
Battleground: Unification War Trilogy, Book 1
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This war was inevitable.
After two brutal, bloody struggles for their very existence against implacable alien foes, humanity is victorious, but not at peace.
As distrust and accusations consume the political discourse between the two major factions, the Eastern Star Alliance military has already begun executing small raiding missions into United Terran Federation space. The Federation fleet, still reeling from the last war, is in no shape to try and protect its own borders.
Now, as diplomacy crumbles and tensions escalate, the ESA has moved into a Federation star system and declared it for themselves. Desperate, the Federation deploys a full task force commanded by Admiral Jackson Wolfe to try and defuse the situation, hoping his reputation forces calmer heads to prevail. Wolfe knows that even if he can stop the ESA here, the die has been cast. Humanity's march to war with itself cannot be stopped.
Battleground is the first book in the final trilogy of the Black Fleet Saga.
- Listening Length9 hours and 13 minutes
- Audible release dateApril 14, 2020
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB086VP5Y2G
- VersionUnabridged
- Program TypeAudiobook
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Listening Length | 9 hours and 13 minutes |
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Author | Joshua Dalzelle |
Narrator | Mark Boyett |
Whispersync for Voice | Ready |
Audible.com Release Date | April 14, 2020 |
Publisher | Podium Audio |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Unabridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B086VP5Y2G |
Best Sellers Rank | #4,226 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #93 in Military Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #149 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #328 in Military Science Fiction (Books) |
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Admirals just aren't as interesting as Captains. Admirals who can't realize that they are no longer Captains are even worse. I'm not sure where that leaves an author who can't decide if his main character is an Admiral or a Captain. If he wanted to write stories from a Captain's perspective, he never should have promoted Wolfe beyond Commodore. It isn't too hard to think of a Commodore as just a Captain who is responsible for a couple extra ships.
The rest of the story is rock solid. A great balance that focuses on the intensity of battle while still keeping ever-present the vast distances of space. The minor characters who were so well developed in the "Expansion Wars" still are just as interesting if not more so. I like to imagine Pike as an older James Bond in space (think Sean Connery in "Never Say Never Again"). In fact Dalzelle put so much work into the characters, it is a real shame he doesn't use them more.
There are many threads left to pull you into the next book but this story is complete on it's own. There are so few authors who do that these days it should be noted. When you add interesting characters to a complete story it makes Dalzelle stand out even more. I may have been hard on Jackson Wolfe, but don't for a minute think that I'm not already waiting for the next book...
If you’re new to the series, definitely start from the first book, they’re all brilliant page turners (which is ironic considering the space battles often take place over several days!) and this is another fantastic read. I look forward to finding out how the story finally ends!
It’s a nitpick, but one that kept distracting me right at some of the most engrossing parts of the story. Clean those up in an update, and this is five stars all day, everyday.
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The first book of a new trilogy within the Black Fleet saga starts strong and takes us deep into the new interstella dynamic which at this point is conflict within humanity. Yet we still see that as always events turn on the decisions and actions of individuals and the narrative continues to play that aspect strong. An enjoyable addition to the series and looking forward to the next novel.



