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A Galaxy Unknown #11
Changing of the Guard
Although intending to resign her commission after the GA Senate unanimously confirmed her promotion as Admiral of the Fleet to replace the retiring Admiral Richard Moore, Jenetta acquiesced to Admiral Holt's request that she merely take a leave of absence while she considered her future.
Her leave allowed Jenetta the time to enjoy some of life's pleasures missing in her life until then, but she discovered she couldn't escape the demands of her Royal position any more than she could escape the demands of her former military life, and she has returned to Space Command. Having accepted the position of Admiral of the Fleet, Jenetta prepares herself for an extended stay in a boring dirt-side command position, but when an old enemy again threatens the peace and stability of the GA, Jenetta's finds her new role to be far more demanding than she ever expected.
Her leave allowed Jenetta the time to enjoy some of life's pleasures missing in her life until then, but she discovered she couldn't escape the demands of her Royal position any more than she could escape the demands of her former military life, and she has returned to Space Command. Having accepted the position of Admiral of the Fleet, Jenetta prepares herself for an extended stay in a boring dirt-side command position, but when an old enemy again threatens the peace and stability of the GA, Jenetta's finds her new role to be far more demanding than she ever expected.
343 pages, ebook
Published August 1, 2017
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January 25, 2018
This book has been sitting on my virtual book shelf for quite a while. The author do, for some reason, have a gripe with Amazon and refuses to publish his books on Kindle and since it didn’t show in my normal Kindle library I had almost forgotten about it.
I quite like this book series although the latest books have perhaps lost a bit of the wow-factor that I felt when I started reading the series. Nevertheless this is a solid piece of military science fiction and a good read.
Although this book does take off from where the previous book, Azula Carver, left off it really ties more back to the one before that, Retreat and Adapt. It could perhaps be said that this book goes back a bit to the old and trusted formula for this series. Nasty aliens wants to grab human controlled space. Humans are less than amused. Jenetta has to save the day.
Of course Jenetta can no longer fly around in a space ship, with guns blazing, swatting alien arse. She is an Admiral after all. Not only an Admiral but the Admiral of the Fleet. So she has to rely on other people to do the dirty work for her. Luckily she got cloned though so…
Given that I has already referred to Retreat and Adapt I guess it should be no surprise that the “old enemy” referred to in the book blurb is the Denubbewa and this time they come in both numbers and with more technological surprises. Surprises that Space Command makes their first priority to overcome as well as learn from and make use of themselves.
So the scene is set for some adventure and this is delivered in the same well written way as usually from Mr. DePrima. In general this is, as I wrote, a solid military space opera. Some research, some action, some general character development and of course some alien ass-kicking.
One thing that I was not so thrilled about was this side story of the Jumaka’s sentience. Sure, the Jumaka being sentient do give some future plot opportunities but too much space was spent on the political rubbish around having them declared sentient. Felt like filler material with little relevance to the main story now or in the future.
In general I found this a good and entertaining read. There was quite a bit of decent action and a few revelations including new technology that surely will have an impact on where the story goes from here. I suspect that this book more or less started a new story arc in this series. I am certainly looking forward to the next book.
I quite like this book series although the latest books have perhaps lost a bit of the wow-factor that I felt when I started reading the series. Nevertheless this is a solid piece of military science fiction and a good read.
Although this book does take off from where the previous book, Azula Carver, left off it really ties more back to the one before that, Retreat and Adapt. It could perhaps be said that this book goes back a bit to the old and trusted formula for this series. Nasty aliens wants to grab human controlled space. Humans are less than amused. Jenetta has to save the day.
Of course Jenetta can no longer fly around in a space ship, with guns blazing, swatting alien arse. She is an Admiral after all. Not only an Admiral but the Admiral of the Fleet. So she has to rely on other people to do the dirty work for her. Luckily she got cloned though so…
Given that I has already referred to Retreat and Adapt I guess it should be no surprise that the “old enemy” referred to in the book blurb is the Denubbewa and this time they come in both numbers and with more technological surprises. Surprises that Space Command makes their first priority to overcome as well as learn from and make use of themselves.
So the scene is set for some adventure and this is delivered in the same well written way as usually from Mr. DePrima. In general this is, as I wrote, a solid military space opera. Some research, some action, some general character development and of course some alien ass-kicking.
One thing that I was not so thrilled about was this side story of the Jumaka’s sentience. Sure, the Jumaka being sentient do give some future plot opportunities but too much space was spent on the political rubbish around having them declared sentient. Felt like filler material with little relevance to the main story now or in the future.
In general I found this a good and entertaining read. There was quite a bit of decent action and a few revelations including new technology that surely will have an impact on where the story goes from here. I suspect that this book more or less started a new story arc in this series. I am certainly looking forward to the next book.
September 30, 2017
I want to preface this by saying I am still reading these books because I'm interested in the world, and the story. Because it's going to sound like I hate this book. I don't, I actually quite enjoyed it, but I want the author to get an editor that will actually cut out useless material.
For example, everything is explained while it's happening, why an admiral does this one thing, why a commander does this other thing, what tradition spawned this particular behavior. It reads like an anthropologist went through and added notes in the margins that were then included in the final printing.
