of Star Wars "tech", "Top Gun" imitation, a crazy representation of interstellar politics and war, weird economic decision making, a strange understanding of state structures and their role. I kept repeating to myself that this is a spoof but I do not think it is. I suspect it's product of rushed deadlines and tired writing but who knows.
If curious about my experiences with Goodreads, see my review of "Dark Horse", a good story by Diener or of Power of the Earth (an insane book) and comments from a Claes Rees, Jr/cgr710 (a Self-identified NeoNazi). I am not thrilled with Amazon/Goodreads.
To Claes Rees, Jr
Don't be a numpty, be a smarty. Come and join the Communist Party.
GLORY TO UKRAINE !!!!
Across the series, the relationships are not interpersonal in the normal sense. They are almost all financial transactions, some long-term and some short-term. Feelings, values and principles are determined by contract clauses overlaid by a thin, vague and ill-defined situational morality.
The world building is sadly standard for this type of fiction. The interstellar political background is a braid of all the usual Neoliberal threads. All governmental interventions are dependent on the financial profit derived from a course of action. When it is a mildly beneficial course for the poor worker, it is described as charity and big-hearted (very Victorian). When not particularly beneficial to any but the financial sector, it's described as wise policy.
By the end of the first book, I was taken aback by the lack of empathy possible to me for the main character. What few emotions were on display were forced and transparently synthetic. The plot demands that the main character shed a tear before getting drunk, ogling a crew mate or signing a new contract and a paragraph of tears is inserted. He does not usually write like this. I thought and still wonder if he is mocking this type of story or was just rushed.
The transactional nature of all the relationships should be troubling, even if the reader is just reading for space battles. The fact that all relationships are defined by the "magic" contract is a nice touch. This is the comic contradiction of the libertarian fantasy written in caps.
Since the governmental body has no authority with regards the enforcement of the terms, who enforces the contract? The answer is the legal system but the contract exists In a reality outside of any law and a legal system is the ultimate expression of state power. To maintain the merest illusion of legitimacy, all state actions even under fascism are portrayed as lawful. National Socialist genocide? Lawful. Stalinist slave labor death camps and show trials? Lawful. In the series, law is determined not by a court but by a conference of lawyers? That is the libertarian conundrum. State power exists, it's just not applied to the needs of the unimportant masses. Sounds like present day, US, Russia, Britain and much of Europe not far behind.
Against that fantastical backdrop, all relationships are defined by degrees of utility to the character. That is usually defined as sociopathy or psychopathy. It is also usually described as "Objectivist", libertarian (the anarcho capitalist is the libertarian with no filter) or the deserving rich in the Neoliberal narrative. I am delighted that Stewart illustrated clearly, the inner life of characters across the low end of print science fiction.
Most of these writers can not envision an economic structure that is not capitalist, so it must be described as fundamental and unchanging no matter how far into the future. I don't think that it is necessarily easy to imagine an alternative economics but to not even realize how new capitalism is? or that there can be alternatives? It is scary that a mob of writers lack imagination enough to realize that lack in themselves. How utterly sad.
I read as far as I can into the series. I never thought that I would not want to finish one if his novels, let alone an entire series. In truth, I only finished the books that I did in order to write the quick sketch criticisms that I managed. I think that writing these notes was worth the effort, my reading of the books not so much.
The book above and the bizarre defense of similar books by Goodreads members, explains why I watch more than read science fiction at this point. Netflix has the largest and a multilingual library. All the services offer some science fiction and all of it is better written than low effort print.
Curiosity Stream/Nebula Provides me with long-form educational videos. At $15 USD per year for a subscription, it's worth a look if that content appeals.
For a serious readers' community, YouTube is my choice. It also carries channels on all my interests. Some favorites are.
