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A Galaxy Unknown #10
Azula Carver
Throughout her career, Admiral Jenetta Carver had continually set aside her own interests for the good of the service as she worked tirelessly to bring peace to the Galactic Alliance. But the more she sacrificed, the more the people in power expected, and required, of her— without any apparent consideration for her personal happiness or work gratification. But when the Admiralty Board nominated her to be the next Admiral of the Fleet, and the Galactic Senate approved the appointment, all without first asking her if it was a role she was willing to take on, she decided she'd had enough.
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330 pages, ebook
First published October 1, 2015
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October 16, 2015
I have been looking forward to the, the next instalment of the A Galaxy Unknown series, for quite a while and finally It came out. It is a good book without a doubt but I have to confess that I feel it is far from the best book in the series. Most of my gripes with this book is probably due to personal taste so please bear with me.
As the book blurb states Jenetta is thoroughly pissed off by the fact that the admiralty, in their usual ignorance, appointed her the admiral of the navy. This causes her to, unsurprisingly, react badly to say the least. Unfortunately this means that a lot of the story is spent on Jenetta’s personal life, in particular her life with the big “cats” that became part of her life quite a few instalments ago. This is a good piece of story and I did enjoy reading it but … it as just not what I expected or hoped for.
As I wrote, it is still a good story but it I whish that the story would have spent more time on the military aspects of the situation. I would say that a good half of the book, if not even more, is spent on Jenetta’s personal live and the “cats” which was not exactly my favourite type of story. Having said that it might not be a bad thing even though is was not too thrilled about those parts (which still might be due to the fact that I did not expect it). Given the interesting developments concerning said “cats” there might be some nice story elements coming in future books.
Another good chunk of the book is spent on the political and undercover machinations of Jenetta’s (as well as the alliance) enemies, as well as some people that should not have been her enemies, and unfortunately when politics and under the table deals comes into play stupidity and disastrous repercussions comes with it. Luckily disaster seems to have been averted…for now.
The book is not entirely devoid of action though and what is there is not bad. The chief bad guy comes back in a somewhat different shape to say the least and there are a bit of ship action as well. [Spoiler alert] Jenetta, unsurprisingly, also do decide to make the best of the situation in the end which means that she gets to project a bit of authority and power to people who are about to behave in a less than intelligent manner. I did quite like that part of the book.
To me this book is more of an interlude or a “stage setter” for things to come. In retrospect I should maybe not be so surprised of how the story played itself out in this book. After all it would probably be difficult for the author to just continue the existing story and keep it interesting without trying to introduce some new elements and I think this book is meant to do just that, prepare the path for the next book or (hopefully) books in plural.
As the book blurb states Jenetta is thoroughly pissed off by the fact that the admiralty, in their usual ignorance, appointed her the admiral of the navy. This causes her to, unsurprisingly, react badly to say the least. Unfortunately this means that a lot of the story is spent on Jenetta’s personal life, in particular her life with the big “cats” that became part of her life quite a few instalments ago. This is a good piece of story and I did enjoy reading it but … it as just not what I expected or hoped for.
As I wrote, it is still a good story but it I whish that the story would have spent more time on the military aspects of the situation. I would say that a good half of the book, if not even more, is spent on Jenetta’s personal live and the “cats” which was not exactly my favourite type of story. Having said that it might not be a bad thing even though is was not too thrilled about those parts (which still might be due to the fact that I did not expect it). Given the interesting developments concerning said “cats” there might be some nice story elements coming in future books.
Another good chunk of the book is spent on the political and undercover machinations of Jenetta’s (as well as the alliance) enemies, as well as some people that should not have been her enemies, and unfortunately when politics and under the table deals comes into play stupidity and disastrous repercussions comes with it. Luckily disaster seems to have been averted…for now.
The book is not entirely devoid of action though and what is there is not bad. The chief bad guy comes back in a somewhat different shape to say the least and there are a bit of ship action as well. [Spoiler alert] Jenetta, unsurprisingly, also do decide to make the best of the situation in the end which means that she gets to project a bit of authority and power to people who are about to behave in a less than intelligent manner. I did quite like that part of the book.
