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The Alliance woke Captain John “Black Jack” Geary from cryogenic sleep to take command of the fleet in the century-long conflict against the Syndicate Worlds. Now, Admiral Geary’s victory has earned him the adoration of the people—and the enmity of politicians convinced that a living hero can be a very inconvenient thing…

The war may be over, but Geary and his newly christened First Fleet have been ordered back into action to investigate the aliens occupying the far side of Syndic space and determine how much of a threat they represent to the Alliance. And while the Syndic Worlds are no longer united, individually they may be more dangerous than ever before.

Geary knows that members of the military high command and the government question his loyalty to the Alliance and fear him staging a coup—so he can’t help but wonder if the fleet is being deliberately sent on a suicide mission…

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"Jack Campbell" is the pseudonym for John G. Hemry, a retired Naval officer (and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis). As Jack Campbell, he writes The Lost Fleet series of military science fiction novels. He lives with his family in Maryland.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ace; Reprint edition (April 24, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1937007499
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1937007492
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.21 x 0.98 x 6.71 inches

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"Jack Campbell" is the pseudonym for John G. Hemry, a retired Naval officer (and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis). As Jack Campbell, he writes The Lost Fleet series of military science fiction novels, as well as the Beyond the Frontier continuation of The Lost Fleet, and The Lost Stars series (a spin-off of The Lost Fleet). He has also written the Stark's War series and the Sinclair/"JAG in space" series, and has written many shorter stories featuring space opera, fantasy, time travel, and alternate history. Many of these stories can be found in the three Jack Campbell ebook anthologies. He lives with his wife (the Indomitable S) and three children (two of whom are autistic) in Maryland.

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A mixed blessing

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I enjoyed the first series. The author's portrayal of space battles was very well done. His time in the Navy shown through.

His world-building was top notch.

If you enjoyed those elements then this book will also scratch those itches. Now, Blackjack gets to fight new alien species with new tactics and approaches.

** Very minor spoilers follow **

You do not really find out much about the "Enigma" race. They remain true to their name. We see a couple of their colonies. They are made to prize privacy above all else.

Some of the logic for the race is a bit of a stretch. While humans are characterized as curious and social, which ultimately led the Earthlings to reach for the stars, the Enigma race is said to be non-curious and pathologically private. Some of the bit characters in the novel actually break the fourth wall, ask the question that the readers are wondering, "how does a race with these characteristics reach for the stars?" The answer is unsatisfying and a little disappointing given the top flight world-building in the previous series.

Some things started to wear thin by the end of the first series. For example, the cat fighting between Mrs. Blackjack and "that woman" got old, and I skipped two of the books in the series based on reviews indicating that that conflict was a major part of the book.

Alas, in a highly improbable turn of events, the co-president loses her election, and is sent with the fleet as an envoy.

Then, as improbable builds to incredulous, the first planet the fleet visits happens to be the POW installation where her husband has been held captive for years and years. Really?!? Yes.

The previous romantic involvement between the co-president and Blackjack is played up, and then, more or less just deflates without resolution.

If you did not enjoy the extensive recaps by the end of the first series then sorry, you are going to see lots and lots of recaps in this book too.

Blackjack becomes more erratic in this book too. Blackjack's actions border on, or actual broach, recklessness.

The attacks that he makes in the former Syndic world to release the prisoners seems excessive and hardly justified.

Mrs. Blackjack and Blackjack end up assigned to the same ship, and, while they cannot co-habitate, Mrs. Blackjack can natter at him while on duty like a married couple of forty years might on a porch. That whole scenario seems illogical in the extreme. Really, the Fleet seems to have rules on rules on rules about everything. In the centuries of existence the Fleet must have developed regulations about not allowing married couples to be in the chain of command. She should have left in Alliance space in command of a defense force, not out with her husband on his same ship with him in command of her.

I bought this book and the next in the series in one fell swoop, before I read this one.

That said, even though I own it, I am not sure if I will read the next one.

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I considerably enjoyed escaping into the first book of this sequel series.

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This is the first book in a military science fiction series that immediately follows Campbell's earlier Lost Fleet series. To anyone who hasn't read the earlier series, I strongly recommend starting there. To anyone who has read that earlier series, this book is very much in the same mold. I think most people who liked the earlier books would be well-pleased by this one too. This is not a series marked by subtle characterization, but I continue to happily root for John Geary. Sometimes all I need is an unambiguously good hero doing their best against the odds. Spoilers ahead.... This book advances the story beyond the human frontier into alien territory, which allows for some variations on now-familiar themes. For me, the space battles remain the crowning strength of the book, even though, inevitably, the tactics and descriptions are less novel than in the early books. I considerably enjoyed escaping into "Dreadnaught," and look forward to the remainder of the series.

About my reviews: I try to review every book I read, including those that I don't end up enjoying. The reviews are not scholarly, but just indicate my reaction as a reader, reading being my addiction. I am miserly with 5-star reviews; 4 stars means I liked a book very much; 3 stars means I liked it; 2 stars means I didn't like it (though often the 2-star books are very popular with other readers and/or are by authors whose other work I've loved).

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John Campbell is an all time favorite author and does an amazing job of continuing a beloved series

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John Campbell (aka John Hemry) is easily one of my favorite authors. I first discovered him in reading Dauntless. Since then, I've read almost every book he's published as John Campbell. The "Lost Fleet" Series a personal all time: I've probably read it through six times over the years. I've similarly read the "Pillars of Reality" series through three or four times. John has a rare gift in writing good sequels: the "Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontiers" series is also really worth reading, and so is this "Legacy of Dragons series." I was reluctant to start the "Legacy of Dragons": I loved the original set of books so much that I worried about John's ability to write another series in the same world. I should have had more faith in the writer of "Beyond the Frontiers".

