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Lone Wolf Squadron #2
Battleflight
Misfit Pilots, Missing Colonists, and Murderous Mercenaries
The frontier is beginning to feel like home for the ragtag team who came together to fight the good fight and found a family in the process. Commander Beau Ward must take the fight to the pirates to rescue the rest of the colonists.
To succeed, he needs a bigger team.
The Admiral assigns the men Beau needs, but the newcomers are, unsurprisingly, misfits with a secret of their own that could compromise the entire mission.
Meanwhile, Katy has a different kind of miracle to pull off. One that draws attention from all the wrong places…
With increasing danger on every front, can Beau pull the squadron together in time to win the battle and bring the colonists home?
Lone Wolf Squadron might have won the initial battle, but they still could lose the war.
The frontier is beginning to feel like home for the ragtag team who came together to fight the good fight and found a family in the process. Commander Beau Ward must take the fight to the pirates to rescue the rest of the colonists.
To succeed, he needs a bigger team.
The Admiral assigns the men Beau needs, but the newcomers are, unsurprisingly, misfits with a secret of their own that could compromise the entire mission.
Meanwhile, Katy has a different kind of miracle to pull off. One that draws attention from all the wrong places…
With increasing danger on every front, can Beau pull the squadron together in time to win the battle and bring the colonists home?
Lone Wolf Squadron might have won the initial battle, but they still could lose the war.
- GenresScience Fiction
295 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 8, 2022
228 people are currently reading
45 people want to read
About the author
Jamie Davis
96 books200 followersJamie Davis is a nurse, retired paramedic, author, and nationally recognized medical educator who began teaching new emergency responders as a training officer for his local EMS program. He loves everything fantasy and sci-fi and especially the places where stories intersect with his love of medicine or gaming.
Jamie lives in a home in the woods in Maryland with his wife, three children, and dog. He is an avid gamer, preferring historical and fantasy miniature gaming, as well as tabletop games. He writes LitRPG, GameLit, urban, and contemporary paranormal fantasy stories, among other things. His Future Race Game rules were written to satisfy a desire to play a version of the pod races from Star Wars episode 1.
He loves hearing from readers and going to cons and events where he meets up with fans. Reach out and say "hi.” Visit JamieDavisBooks.com for more books, free offers and more!
Jamie lives in a home in the woods in Maryland with his wife, three children, and dog. He is an avid gamer, preferring historical and fantasy miniature gaming, as well as tabletop games. He writes LitRPG, GameLit, urban, and contemporary paranormal fantasy stories, among other things. His Future Race Game rules were written to satisfy a desire to play a version of the pod races from Star Wars episode 1.
He loves hearing from readers and going to cons and events where he meets up with fans. Reach out and say "hi.” Visit JamieDavisBooks.com for more books, free offers and more!
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October 28, 2025
Het team van misfits krijgt meer deelnemers en ze proberen de orde te bewaren in hun deel van space . Hiervoor krijgen ze weinig tijd. Verschillende verhaallijnen lopen nu door elkaar. Een goede space opera, military scifi en western in een.
April 30, 2023
Book 2 of Lone Wolf Squadron picks up not long after the events of Book 1. At the start of Book 2, we are introduced to two of the fleet’s misfits, pilots Remi and Jock, who are in deep trouble for selling a bad batch of spirits they brewed illegally onboard a ship still that caused a fellow crew member a serious injury.
The two are subsequently given one more chance, and that chance is with the Lone Wolves, but they have to make their own way there.
In the meantime, the Squadron are still trying to deal with the events that occurred at the end of book 1, and are down to only two working fighters, as long as Charli and Elspeth can keep them running. Katy is desperately trying to find the team some new fighters, whilst Beau speaks to the Admiral to try and get some more funds.
The start of this book shows just how stretched things are for the squad though, as they not only don’t get the funding, they are told that they have to fend for themselves.
This leaves Katy trying to pull together the biggest trade she has ever completed, in order to gain the necessary resources to not just the fighters they need, but also the equipment to install on them.