UA Courage, Tara Mooknee, Tulia, Some More News, Munecat, Novara Media, The Juice Media, France 24, Alize, Alice Cappelle, Jessica Gagnon, Philosophy Tube, Second Thought, WION, Double Down News, Violet Orlandi, 2Cellos, Books with Chloe, Sabine Hossenfelder, Adult Wednesday Addams, Sarah Z, Big Joel, Zoe Baker, Ozillo News, Practical Engineering, Luciana Zogbi, Patrick is a Navajo, The Narrowboat Pirate, The Narrowboat Experience, Cruising Alba, The Armchair Historian, Perun, Neringa Rekaslute, Karolina Zebrowska, Natasha's Adventures, Lilly's expat life, A Life of Lit, Emmie, Beautifully Bookish Bethany. Epimetheus, Invicta, Eckharts Ladder, Spacedock, History Valley, Tom Nicholas, Swell Entertainment, Useful Idiots, Overly Sarcastic Productions, Lady of the Library, Renegade Cut, Books and Quills, Raptor Chatter, Tech Space, Exurbia, Danica Patrick, Thought Potato, Factnomenal, Artificial Intelligence Universe, Cruising the Cut, Lily Alexander, With Olivia, Books and Lala, A Cup of Nicole, Three Arrows, Rex's Hangar, Chris Animations, Celtica, The European, Euronews, Half as Interesting, Between the Wars, The Great War, Steampunk, The Templin Institute, Venom Geek Media, Noelle Gallagher, Abbie Emmons, Cari can Read, Thirdworld Booknerd, Told in Stone, Between the Lines, Hello Future Me, Odyssey, Alayna Joy, Jack in the Books, Mala Armia Janosika, Austin McConnell, Traveling K, Boat Time, Ship Happens, Crux, Answer In Progress, Autumn's Boutique, Merphy Napier, The Narrowboat Chef, Bovington Tank Museum, The Budget Museum, Olly Richards, Camper Vibe, What Vivi did next, We're in Hell, Denys Davydov, Jill Bearup, The Shades of Orange, Avishavili, 2 Steps from Hell, Casual Navigation, Noah Sampson, TIKHistory, Kings and Generals, Janelle Kayla, DUST, Terra Mater, Pentatonix, The Mindful Narrowboat, Northern Narrowboaters.
I wish you a bright morning, a splendid afternoon, a cozy evening and a wonderful night.
Hope sustains, Will leads.
William Wallace
I finished the book barely and for the first time, I have no desire to read more books in one of his series. This series has been a mashup of Star Wars "tech", "Top Gun" imitation, a crazy representation of interstellar politics and war, weird economic decision making, a strange understanding of state structures and their role. I kept repeating to myself that this is a spoof but I do not think it is. I suspect it's product of rushed deadlines and tired writing but who knows.
If curious about my experiences with Goodreads, see my review of "Dark Horse", a good story by Diener or of Power of the Earth (an insane book) and comments from a Claes Rees, Jr/cgr710 (a Self-identified NeoNazi). I am not thrilled with Amazon/Goodreads.
To Claes Rees, Jr
Don't be a numpty, be a smarty. Come and join the Communist Party.
GLORY TO UKRAINE !!!!
Across the series, the relationships are not interpersonal in the normal sense. They are almost all financial transactions, some long-term and some short-term. Feelings, values and principles are determined by contract clauses overlaid by a thin, vague and ill-defined situational morality.
The world building is sadly standard for this type of fiction. The interstellar political background is a braid of all the usual Neoliberal threads. All governmental interventions are dependent on the financial profit derived from a course of action. When it is a mildly beneficial course for the poor worker, it is described as charity and big-hearted (very Victorian). When not particularly beneficial to any but the financial sector, it's described as wise policy.
By the end of the first book, I was taken aback by the lack of empathy possible to me for the main character. What few emotions were on display were forced and transparently synthetic. The plot demands that the main character shed a tear before getting drunk, ogling a crew mate or signing a new contract and a paragraph of tears is inserted. He does not usually write like this. I thought and still wonder if he is mocking this type of story or was just rushed.
The transactional nature of all the relationships should be troubling, even if the reader is just reading for space battles. The fact that all relationships are defined by the "magic" contract is a nice touch. This is the comic contradiction of the libertarian fantasy written in caps.
