I've seen this SF Military series listed on Amazon, and elsewhere. It's gotten good reviews, and I'm considering buying the series. Has anyone read it already?


Here's part of a review of the first book.

http://www.sfreviews.net/lost_fleet_dauntless.html

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Angel of the Abyss
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"I am Ripper...Tearer...Slasher...Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength...and Lust...and Power! I AM BEOWULF!"

Well, I've read most of the first book in the series. It's a good read. Campbell is a talented wordsmith. His writing is in a form I call 'shorthand'. He's light on details when setting up a scene. If a character's sitting at a desk, drinking coffee. He doesn't spend much time describing the room or anything else. Just the character and his cup of joe. It leaves the minutiae to the reader;s imagination, makes the story as a whole a fast, easy read.

His take on space warfare, especially the relativistic effects of high-speed travel and the time-lag from sensors gives us a very different view of combat from what many of us saw in SF.

Distances are measured light-minutes, and commanders must anticipate what the enemy will do, and make a move bebforehand to counter it. By the time he sees the enemy on his screens, tat image is minutes, if not hours old. It's too late react, for they've already moved, or fired, or both.

That can be nerve-wracking. It's like playing the old board game 'Battleship' with gauss guns and missiles.

I recommend the first book, which I'm nearly finished with.

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Angel of the Abyss
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"I am Ripper...Tearer...Slasher...Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength...and Lust...and Power! I AM BEOWULF!"