Earth Strike: Star Carrier, Book One Audiobook (Unabridged)

" I find this genre very entertaining and this book/series delivers. Very entertaining but when the humans win yet again against overwhelming odds gets stale. Where are all the other ships if the senate is so paranoid about defending earth? Still though, a very entertaining read. "

" It's quite literally an aircraft carrier in space, which was my favorite part of Battlestar Galactica. So of course I'm going to consider this solid sci-fi, and I always appreciate when authors don't magic away the details of interstellar flight - the author has obviously read up on the Alcubierre Drive. "

" This story was great. Now I have to find the next two in the trilogy. "

" The first half seemed rather flat and lifeless, especially for a story that instantly plunges into the action. Mostly, that start lacked any focus character with any recognizable background, relying almost exclusively on combat action description. There are only a couple of characters who rise above a name and squadron callsign, and most of those are from central casting (the clever Admiral who's hamstrung by government bureaucracy returns, and that's abut it for his personality.) The second half catches on a little better, though it still lacks more than one 3D character (and Gray is pretty classic archetype, too.) But at least second half lifts the story to something with a little more heart, making the overall work readable if you can surmount the first hundred pages. "

" Generic military sci-fi. It feels familiar because it's a composite of every military sci-fi book you've ever read. Unfortunately the paste that comes out when you feed them all in to the sausge grinder has no personality of its own. Apparently the author writes 5 or more books each and every year under different pseudonyms. I dont believe anyone can create that many authentic stories. He's not creating, he's just writing to a formula for a paycheck. I dont blame him, but it's very sad that so many people like and buy this stuff. The reason Im embarassed to admit Im a scifi fan is because so many scifi fans seem to love the form (the faster than light technologies, the alien biologies) while being completely indifferent to whether the content (the story, the characters, the implications of the technology) is any good or not. "

" This book was very well written and had amazing designs for the science and aliens. However, the characters were very stale and one dimensional. There are two other books in this series and I don't believe I will read them. "

" Slow starter but could build into a good series if you like this genre. "

" While the author has some talent with prose, he's a bit redundant, and too much in love with technical and military jargon. And I'm really not fond of his loathing of civilians. Look to John Hembry/Jack Campbell for a more nuanced view. "

" The story was good. However- it had a lot of repetitive useless technical data that brought nothing to the story. It just fucked with the pacing. I'll try the next book but I'm not over enthused. "

" This is some of the best space opera I've read in a while. It's not a weighty story; I finished it over two days of air travel. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the hell out of it. It was engaging, and enough of a page-turner that I found the time slipping away while I was engrossed. "

" This seemed to be a minor reworking of his Galactic Marine series, which I thought was much better written; I will probably go on with this series though! "

" Enjoyable, but slow in a few parts. "

" Great!!! Very similar to some of John Ringo's works. "

" Fairly generic space miltary action. Not bad, just not that memorable. "

" This book was very well written,as is the whole series. It is a little more on the tech-side, but it's fascinating to read and opened me to physicists I had never heard of before. "

" Above-average fare in the Military-SF genre---which may be damning with faint praise---but I hope the rest of the series lives up to the promising start. Particularly strong on implications of distance and near-c velocities for tactics, and a realistic portrayal of military customs and organization. "

" I found Earth Strike: Star Carrier: Book One to be an excellent space opera. It kept me turning the page. I am looking forward to reading book two. "

" After thirty pages of flash-backs and info dumps, I gave up when the Admiral sent a twelve ship fighter squadron to attack an enemy fleet at light speed and didn't follow for eight plus hours. Uh-huh. "

" I liked the fact that the main character was flawed. Good space battle description and original alien enemies. "

" Pretty average space opera; very heavy on the tech and pretty weak on character, story, plot. I doubt I'll will spend give the rest of the series a go. "

" Very good read. It combines elements of military fiction and good, hard science fiction. "

" Very good at tech and warfare. The plot is mediocre. The book also has a smart military/dumb politician worldview. "