Constitution Book 1 of The Legacy Fleet Series eBook Nick Webb
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The year is 2650
75 years ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth.
Without warning. Without mercy.
We were not prepared.
Hundreds of millions perished. Dozens of cities burned.
We nearly lost everything.
Then, the aliens abruptly left.
We rebuilt. We armed ourselves. We swore never again.
But the aliens never came back.
Until now.
With overwhelming force the aliens have returned, striking deep into our territory, sending Earth into a panic. Our new technology is useless. Our new ships burn like straw. All our careful preparations are wasted.
Now, only one man, one crew, and the oldest starship in the fleet stand between the Earth and certain destruction
ISS CONSTITUTION
Constitution Book 1 of The Legacy Fleet Series eBook Nick Webb
Currently about 30% through the book, so consider this an incomplete review. First, some non-spoiler-y things... Writing style is really solid. Dialogue is easy to follow and makes sense with the characters' styles. Nothing seems stilted or artificial. Even with the downsides that I'll list below, this is a solid read and I plan to finish it.Now, fair warning... ****** POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW ******
If you're moderately well-versed in popular sci-fi of the last 10 years or so, let me toss out a couple of plot points for you to consider...
* Aliens nearly wiped out humanity, then disappeared back to the depths of space.
* Aliens have been absent for the last 75-ish years.
* One of the last of the warships that humanity used in the first war is on its way to being decommissioned and turned into a museum-piece.
* The captain was a bit of a troublemaker and is nearly the only one in the fleet preaching readiness instead of complacency.
* The XO is the captain's best friend, and is an alcoholic.
* Some people in humanity have 'sold out' and made a deal with the aliens.
* The aliens are going back on their deal and have come to wipe out humanity.
* There's a 'back door' in humans' new generation of starships that will allow the aliens to easily destroy all of them...except for the one retiring ship.
Ummm...don't know about you guys, but I saw Battlestar Galactica too.
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Constitution Book 1 of The Legacy Fleet Series eBook Nick Webb Reviews
Hadn't read any of Nick Webb's books before but boy am I glad I finally gave Constitution a whirl. When the book gets going, its really never lets up. Nick Webb is a fantastic writer, and creates a blistering pace that flows so well. The action is solid, suspenseful and each chapter ends in ways that demand you keep reading. I found myself having to force myself to stop so I could do other things, like sleeping and eating! All in all this is a great, rock 'em sock 'em military sci-fi adventure and great start to the Legacy Fleet trilogy.
There are a few reasons why I couldn't give this book a five-star review
1.) The Battlestar Galactica similarities are glaring, especially in the beginning. Even down to the titular ship about to be turned into a museum and being the one ship that can repel the Swarm when all newer vessels' tech is compromised. And let's not forget that Abe Haws, the main character's XO is basically Colonel Saul Tigh in everything but wife and name.
2.) A small gripe, but the characters's physical descriptions were almost non-existent. Other than maybe Haws (who I just imagined as a bearded Col. Tigh), I really couldn't tell you want any other character looked like. Again, a personal gripe of mine but I like being able to visualize the characters through the writing and didn't feel I could do that here.
3.) This was a big issue I've noticed in many futuristic sci-fi novels. The story takes place in the 27th century and there is like ZERO diversity among the main characters. Not really realistic at all given how diverse the US and other parts of the world are. We should have seen some Indian or Chinese characters in the main cast since in 2016 both countries combined equate 1/3 of Earth's population.
4.) The threat to Earth was too focused on the US. The Swarm should have felt like a more global threat and not so US focused. Just saying.
5.) The main character at times was stubborn to the point of stupidity in several instances, basically got a get out of jail free card for what should have been a terminal health issue at the end. I'm hoping that will be explained further in the next two books.
Don't get me wrong, I still thoroughly enjoyed the book. Those points just subtracted from what could have been one of the best sci-fi novels I've read this year. Looking forward to reading Warrior!
Funny. I just wrote a review on a military scifi book by Forbes in which I praised him for not having what has become the awful and insulting writing device that I characterized as Captain"Fire Torpedos!" Weapons Officer"Huh? Captain, are you sure? Let's discuss this for a moment. First give me your reasons, so I can understand..." My first reaction to this type of nonsense was that the author has no clue why that type of thing would almost never happen. That is, a bridge officer given a direct command who wasn't instantly compliant wouldn't continue to be a bridge officer. There'd be no back and forth, no "Huh?", no "What?". Then I realized it was the device used by a weak writer unable to convey the surprise contained in a certain scene in any reasonable way. That is, the writer is incapable ofsetting up a scene and writing a decent dialog. Well, guess what? Not 3 pages into this book we see a bridge officer pointing at his display in a complete panic, wordless. Then we have an admiral who, after a ship has failed to report in for two days (daily reports are required), sends a scout ship out to "see what's wrong". This is in the context of the missing ship being on border patrol, watching out for an invasion fleet. And then, the same admiral, after the scout hasn't reported back, is wondering what to do about it. I stopped reading at that point. Not sure if I made 10 pages, pretty sure I didn't make 20. I don't appreciate stupid. If you like stupid - where everyone above a certain level in the hierarchy is profoundly incompetent, you might like this tripe.
Currently about 30% through the book, so consider this an incomplete review. First, some non-spoiler-y things... Writing style is really solid. Dialogue is easy to follow and makes sense with the characters' styles. Nothing seems stilted or artificial. Even with the downsides that I'll list below, this is a solid read and I plan to finish it.
Now, fair warning... ****** POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW ******
If you're moderately well-versed in popular sci-fi of the last 10 years or so, let me toss out a couple of plot points for you to consider...
* Aliens nearly wiped out humanity, then disappeared back to the depths of space.
* Aliens have been absent for the last 75-ish years.
* One of the last of the warships that humanity used in the first war is on its way to being decommissioned and turned into a museum-piece.
* The captain was a bit of a troublemaker and is nearly the only one in the fleet preaching readiness instead of complacency.
* The XO is the captain's best friend, and is an alcoholic.
* Some people in humanity have 'sold out' and made a deal with the aliens.
* The aliens are going back on their deal and have come to wipe out humanity.
* There's a 'back door' in humans' new generation of starships that will allow the aliens to easily destroy all of them...except for the one retiring ship.
Ummm...don't know about you guys, but I saw Battlestar Galactica too.
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