Since the governmental body has no authority with regards the enforcement of the terms, who enforces the contract? The answer is the legal system but the contract exists In a reality outside of any law and a legal system is the ultimate expression of state power. To maintain the merest illusion of legitimacy, all state actions even under fascism are portrayed as lawful. National Socialist genocide? Lawful. Stalinist slave labor death camps and show trials? Lawful. In the series, law is determined not by a court but by a conference of lawyers? That is the libertarian conundrum. State power exists, it's just not applied to the needs of the unimportant masses. Sounds like present day, US, Russia, Britain and much of Europe not far behind.
Against that fantastical backdrop, all relationships are defined by degrees of utility to the character. That is usually defined as sociopathy or psychopathy. It is also usually described as "Objectivist", libertarian (the anarcho capitalist is the libertarian with no filter) or the deserving rich in the Neoliberal narrative. I am delighted that Stewart illustrated clearly, the inner life of characters across the low end of print science fiction.
Most of these writers can not envision an economic structure that is not capitalist, so it must be described as fundamental and unchanging no matter how far into the future. I don't think that it is necessarily easy to imagine an alternative economics but to not even realize how new capitalism is? or that there can be alternatives? It is scary that a mob of writers lack imagination enough to realize that lack in themselves. How utterly sad.
I read as far as I can into the series. I never thought that I would not want to finish one if his novels, let alone an entire series. In truth, I only finished the books that I did in order to write the quick sketch criticisms that I managed. I think that writing these notes was worth the effort, my reading of the books not so much.
The book above and the bizarre defense of similar books by Goodreads members, explains why I watch more than read science fiction at this point. Netflix has the largest and a multilingual library. All the services offer some science fiction and all of it is better written than low effort print.
Curiosity Stream/Nebula Provides me with long-form educational videos. At $15 USD per year for a subscription, it's worth a look if that content appeals.
For a serious readers' community, YouTube is my choice. It also carries channels on all my interests. Some favorites are.
UA Courage, Tara Mooknee, Tulia, Some More News, Munecat, Novara Media, The Juice Media, France 24, Alize, Alice Cappelle, Jessica Gagnon, Philosophy Tube, Second Thought, WION, Double Down News, Violet Orlandi, 2Cellos, Books with Chloe, Sabine Hossenfelder, Adult Wednesday Addams, Sarah Z, Big Joel, Zoe Baker, Ozillo News, Practical Engineering, Luciana Zogbi, Patrick is a Navajo, The Narrowboat Pirate, The Narrowboat Experience, Cruising Alba, The Armchair Historian, Perun, Neringa Rekaslute, Karolina Zebrowska, Natasha's Adventures, Lilly's expat life, A Life of Lit, Emmie, Beautifully Bookish Bethany. Epimetheus, Invicta, Eckharts Ladder, Spacedock, History Valley, Tom Nicholas, Swell Entertainment, Useful Idiots, Overly Sarcastic Productions, Lady of the Library, Renegade Cut, Books and Quills, Raptor Chatter, Tech Space, Exurbia, Danica Patrick, Thought Potato, Factnomenal, Artificial Intelligence Universe, Cruising the Cut, Lily Alexander, With Olivia, Books and Lala, A Cup of Nicole, Three Arrows, Rex's Hangar, Chris Animations, Celtica, The European, Euronews, Half as Interesting, Between the Wars, The Great War, Steampunk, The Templin Institute, Venom Geek Media, Noelle Gallagher, Abbie Emmons, Cari can Read, Thirdworld Booknerd, Told in Stone, Between the Lines, Hello Future Me, Odyssey, Alayna Joy, Jack in the Books, Mala Armia Janosika, Austin McConnell, Traveling K, Boat Time, Ship Happens, Crux, Answer In Progress, Autumn's Boutique, Merphy Napier, The Narrowboat Chef, Bovington Tank Museum, The Budget Museum, Olly Richards, Camper Vibe, What Vivi did next, We're in Hell, Denys Davydov, Jill Bearup, The Shades of Orange, Avishavili, 2 Steps from Hell, Casual Navigation, Noah Sampson, TIKHistory, Kings and Generals, Janelle Kayla, DUST, Terra Mater, Pentatonix, The Mindful Narrowboat, Northern Narrowboaters.