The last book I complained about how much the events of 2015 influenced portions of the book, because there was a LOT of focus on people being religiously pushy. This time around it's an explanation of how politicians are evil people out for their own gain, there are puppet masters who control the money and control the politicians, and EVERYONE KNOWS WHO THEY ARE but no one can do anything about them. True or not, the whole segment had no place in this book, it didn't further the story and it didn't significantly add to any character development. The statements are delivered without emotion, just a statement of how it is.
Then of course we get into the author's hatred of social media. Because at some point after 2017, facebook became a group mind of teenagers who were nothing but slaves to the machine. Teachers were using social media to instruct students and everyone was being indoctrinated. Then that kind of teaching was made illegal, and the implication is clear, all the drones were shot before they could infect the rest of humanity. Again, did not need to be in the book, it added nothing to the story. It would be very appropriate for a blog where the author rants.
Basically this book badly needed an editor who would strip out all the ranting about current events and leave in the things actually relevant to the story. Also, hopefully such an author could remove the constant references to 16th through 20th century authors and tone down the pomposity with which they are referenced.
For example, everything is explained while it's happening, why an admiral does this one thing, why a commander does this other thing, what tradition spawned this particular behavior. It reads like an anthropologist went through and added notes in the margins that were then included in the final printing.
The last book I complained about how much the events of 2015 influenced portions of the book, because there was a LOT of focus on people being religiously pushy. This time around it's an explanation of how politicians are evil people out for their own gain, there are puppet masters who control the money and control the politicians, and EVERYONE KNOWS WHO THEY ARE but no one can do anything about them. True or not, the whole segment had no place in this book, it didn't further the story and it didn't significantly add to any character development. The statements are delivered without emotion, just a statement of how it is.
Then of course we get into the author's hatred of social media. Because at some point after 2017, facebook became a group mind of teenagers who were nothing but slaves to the machine. Teachers were using social media to instruct students and everyone was being indoctrinated. Then that kind of teaching was made illegal, and the implication is clear, all the drones were shot before they could infect the rest of humanity. Again, did not need to be in the book, it added nothing to the story. It would be very appropriate for a blog where the author rants.
Basically this book badly needed an editor who would strip out all the ranting about current events and leave in the things actually relevant to the story. Also, hopefully such an author could remove the constant references to 16th through 20th century authors and tone down the pomposity with which they are referenced.
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August 28, 2017
The story in this book wasn’t bad, just not very exciting. It also seemed to be about planning and getting ready to do something, then, not actually doing it. In several cases this is because they somehow forgot to watch the Denubbewa fleet and let it fly away. A good portion of the book is a game of ‘hide and seek’ that dragged on longer than it should.
It felt like the whole book was about setting the scene for the next instalment of this series, this meant lots of storylines were started, but were then left hanging, waiting to be completed. This would be OK if I thought the next book was going to appear in the next few months. However, past history suggests, it could be two years before we see the next episode.
I have given this book three stars, but if the next book isn’t available within a year I will probably alter this to just two stars.
It felt like the whole book was about setting the scene for the next instalment of this series, this meant lots of storylines were started, but were then left hanging, waiting to be completed. This would be OK if I thought the next book was going to appear in the next few months. However, past history suggests, it could be two years before we see the next episode.
I have given this book three stars, but if the next book isn’t available within a year I will probably alter this to just two stars.
February 18, 2020
This book seemed somewhat sluggish. A lot of description about weapons and not as much personal interaction as in his previous books. As with book 10 I had to buy it from the author's web site as he isn't currently publishing his books on Amazon. I'm still glad I read it and will read the next one. Just not as enjoyable as earlier books in the series.
November 26, 2021
This was a very good addition to one of my favorite series!
It was great to see the story add the perspective of both our hero's "sisters" in more detail. Jenetta's story is now very different with her meteoric rise to Admiral of the fleet and this injected more of what made this series so great!
I am anxiously awaiting the further adventures of the Carver family!
It was great to see the story add the perspective of both our hero's "sisters" in more detail. Jenetta's story is now very different with her meteoric rise to Admiral of the fleet and this injected more of what made this series so great!
I am anxiously awaiting the further adventures of the Carver family!
April 30, 2024
3.5/5 Stars rounded up. The only draw back to this book to me was the unending repetition of conversation's. Every major and some minor conversation's are repeated at least four times. Lots of screen flipping. I did as always enjoy the continuation of the main story line.
August 17, 2017
It was nice set up for the next book(s) in the series, which as always with this author I will impatiently be waiting for.
September 20, 2017
I liked the earlier books in this series, however this one was slow and seemed to just be setup for following books.
Also the author let his politics show through heavily.
Also the author let his politics show through heavily.
September 23, 2017
Very repetitive.
December 18, 2017
Was a great continuing adventure. The Carver sisters conquer the proverbial Borg.I tho
roughly enjoyed and recommend this book to all.
roughly enjoyed and recommend this book to all.
August 3, 2019
still a great series, can't wait to read it again
August 7, 2017
I just finished it and my body was tense for most of the story. There are no hints to how it will end. I read it pretty fast. Couldn't put it down. Really love the Carver sisters, and would recommend it to anyone . My only criticism would be that it was a very long wait between books.
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