In the wake of Earth’s collapse into chaos, Captain Hoshiko Stuart made the mistake of speaking her mind – and was exiled six months from Sol to a naval base in an unexplored and uncontacted sector. Placed in command of a single squadron of starships, she expected nothing but boredom.
But when she discovers an alien race threatening to exterminate all other races within the sector, Hoshiko and her squadron are drawn into a war to stop them, even if it means forging an alliance with aliens who may themselves become a threat to humanity and building an empire that may alienate her from her family once and for all.
The Black Sheep is the third stand-alone book in A Learning Experience.
A new enjoyable adventure in the A Learning Experience series by Nuttall This is a rather enjoyable adventure set in the A Learning Experience universe by Christopher Nuttall. The book is pretty much freestanding although it helps if you have read the previous books. It is also somewhat different from the previous books in that it does not focus so much on the original “learning experience”. The Solar Union is firmly established and this is more of a classical beat-the-invading-aliens kind of an adventure. It is a good adventure but it lacks a bit of the…
Another good read by Christopher Nuttall Another excellent book by CN. I have really enjoyed the different series he has written and seen how the writing has improved over time. I especially enjoy his perspective and analysis of current world events in the afterwords of his books and how they tie the story to historical/current events. While I may not be a deep thinker and tracker of current events and the hash our selfserving lying politicians are making of our country, I am a US Army veteran (pre desert storm) and find myself…
A real treat for fans who also enjoy the Honor Harrington and Hornblower series In this book, Nuttall adds a satisfying volume to the “A Learning Experience” series of books which describe the emergence of humanity onto the cosmic stage. In this book, Captain Hoshiko Stuart gets sent to a system six months away from the Solar Union as punishment for speaking out of turn to the media. Of course, like her counterpart Honor Harrington, she makes the most of her detached duty basing her decisions to start and support an alliance against a genocidal species on ethical…