I wish you a bright morning, a splendid afternoon, a cozy evening and a wonderful night.
Hope sustains, Will leads.
William Wallace
January 20, 2024
Not a very good entry in this series. The plot takes a not very convincing turn at the end of the book, but before that it's very uneven, and mainly boring, except a few good chapters.
June 14, 2022
Glynn Stewart ‘s fifth tale of Kira Demirci, who had to run after her home world set assassins after her as a condition of making peace with their enemy, comes after she added a new star carrier, Huntress (ebook from Faolan's Pen Publishing), to her growing mercenary fleet. The world Samuels, with a very pacific population, hires her company because another world has blockaded them. She has the fire power to easily end the blockade, and maybe enough charm convince the fully democratic Samuels to build their own force. Unfortunately she and her ships are heading into more dangerous territory than she thought. This is a nice episode in a great series. I suspect the next one will be far more exciting.
October 2, 2024
The fifth series novel starts kind of like the fourth - a meeting in Redward, a mission to a distant star system etc but the details are different - a pacifist Quaker world for once, breaking a blockade from a neighbor turned aggressive rather than supporting an internal revolution and this time Kira doesn't even have her most powerful warship with her as the mission seems reasonably doable without supercarrier Fortitude which is currently engaged somewhere else. Quickly though, some details seem not to quite add up and so it goes till the explosive finale that sets up a cracker sixth volume with quite an unexpected (though of course predictable in hindsight) twist.
Excellent stuff again
Excellent stuff again
May 3, 2022
I received an advanced reader copy of this book and immediately jumped on it to read the latest installment. This is a great addition to the series. It seems to start out simply, but things quickly become complicated for Admiral Demirci. There's a good mix of action and peace in the book, both on the ground and in space. Glynn introduces a whole new world and culture in this book and I love how he expands the worldbuilding with every book.
There's a cliffhanger ending that I can't wait to see resolved in the next book.
There's a cliffhanger ending that I can't wait to see resolved in the next book.
May 4, 2022
I love this series.
I'm a total Glynn Stewart junkie. Be warned. I haven't read a book of his I'd give less than 4 stars to...and I've read them all. I'm lucky enough to be an ARC reader and typo hunter for him and it hurts to have to wait to talk about his books until release day...
This one was very worth the wait! I don't necessarily love Kira's nickname, but that's literally my only complaint. This book put me through the wringer (in a good way). I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see just where Glynn goes with her and the rest of the "team".
I'm a total Glynn Stewart junkie. Be warned. I haven't read a book of his I'd give less than 4 stars to...and I've read them all. I'm lucky enough to be an ARC reader and typo hunter for him and it hurts to have to wait to talk about his books until release day...
This one was very worth the wait! I don't necessarily love Kira's nickname, but that's literally my only complaint. This book put me through the wringer (in a good way). I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see just where Glynn goes with her and the rest of the "team".
May 31, 2022
I like where the vast amount of space and political background in this series. I like the characters and wouldn’t even mind seeing a few more of the regulars fleshed out a bit. This book felt a bit like an in between book of the series. There was a whole lot about various ship types and not so much on the action front. I was disappointed that there wasn’t a little more excitement, particularly with regard to Kira as the thorn in the side of a few groups. However, the ending left me hopefully for what potentially is coming in the next book.
May 6, 2022
Good addition to the series, helping the world building and the fleet.
Starts off nice and calm with Kira is on vacation while waiting for the newest
carrier - Huntress to be commissioned.
Well, we all knew that calm wouldn't last long.
Memorial Fleet is hired to protect a pacifist system from their neighbors which
is being backed by Equilibrium.
While they do the job, there is a cliffhanger ...
Starts off nice and calm with Kira is on vacation while waiting for the newest
carrier - Huntress to be commissioned.
Well, we all knew that calm wouldn't last long.