But there is more going on behind the scenes than the Squadron knows about. There are several threats looming in this book, as the squad tries to get itself back to a ready position, the Raiders are desperate to get back into the Tardex system so they can start mining again. To achieve this, they have hired the Kratch, mercenaries so feared, that they are just legend. The Kratch have fighters that are brutal in efficiency, with exceptional speed and weapons, they are a match for anything that the Lone Wolf Squadron has, except that Charli has tweaked the armour, and of course, the Lone Wolves are outstanding pilots.
But whenever you defeat a Kratch pilot, they don’t just replace a ship, they increase the number of ships until the threat is defeated, thus the reason that they always win.
Added to this, there is also another more nefarious threat that is growing behind the scenes and one of the squad is in very real danger. I don’t want to give away spoilers.
This is a really fantastic second book. The character work continues to be outstanding, with each of the major characters in the squad growing in this book as we learn more about them. We especially learn more about Charli, Katy, Jadd and Elspeth, and the two new members of the team Remi and Jock.
We also get to learn more about Hale and his new Marine squadron, and Hale’s Daughter is added to the Lone Wolf Squadron as well after her action in the first book.
There is plenty of action on the other side as well, with the Raiders continuing to want to fight back, and want to come back into the sector. This means the introduction of ‘The Kratch’, which adds a whole new element to the story. I don’t want to give too many spoilers, but there are additional elements at work in this story as well working behind the scenes to undermine our intrepid Lone Wolf Squadron.
The world-building continues to be outstanding, with detailed and in-depth descriptions of the planets, the station, different starfighters, not to mention, some really fascinating alien races. All aspects of this story have been covered with some really wonderful detail, really engaging the reader so you can get totally lost in this story.
Book #2 continues to impress, and I can’t wait for book 3 in the series. If you love some great Sci-Fi action, with an element of Thriller/Mystery, you will love this. This really reminds me of the old Battlestar Galactica style series, with elements of Firefly, and for those that have seen Star Wars Rebels (the animated series), there is that really gritty feel of the Rebel Underdog, fighting the good fight against a stronger opponent. Makes for a great read!!
The two are subsequently given one more chance, and that chance is with the Lone Wolves, but they have to make their own way there.
In the meantime, the Squadron are still trying to deal with the events that occurred at the end of book 1, and are down to only two working fighters, as long as Charli and Elspeth can keep them running. Katy is desperately trying to find the team some new fighters, whilst Beau speaks to the Admiral to try and get some more funds.
The start of this book shows just how stretched things are for the squad though, as they not only don’t get the funding, they are told that they have to fend for themselves.
This leaves Katy trying to pull together the biggest trade she has ever completed, in order to gain the necessary resources to not just the fighters they need, but also the equipment to install on them.
But there is more going on behind the scenes than the Squadron knows about. There are several threats looming in this book, as the squad tries to get itself back to a ready position, the Raiders are desperate to get back into the Tardex system so they can start mining again. To achieve this, they have hired the Kratch, mercenaries so feared, that they are just legend. The Kratch have fighters that are brutal in efficiency, with exceptional speed and weapons, they are a match for anything that the Lone Wolf Squadron has, except that Charli has tweaked the armour, and of course, the Lone Wolves are outstanding pilots.
But whenever you defeat a Kratch pilot, they don’t just replace a ship, they increase the number of ships until the threat is defeated, thus the reason that they always win.
Added to this, there is also another more nefarious threat that is growing behind the scenes and one of the squad is in very real danger. I don’t want to give away spoilers.
This is a really fantastic second book. The character work continues to be outstanding, with each of the major characters in the squad growing in this book as we learn more about them. We especially learn more about Charli, Katy, Jadd and Elspeth, and the two new members of the team Remi and Jock.
We also get to learn more about Hale and his new Marine squadron, and Hale’s Daughter is added to the Lone Wolf Squadron as well after her action in the first book.
There is plenty of action on the other side as well, with the Raiders continuing to want to fight back, and want to come back into the sector. This means the introduction of ‘The Kratch’, which adds a whole new element to the story. I don’t want to give too many spoilers, but there are additional elements at work in this story as well working behind the scenes to undermine our intrepid Lone Wolf Squadron.