To me this book is more of an interlude or a “stage setter” for things to come. In retrospect I should maybe not be so surprised of how the story played itself out in this book. After all it would probably be difficult for the author to just continue the existing story and keep it interesting without trying to introduce some new elements and I think this book is meant to do just that, prepare the path for the next book or (hopefully) books in plural.
October 9, 2015
Sadly this book diverged significantly from the previous ones in that the author was clearly making statements about political events happening in the United States of America currently (2015) and it detracted from the story.
Also some of the blatant misogyny inherent in the descriptions of certain character traits and characters was a letdown.
I hope that the next book has more story and less political commentary.
Also some of the blatant misogyny inherent in the descriptions of certain character traits and characters was a letdown.
I hope that the next book has more story and less political commentary.
January 12, 2016
SciFi set in 2288 becomes heavy handed 2015 US political, economic, and social criticism in this installment of A Galaxy Unknown. Also misogynistic at the same time. The most powerful mafia in the galaxy wastes an hour discussing hair and makeup in a jealous fit. Really?
July 26, 2017
Loved the book and can not wait for changing of the guard.
February 28, 2018
Overly preachy at times. We really don't need to read the author's politics!
November 26, 2021
Another great addition to this series!
This book has the series moving in a different direction and it was nice to see where our hero is headed.
This book has the series moving in a different direction and it was nice to see where our hero is headed.
October 8, 2015
These books continue to be fun despite the horribly stilted conversational style. Could 'wonderful' be more overused? No, I don't want to find out.
Some of the pontificating by the characters also got a little tedious. Seemed a little heavy-handed compared to previous DePrima works, kind of reminiscent of some of Heinlein's more controversial stuff.
The major plot lines of this book were concluded, although several other ongoing ones didn't seem to make a lot of progress, despite the pages devoted to them. It's pretty obvious we can expect more from those in the future, though, so no worries. Definitely worth continuing with the series. DePrima isn't Weber, but if you're temporarily burned out from 'missile porn' or powerful people 'too stupid to pour piss from a boot', then that's not a bad thing.
Some of the pontificating by the characters also got a little tedious. Seemed a little heavy-handed compared to previous DePrima works, kind of reminiscent of some of Heinlein's more controversial stuff.
The major plot lines of this book were concluded, although several other ongoing ones didn't seem to make a lot of progress, despite the pages devoted to them. It's pretty obvious we can expect more from those in the future, though, so no worries. Definitely worth continuing with the series. DePrima isn't Weber, but if you're temporarily burned out from 'missile porn' or powerful people 'too stupid to pour piss from a boot', then that's not a bad thing.
January 12, 2016
This was in my opinion on of my favorites of the series, it saw all the sisters in different roles from each other and took the best parts of the last few books. I loved the role of the Jumakas in this book and that even these characters where given more of a story in this book. It was a very good mix from the last few books and i would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed this series or sci-fi in general.
July 10, 2016
I've read the 10 first books so obviosly this is a good enough series.
Not as good as David Weber's Honnor Harington, but if you liked that one... you'll like this one.
Don't expect very mulidimensional caracters, but a fun exciting read.
Not as good as David Weber's Honnor Harington, but if you liked that one... you'll like this one.
Don't expect very mulidimensional caracters, but a fun exciting read.
February 18, 2016
Good book but I think his other books were better honestly, it is becoming sort of tropey IMHO where I can see what is going to happen long before it does.
June 11, 2016
A welcome respite from constant battles.
December 17, 2016
Another good story line in the series. Love her cat friends!
January 10, 2017
This was yet another good book in the Galaxy Unknown series. Left me wanting more and waiting for book #11 which should be release in July.
April 2, 2017
First time around I gave this one up. I love the story telling, but the writing style tends to annoy me. The dialogue seems contrived—like thinly disguised narrative, and phrases containing "such as", "estimate" or "beverage" is starting to make me cringe. But overall I actually like it.
July 7, 2016
An awesome addition to the AGU universe, hope it is around for many more adventures
August 13, 2017
This book was a very pleasant surprise. The story is fun, interesting and humorous at times. Excellent reading, good story.
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