Captain William Sparhawk flies Earth’s single starship on a voyage of exploration. His crew of veteran spacers begins the mission with high hopes and the best of intentions, but the universe has other plans. Instead of space merchants and potential allies, they discover Earth’s impending doom. Sparhawk must decide whether to hunt down enemy scouts to keep Earth’s new starship a secret or to head home to warn Star Guard of the danger. Either way, he’s ignited an interstellar war.
Dreadnought, the second book of the Lost Colonies Trilogy, is a novel of military science fiction by bestselling author B. V. Larson.
LOST COLONIES #3 – HURRY! I can’t wait. I’ve been reading SciFi since 1953 and still read it voraciously. I’ve read all the Greats – Asimov, Van Vogt, Norton, Heinlein – the list is endless. This guy Larson is GOOD. Really, really good. I’m a Physicist and Engineer who’s up on Quantum Physics/mechanics and find it easy to shoot holes in a lot of speculative crap that infests a lot of today’s work, but as I said, B.V. is GOOD. Not just tech-savvy-wise, but as an author and character-development expert (and superb…
On the Defiant, Captain Sparhawk and his crew depart Earth and for the first time in 150 years are about to cross a bridge in sp On the Defiant, Captain Sparhawk and his crew depart Earth and for the first time in 150 years are about to cross a bridge in space and travel to a different solar system. Unfortunately for them, they had no maps of the bridge and it could be a one way trip that leaves them stuck in hyperspace. They manage to find the exit of the bridge and the discover the a lost colony. One that was fearful and paranoid that refuses to answer the Defiant’s hails and finally decides to attack. After…
Wonderful continuation of a very promising series I liked the first volume of Mr. Larson’s “Lost Colonies” series, and hoped the second volume would be as good. It wasn’t … it was better! Captain Sparhawk sets out in the Beta battle cruiser salvaged in book one on a mission of exploration and, possibly, diplomacy. His relationship with his headquarters is difficult, and the mission is further complicated by sharing command with his aunt Helen of Grantholm, an “oldie” who has been given authority over non-combat decisions…