Memorial Fleet is hired to protect a pacifist system from their neighbors which
is being backed by Equilibrium.
While they do the job, there is a cliffhanger ...
May 9, 2022
Great scifi awkward woke grammar
Well written if you can read all the breaks in your reading caused by the use of their as a singular pronoun. Every time I read their I had to pause to find out what plural group it referred to.
Stewart might look at the rejection of Google s woke version of word docs. He's a good writer but will his readers accept woke grammar?
ead their
Well written if you can read all the breaks in your reading caused by the use of their as a singular pronoun. Every time I read their I had to pause to find out what plural group it referred to.
Stewart might look at the rejection of Google s woke version of word docs. He's a good writer but will his readers accept woke grammar?
ead their
May 16, 2023
This series and the Starship Mage series have been two of my favorites since their inception. The primary characters are well developed into real and admirable human beings. Of course, Glynn Stewart always provides plenty of action. These two series provide the action in settings of believable political situations. Kira is an excellent and sometimes inspiring character who is very human. I can hardly wait to see how she deals with the surprising conquest of her home planet.
May 24, 2022
great addition to this series
Not wanting to give any spoilers, this book headed in a direction I wouldn’t have expected, especially the ending. But it is as good as all the others in this series and as good as the other series he writes. I have read all of the books Glynn Stewart has written and if like any of his other series, then you will want to read this one.
Not wanting to give any spoilers, this book headed in a direction I wouldn’t have expected, especially the ending. But it is as good as all the others in this series and as good as the other series he writes. I have read all of the books Glynn Stewart has written and if like any of his other series, then you will want to read this one.
June 10, 2022
great books are sad to finish
The Redemption is that this is a series and the author seems to like the characters and the world building so with any luck he’ll be back at it soon with the next 5 books or is it 10.
I hope it’s not too long a wait. This one like the whole series has been great.
Till next time I am hung in Anticipation.
The Redemption is that this is a series and the author seems to like the characters and the world building so with any luck he’ll be back at it soon with the next 5 books or is it 10.
I hope it’s not too long a wait. This one like the whole series has been great.
Till next time I am hung in Anticipation.
September 14, 2022
Nice confrontation strategy and then several battle actions. Although this seems to be the end of the series, I have the feeling the series is a prequel to something else, possibly an earlier series. There was an excerpt from the Mage series, but I think Scattered Stars Evasion is another, newer, branch.
November 2, 2022
Kira Demirci finds a new engagement for her mercenary fleet in protecting a planet against a neighbour who suddenly is more aggressive than they have ever been. The system is closer to her old home and the hand of old enemies is easily detected - and makes the whole adventure more dangerous than anticipated.
I like Glynn Stewart, he is very easy to read and I usually get interested in his characters. But this book was a bit more focussed on the tech and less on the people, so I found myself scanning whole pages quickly instead of really reading them.
I like Glynn Stewart, he is very easy to read and I usually get interested in his characters. But this book was a bit more focussed on the tech and less on the people, so I found myself scanning whole pages quickly instead of really reading them.
February 24, 2024
Surprises and Action
Book 5 in the series was excellent. This installment took our team to new challenges and propelled the story through good action. New allies were created and more problems were revealed that will likely propel the next installment in the series. Thoroughly enjoyed this Book 5.
Book 5 in the series was excellent. This installment took our team to new challenges and propelled the story through good action. New allies were created and more problems were revealed that will likely propel the next installment in the series. Thoroughly enjoyed this Book 5.
May 3, 2022
This is a really fun series. I've thoroughly enjoyed the direction that Glynn has taken this series in, the evolution from starfighter battles to fleet actions and strategy. Another great entry, with a lot more to come it seems. The real fight is just getting started!
May 5, 2022
5 Stars Glenn
I thought this was a cute little series but it keeps getting better at a pace that now threatens to become a must read. Good work! I now must officially read anything you write.
I thought this was a cute little series but it keeps getting better at a pace that now threatens to become a must read. Good work! I now must officially read anything you write.
