A new war has broken out…. Indian ships have invaded three British-held systems, and Indian troops have occupied British colonies, forcing Britain to choose between war and shame. The Royal Navy, battered by the fires of the First Interstellar War and desperately trying to recover from the terrifying casualties, must launch a counterattack and recover the colonies. For HMS Warspite – and a task force of British warships – the stakes have never been so high. If the Royal Navy loses, Britain will be humiliated, and the global power system will shift catastrophically, but even victory may come with too high a price. Pushed to the limits, the Royal Navy must take the offensive and determine the outcome quickly…before the Indian gambit triggers a civil war that will rip the human sphere apart.
A good conclusion to the Warspite story arc in the Ark Royal universe. As usual books from Christopher Nuttall are a fairly safe bet. Well, I guess it depends on your reading preferences of course but personally I quite like the books from this author and this one is no exception. Mr Nuttall often spins his stories from real world situations and events. Sometimes the link is rather direct and sometimes the link is somewhat stretched and quite embellished in the fictional parts of the book. In this book the influences from the Falklands war as well as the…
Great Power Politics in Space! This is yet another installment in the “Ark Royal” space opera series. As readers of this series know, the basic assumption in this series is that certain human nations have utilized faster-than-light space travel to colonize inhabitable planets. Great Britain is one of the leading powers doing this, and the Royal Space Navy is much like the old Royal Navy circa 1900-1990 — a leading force vital to the nation’s survival.Â
pretty good space opera Another in a long line of books from this prolific author. So far he has been unable to garner any appreciation that he richly deserves from a publishing house, so he self publishes.Â