My ramblings about books (especially Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Urban Fantasy), computers, gadgets, TV-stuff and movies
Third time is a charm. My two previous attempts to find some new books and authors, A.I. Destroyer and Supercarrier, turned out to be a fairly big letdown. This one however turned out to be almost spot on for me.
This book is another one that I picked in my latest drive to find something new to read and, unfortunately, it is another not entirely satisfying choice.
I was looking for something new to read and ended up with this one. I thought the idea sounded interesting but I ended up not really liking the book at all.
The current Ark Royal story arc is good solid military science fiction with, as the book blurb states. a divided humanity against an alien foe with a very unusual twist.
It is not a bad book but it is really not worth writing home about either. A few hours of half-decent entertainment. It is however exactly this kind of book that makes me worry that Anderle is diluting the Kurtherian “brand name” with mass-produced thirteen on a dozen novels where his name is on the cover but nothing more.
I like these books for the amalgam between science fiction technology and an old fashioned sailing ship and British Empire universe. Carew is a great character and the stories are good old-fashioned pirates of the seas adventures. The kind where you would expect Erol Flynn or Burt Lancaster come swinging from mast to mast.
I definitely liked this book. It has a good story, is filled with combat, technological advancement, new very likable characters and yet it is but a stage setter for the main story arc of this new series.
