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Subject: Re: "Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) by Jack Campbell
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:11:45 -0700
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On 7/14/25 20:56, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) by Jack Campbell
>     https://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Lost-Fleet-Book-1/dp/0441014186/
> 
> Book number one of a six book military science fiction series.  Plus 
> several sequel series consisting of fourteen books total.  I read the 
> well printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2006.  I have 
> purchased the five sequel books in this series and plan to read them soon.
> 
> I did not know John G. Hemry was the real name for Jack Campbell as I 
> purchased the Stark series quite a while back and enjoyed it also.
> 
> The Alliance sent a war fleet into the Syndic home star system via the 
> new FTL network to defeat the Syndics once and for all.  However, the 
> Syndics knew that they were coming and destroyed many of the Alliance 
> space warships.  Now the Alliance warships need to leave or be destroyed 
> one by one.
> 
> The Alliance admiral left Captain John “Black Jack” Geary in charge of 
> the Alliance fleet before he and his staff were murdered by the Syndics 
> in the negotiations.  Captain John “Black Jack” Geary was found by the 
> Alliance fleet on their way to Syndic space, in stasis in an old 
> emergency pod.  A hundred year old emergency pod.
> 
> Captain John “Black Jack” Geary may be a hundred years out of date but 
> some things like tactics of war spaceship fleets never go away.
> 
> The author has a website at:
>     https://jack-campbell.com/
> 
> My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
> Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (6,060 reviews)
> 
> Lynn
> 

	I have read the same book and it is an interesting and satisfying read.

	bliss