From the Bookshelf of Tyler Public Library…

[close] Who is the Admiral? This is the question that drives the narrative of this fast- paced military sci-fi adventure. Danker’s novel is great fun; filled with wit and terrific world building. Three new recruits, who were supposed to be headed for plum positions on the Evagardian Empresses’ new flag ship, the Julian, find themselves emerging from their sleeper pods on a critically damaged Ganrean freighter: wrong ship; wrong planet. They rescue the man in the fourth sleeper pod labeled "Admiral". The Admiral's pod has been sabotaged and two crew members are found shortly thereafter to have been mysteriously incinerated. The planet they have crashed on is barren and hostile. How will they survive and who can be trusted? Highly recommended for fans of "The Martian" and "Red Rising". I will be anxiously awaiting the next installment in the Evagardian series!