May 5, 2022
Smooth
Once again another fine read from a very talented writer. This book is like the 5th shot of Jack Daniel's. You are past the burning and now its going down smooth. I didn't even know I reached the end till it pulled me back from the story.
Once again another fine read from a very talented writer. This book is like the 5th shot of Jack Daniel's. You are past the burning and now its going down smooth. I didn't even know I reached the end till it pulled me back from the story.
May 5, 2022
excellent
Slow start to this one, but when it gets going it goes like lightning. Kira Demirci has pissed off some powerful enemies, but the biggest of those is one she didn’t even think of. That doesn’t mean they weren’t thinking about her. And then everything gets complicated.
Slow start to this one, but when it gets going it goes like lightning. Kira Demirci has pissed off some powerful enemies, but the biggest of those is one she didn’t even think of. That doesn’t mean they weren’t thinking about her. And then everything gets complicated.
May 10, 2022
Another good book in the series
This was another good book in the series. It started as just a normal job for the main character’s company. The change at the end was great. Looking forward to the next book.
This was another good book in the series. It started as just a normal job for the main character’s company. The change at the end was great. Looking forward to the next book.
May 10, 2022
Very well done.
I was surprised at the ending and the way Mr. Stewart modified the story line. I have been following him in all his different series and have never been disappointed. I will wait for the next one with anticipation.
I was surprised at the ending and the way Mr. Stewart modified the story line. I have been following him in all his different series and have never been disappointed. I will wait for the next one with anticipation.
May 15, 2022
A good entry into the series, that seemed a bit too short. I hope the author does not waste time on the unlikeable side-series with the freighter captain and sticks to this one. The last few pages have me excited for future entries.
May 20, 2022
A simple contract
Can lead to surprises. Story progresses about as expected until the last chapter. Will be interesting to see if the other interesting event is related, or another party joining.
Can lead to surprises. Story progresses about as expected until the last chapter. Will be interesting to see if the other interesting event is related, or another party joining.
May 31, 2022
love this series
To hell with the whiny biotches trying to use woke in the reviews. I love Kira’s story so far tho I’m not sold on Konrad as a live interest he seems to boring. I really enjoyed redward tales and can’t wait for the new storyline to open.
To hell with the whiny biotches trying to use woke in the reviews. I love Kira’s story so far tho I’m not sold on Konrad as a live interest he seems to boring. I really enjoyed redward tales and can’t wait for the new storyline to open.
June 7, 2022
excellent as expected
Another excellent volume in the series. Read them all! This is a very well written series. You won’t be disappointed. I just finished this entry and can’t wait to see where the next one leads!
Another excellent volume in the series. Read them all! This is a very well written series. You won’t be disappointed. I just finished this entry and can’t wait to see where the next one leads!
January 3, 2023
I very much enjoyed this series. My only issue is the very heavy woke terms and obvious political situations. I believe that the obvious forced issues into this series didn't help anything. This author is a wonderful writer though.
January 29, 2023
Wow
It got hotter really fast. Kira Demirci no longer the runaway pilot, she is the co owner of a mercenary group that quite capable of going head to head with a carrier group from Brisingr. They just didn't realize that yet..
It got hotter really fast. Kira Demirci no longer the runaway pilot, she is the co owner of a mercenary group that quite capable of going head to head with a carrier group from Brisingr. They just didn't realize that yet..
May 3, 2022
The fifth book of the series sees The Memorial Force taking a contract closer to Kira Demirci’s home system of Apollo. The pace of the book is good and the author builds out the worlds well in this part of his universe.
I didn’t find there were a lot of twists in the first half of the book but the second half made up for that. I enjoyed the ending, not only for the action and some interesting intrigue between two long established enemies, but for what the ending could promise and the effect it could have on relationships. The story is self contained however it sets up the next book very well and I am anxious for its release.
I didn’t find there were a lot of twists in the first half of the book but the second half made up for that. I enjoyed the ending, not only for the action and some interesting intrigue between two long established enemies, but for what the ending could promise and the effect it could have on relationships. The story is self contained however it sets up the next book very well and I am anxious for its release.
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