The world-building continues to be outstanding, with detailed and in-depth descriptions of the planets, the station, different starfighters, not to mention, some really fascinating alien races. All aspects of this story have been covered with some really wonderful detail, really engaging the reader so you can get totally lost in this story.
Book #2 continues to impress, and I can’t wait for book 3 in the series. If you love some great Sci-Fi action, with an element of Thriller/Mystery, you will love this. This really reminds me of the old Battlestar Galactica style series, with elements of Firefly, and for those that have seen Star Wars Rebels (the animated series), there is that really gritty feel of the Rebel Underdog, fighting the good fight against a stronger opponent. Makes for a great read!!
February 16, 2023
You gotta give it to him, Jamie can WRITE!
It’s funny, I was thinking about how close these characters have grown to one another and then I read Jamie’s author’s notes and he’s riffing on the concept of family, so I’d say I’m in the right ballpark.
Once again, as with the first book, I love that this is ultimately a novel about PEOPLE who just happen to be living in a fantastic setting. THAT is what makes the best sci if IMHO.
Even better, these are realistic tales and our heroes suffer some losses that will shock you as much as it does them. What more can one ask? Really… not much. So pick it up and ENJOY!
It’s funny, I was thinking about how close these characters have grown to one another and then I read Jamie’s author’s notes and he’s riffing on the concept of family, so I’d say I’m in the right ballpark.
Once again, as with the first book, I love that this is ultimately a novel about PEOPLE who just happen to be living in a fantastic setting. THAT is what makes the best sci if IMHO.
Even better, these are realistic tales and our heroes suffer some losses that will shock you as much as it does them. What more can one ask? Really… not much. So pick it up and ENJOY!
July 15, 2022
My preference
Good characters and development. I liked the interpersonal relationships. Also, if you are going to have real heroes, you have to have real BAD enemies. These guys are bad, but stupid sometimes. If there is one dislike it is that I prefer to have one central character that I can either identify with or at least follow their story. There are too many characters with no central one. I suppose that's just my preference. There story wanders around sometimes as if it is looking for a direction.
Good characters and development. I liked the interpersonal relationships. Also, if you are going to have real heroes, you have to have real BAD enemies. These guys are bad, but stupid sometimes. If there is one dislike it is that I prefer to have one central character that I can either identify with or at least follow their story. There are too many characters with no central one. I suppose that's just my preference. There story wanders around sometimes as if it is looking for a direction.
October 1, 2022
Davis, Jamie, and Michael Anderle. Battleflight. Lone Wolf Squadron No. 2. Kindle, 2022.
The Lone Wolf Squadron picks up a couple more misfits, who are good pilots and resourceful moonshiners. The Station AI, who thinks of itself as June Cleaver, calls one of them Eddie Haskell. They also watch over a young ensign pilot who sometimes takes more chances than they should. The usual complement of bad guys harasses the locals, while the squadron wheels and deals for resources. 3-star space opera.
The Lone Wolf Squadron picks up a couple more misfits, who are good pilots and resourceful moonshiners. The Station AI, who thinks of itself as June Cleaver, calls one of them Eddie Haskell. They also watch over a young ensign pilot who sometimes takes more chances than they should. The usual complement of bad guys harasses the locals, while the squadron wheels and deals for resources. 3-star space opera.
July 25, 2022
Well Done, a Good Sequel
The storyline remains strong and as well written as book 1. We have new issues, new characters, good character development and a multilayered plot which pulls the reader in. This installment ends with a quiet close, some story threads resolved, one or two still open and a question and anticipation for the next book in the series.
The storyline remains strong and as well written as book 1. We have new issues, new characters, good character development and a multilayered plot which pulls the reader in. This installment ends with a quiet close, some story threads resolved, one or two still open and a question and anticipation for the next book in the series.
November 25, 2023
The action just keeps getting more intense .
The ragtag crew proves that a good leader is the key to success. Overcoming inadequate, Everything, is a way to bring morale and strength to a fighting force that have an ability to punch up and win,even when Times get dark and overwhelming.
