Fifty years after Steve Stuart and his friends captured an alien starship, the Solar Union is a thriving interstellar power while Earth is increasingly backward and falling into barbarism. For two youngsters from Earth, the Solar Union offers the only chance they will ever have to make something of their lives.
But humanity’s involvement in Galactic affairs has not gone unnoticed. The enigmatic masters of the universe have put together a fleet to crush the upstart humans before they can threaten the precarious balance of power. Pushed to the limits, the Solar Union must fight to defend its freedom – and the existence of the human race.
Sorry not liking this one I have read several of this authors books but I could not finish this one as it just got bogged down in a political and racial lecture and I read for enjoyment not someone beating a drum.
Unbearably preachy. Mr. Nuttall’s books have always been extremely preachy, but this second volume really makes it painful. I read dozens of books in this genre, and what I want to read about is ships, strategy, technology…not receive heavy doses of political ranting. He crams his views down the reader’s throat over and over, and the “training” of two characters is nothing more than the political indoctrination he seems to despise – I can almost see the Soviet Commissar in the room with the students…
a bit preachy, but still a fun read Pros: Story moves along pretty quickly, between a small number of protagonists. You don’t get lost like in some novels, requiring a compendium to keep up. It has a nice story arc that makes it a complete story, but with connection to the next. I like the compartmentalization that was lacking in other series stories (e.g., Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back was one that really did not neatly tell a single chapter, and had too many strings attached to the Return of the Jedi)…