It is up to Geary to whip his fleet into shape causing much internal conflict and politics to be played out. Also the high cost of the war in both personal and hardware has rendered both sides ineffective they have forgotten how to fight. But not every system is deemed important enough to have a hypernet gate, this means that the systems without a gate will wither and die the lost fleet encounter a few on their journey. There are other nice touches the Syndics have developed a more efficient way of travelling at light speed, a hypernet that allows them to cover their space a lot faster. While at times he comes off as a little worthy and too perfect, Campbell has given Geary plenty of issues to deal with, he is a man who has to live up to his God-like reputation and is challenged at every turn by a hostile enemy, his fleets expectations and his own sense of responsibility. While it all sounds rather superficial there are touches of real class within the writing, Geary is a rather complex focal point. The chain of command and battle procedures within the fleet feel well thought out and rather genuine considering the story is set in deep space and features huge battle cruisers beating the hell out of each other. Navy officer he certainly adds elements of gritty realism to the novel. It is light, military Science Fiction and with Campbell being a retired U.S. He spent the next hundred years in a deep freeze hibernation, only to be recovered by an Alliance fleet on its way to deliver a fatal blow to the Syndic home world.īut things to not go to plan for the Alliance and Geary finds himself thrust back into the fight, placed in command of a damaged, ill-trained fleet and set the task of getting them home.Ĭampbell’s style is very readable, sharp and to the point, it suits the story he is trying to tell and compliments the no-nonsense hero he has created in ‘Black Jack’ Geary. At the very beginning of the war Geary fought a valiant last stand, sacrificing his star ship and what many believed his life to save the rest of the Alliance fleet from a Syndic attack, but Geary survived. The story focuses on Captain ‘Black Jack’ Geary, a hero of the Alliance, a legend who was thought to be dead. What is clear is that neither side is winning, and that the price being paid is not going to be sustainable for much longer.ĭauntless is the first book of a six novel series by Jack Campbell. For a hundred years two human civilizations, the Syndics and the Alliance, have been locked in a brutal and grinding war, the conflict has raged for so long that no one can remember why the war is being fought in the first place.
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