I'm not sure what I love so much about John's books. It must have a lot to do with his characters: I really like them. They are true heroes, but not so heroic or amazing that you can't believe in them. They still have a sense of humility and humor. His worlds are highly consistent and interesting. And he has a respect for and a belief that life is more than just atoms in random motion, without being pushy or really preachy about it.

Thank you John. I've greatly loved the worlds you've made, and I will continue to read and re-read your work. I've greatly enjoyed it.

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Matthew K. Spencer

The Lost Fleet, Dreadnaught.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2012

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The Lost Fleet Beyond the Frontier - Dreadnaught

To start with, this is a good read; Jack Campbell has mastered that bit.
However, not only does this book launch what's supposed to be a trilogy covering an unwanted extra mission, as Admiral Geary and his war-weary fleet are no sooner home from finally winning the century-old war against the Syndics (other humans) than they are dispatched on an armed reconnaisance of space controlled by the newly-discovered and hostile "Enigma" race of aliens; a political intrigue thread also sets up an obvious further trilogy or more about ominous political developments in the Fleet's home of the "Alliance" and its wartime allies. This is fine, this is interesting, but it is also half the book before the first Hell-lance is fired.

The other trouble is this: The Enigmas will destroy their own ships and even colonies, rather than have humans, or any other race, learn anything about them. In the preceeding six book series, where the Enigmas were initially a vaguely-sensed threat beyond the very active war that was being fought, the secrecy of the Enigmas added something. Once their space is entered, in huge force (albeit with worn-out ships) The relentless non-discovery of any useful information other than that the Enigma become more hostile the more you try to make friends, is a little disappointing. However, things do pick up in the final chapter, when Admiral Geary takes his fleet, with a large Enigma fleet apparently hot on its heels, through a jump point to another system, whose occupants have arrayed some truly stunning firepower which is promptly unleashed on anything at all entering from Enigma space.

This bodes somewhat better for the next book in the trilogy, which I anticipate reading as soon as it's available in a Kindle edition.

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Wegason

The Lost Fleet continues on...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2011

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When you've read all six Lost Fleet books, and then the first in the Beyond the Frontier series in virtually one go (i.e. less than a month), the concept of waiting for the next one to be published is hard to accept!

This book continues the Lost Fleet series as it describes, (SPOILERS FROM NOW ON) beyond the frontier with the 'Enigma Race' and into their territory. Due to the addition of a new species, new areas of space, and changes to the fleet, it brings new angles and interest to the series and the characters.

There continues to be one central character, John 'Black Jack' Geary, with two other main characters, Desjani and Rione, though they are always seen exclusively through interactions with Geary.

The novels are written in the third person but basically from a first person perspective. It works, but it does make the series very focused on one character and thus the only interactions and knowledge of the universe that the author has created is through that characters eyes and thought processes.

All in all, a great book for sci-fi fans and I eagerly await the next installment.

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Paul Tapner

The New Fleet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2011

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Military science fiction series The Lost Fleet was a series of six books, which started with The Lost Fleet: Dauntless (Book 1 Lost Fleet 1) and which told the tale of a war between two groups of humans. And how during it the Fleet from one got stuck well behind enemy lines and was only saved when legendary hero John 'Black Jack' Geary, a man they'd just rescued from one hundred years in suspended animation, took command.

That series came to a conclusion in the sixth book, but it did leave the door open for further adventures.

So here's a new series with new action for Geary.

This isn't too bad as a jumping on point if you've not read any of the previous series, but you're better off starting with those.

This one runs for four hundred and thirty pages and is divided into fourteen chapters.

It sees Geary taking command of a new fleet put together by his side. Their mission: to head into the area of space controlled by the aliens who figured slightly in the previous series, and to try and make contact and learn more about them.

As seen in the previous series, Geary still struggles to live up to the legend that he became in his century of sleep. And he has a lot of problems dealing with politicans who view him as a threat.

But he and one comrade are now closer than ever before.

Those who read the previous series will know that it resolved it's central love triangle at the end. And the new relationship between Geary and the lady who won that is rather nicely handled. They have to remain professional but clearly are mutually compatible, and the writing never gets over the top in depicting that.

The new mission doesn't actually get underway till almost the halfway point of the book. Before that there's lots to be done dealing with politics and getting ready. But these pages do fly by and are very readable.

And before they even get to the aliens there are things to be done in regards to their former humanoid enemies. Sections of the book that do raise some interesting moral questions and give food for thought.

There are only a handful of combat sequences. A couple of surprises in regards to supporting characters. And some tantalising bits of information in regards to the aliens. The book, being the first in a series, does end on a rather big cliffhanger. But it's good enough to make me want to come back to find out what happens next.

A fine start to a new series of adventures for these characters. Roll on book two.

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Sarah W

Good, but too long, could be shorter with the same amount of fun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2016

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"Lost fleet" is a good story, but definitely shouldn't be divided to so many volumes. One, two books would be enough.
What irritates is repetitions, re-explanations of the same things (regarding books' story universe) in the book. How many times author can explain me where is "north" in the star system?

Mr M Slater

Great start to a new series!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2016

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Great book to start a new series with our hero Black Jack Geary and his team mates.

This book sets up a lot of branching storylines and further books in the series so the battles are less still every much worth a read if you enjoyed the previous series.

Highly recommended if you enjoy reading about the adventures of Black Jack

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