The ragtag crew proves that a good leader is the key to success. Overcoming inadequate, Everything, is a way to bring morale and strength to a fighting force that have an ability to punch up and win,even when Times get dark and overwhelming.
July 1, 2024
No odds to great.
I love the storyline in this book. There has been a couple of books I’ve read lately, where it’s one crisis after another. Those were one and done for me. This book brought intrigue, camaraderie, and pitched battles. The ending was sad, but real and I look forward to the next book!
I love the storyline in this book. There has been a couple of books I’ve read lately, where it’s one crisis after another. Those were one and done for me. This book brought intrigue, camaraderie, and pitched battles. The ending was sad, but real and I look forward to the next book!
July 18, 2022
Great new series
Ward and his crew are working hard to get their squad together and be ready to fight the slavers. They are working to get the people that were taken from the planet back. This is a really good series and I can't wait for the next books to come out.
Ward and his crew are working hard to get their squad together and be ready to fight the slavers. They are working to get the people that were taken from the planet back. This is a really good series and I can't wait for the next books to come out.
October 9, 2022
Great book
The Lone Wolf Squadron faces its biggest hurdle since arriving in the Tardex system. Their success comes with high costs however. All of this leads them into an unknown adventure yet to come. Enjoy!
The Lone Wolf Squadron faces its biggest hurdle since arriving in the Tardex system. Their success comes with high costs however. All of this leads them into an unknown adventure yet to come. Enjoy!
March 20, 2023
Lone Wolf Squadron delivers again
The second book in this series is every good as the first book!!! Lone Wolf Squadron adds some new members & is off on another exciting adventure. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
The second book in this series is every good as the first book!!! Lone Wolf Squadron adds some new members & is off on another exciting adventure. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
January 11, 2024
Lone wolf grows
A couple of new guys join the tiny lone wolf squadron. Of course they have a few quirks or they wouldn't have been sent there. The squadron has more enemies now and they are still working to get the colonists back.
A couple of new guys join the tiny lone wolf squadron. Of course they have a few quirks or they wouldn't have been sent there. The squadron has more enemies now and they are still working to get the colonists back.
February 3, 2026
Book 2 of battle against pirate backed by alien attack force.
Fun Space Opera military spaceship operations book in series is 9 books. Purchased kindle book set of nine from Amazon for $1.08 with tax January 29, 2026. Read with Alexa audio assist.
Fun Space Opera military spaceship operations book in series is 9 books. Purchased kindle book set of nine from Amazon for $1.08 with tax January 29, 2026. Read with Alexa audio assist.
July 30, 2022
Great!
I loved the book! But bringing the Cleaver family in is a fantastic idea. Lots of old memories of my old days! Thanks!!!
I loved the book! But bringing the Cleaver family in is a fantastic idea. Lots of old memories of my old days! Thanks!!!
September 14, 2022
Excellent story
Good action, activity, lots of action. the characters are growing
up an really becoming areal crew. Sorry to lose characters.
Good action, activity, lots of action. the characters are growing
up an really becoming areal crew. Sorry to lose characters.
February 16, 2023
This book was very interesting! I really enjoyed it! I can't wait to read the next book!
March 16, 2023
Military sci Fi at its best!
Davis & Anderle touched all the bases after launching this home run! Teamwork paid off, even when the new guys suffered a major loss.
Davis & Anderle touched all the bases after launching this home run! Teamwork paid off, even when the new guys suffered a major loss.
June 25, 2024
Good times and cliffhangers
This series just keeps getting better and better. I would say that you have to read the series in order to get the complete picture, but it's worth it!
This series just keeps getting better and better. I would say that you have to read the series in order to get the complete picture, but it's worth it!
June 10, 2025
For fans of the series only.
A continuation of the previous book. Still fun, but very simple. A "cosy" book, I think. Borderline childish even. This isn't to say I'm not gonna read the next one :)
A continuation of the previous book. Still fun, but very simple. A "cosy" book, I think. Borderline childish even. This isn't to say I'm not gonna read the next one :)
October 6, 2024
Fantastic. Love this universe
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