Constitution (Legacy Fleet Trilogy, #1)

Posted on 21 January 2018 by Nick Webb

The year is 2650 75 years ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth Without warning Without mercy We were not prepared Hundreds of millions perished Dozens of cities burned We nearly lost everything Then, the aliens abruptly left We rebuilt We armed ourselves We swore never again But the aliens never came back Until now With overwhelming force the aliens have returned, striking deep into our territory, sending Earth into a panic Our new technology is useless Our new ships burn like straw All our careful preparations are wasted Now, only one man, one crew, and the oldest starship in the fleet stand between the Earth and certain destruction ISS CONSTITUTION Read Constitution (Legacy Fleet Trilogy, #1) – kino-fada.fr Google Deus ex machina and you may very well find the cover of this book This is you fairly standard military scifi Old ship about to be mothballed, crusty old captain, up and coming officer sent to put the ship away, sudden attack from alien species All that was missing were Starbuck and Boomer.The characters are fairly well written though a little stale, but the ending reeks of Oh, no I forgot to leave a plot twist so that I can write another book The ending is far from satisfying des Google Deus ex machina and you may very well f...This reads pretty much as a rip of Battlestar Galactica Aging ship, washed up captain, drunken XO, on the verge of it s decommissioning Earth space is attacked That was as far as I got No need to finish it.Human culture forgetting the lessons of a past war Check.Aging capital ship about to be turned into a museum that later becomes the key to humanity s survival Check.Old, crusty commander on the verge of retirement Check.Alcoholic XO with a history of poor discipline Check.Greedy human betrays humanity and grants secret information to the enemy that allows them to slice through Earth s defenses Check.Aging starfighters put back into the fight Check.Leader staring a cancer diagnosis in the f Human culture forgetting the lessons of a past war Check.Aging capital ship about to be turned into a museum that later bec...I am one of those people who finishes a book once I start it I struggled to do so I had read the first few chapters 6 weeks ago and anytime I found something better, I easily set aside Constitution After reading a book I enjoyed, I forced myself to read another chapter of this book I knew when I started Constitution that it was military science fiction, but that is all it is Aliens who no one has ever seen Bad Russians in bed with a VP who wants to be president An old space ship with a dy I am one of those people who finishes a book once I start it I struggled to do so I had read the first few chapters 6 weeks ago and anytime I found something better...This is just a good ol outer space gunship battle tale No one wants to eat 5 Star food and drink overpriced wine every night for dinner Sometimes you just want a fried egg sandwich, a bag of Doritos, and a Miller High Life This book is the latter, if books were food which sounds strangely enticing It s not Tolstoy or Kierkegaard Eat your vegetables some other timeclassifies this book as galactic empire Let s not overthink things Aging captain of dying ship makes heroic sta This is just a good ol outer space gunship battle tale No one wants to eat 5 Star food and drink overpriced wine every night for dinner Sometimes you just want a fried egg sandwich, a bag of Doritos, and a Miller High Life This book is the latter, if books were food which sounds strangely enticing It s not Tolstoy or Kierkegaard Eat your vegetables some other timeclassifies this book as galactic empire Let s not overthink things Aging cap...This novel imparted a strange feeling all the way through its pages Images of Commander Adama, on the bridge of the Battelstar Galactica BSG , surrounded by other characters of remarkably equal similarities, were ever constant In fact, it was so difficult to dismiss the setting of the reimagined television series that I finally gave up and ran with the imagery and characters of the BSG world It also brought up the possibility that Webb wrote a full length fan fiction novel and then edited al This novel imparted a strange feeling all the way through its pages Images of Commander Adama, on the bridge of the Battelstar Galactica BSG , surrounded by other characters of remarkably equal similarities, were ever constant In fact, it was so difficult to dismiss the setting of the reimagined television series that I finally gave up and ran with the imagery and characters of the BSG world It also brought up the possibility that Webb wrote a full length fa...I started this book because it showed up in a list of best sci fi on kindle unlimited I m really excited about how much I like the series so far It s been a while since I ve read really space battle y sci fi so this was a pretty fun read I also found...I can t believe I nearly forgot to rate this story It was so very, very good Colorful, well developed characters, good science, great world building Not a new trope, but so well done Excellent narration Highly recommended for sci fi readers who insist on a story revolving about the characters.Instant ClassicI have read many military sci fi books in the last year, mostly from New and Up and coming authors I found this book right near the top of my must read list because I read the 1st 3 books in the Pax Humana Saga Mr Webb has already proven to me that he writes an excellent sci fi novel The backstory is set and you can see events starting to take place then boom, the action sets in almost non stop The pace is quick, and the science behind the action is understandable The book h Instant ClassicI have read many military sci fi books in the last year, mostly from New and Up and coming authors I found this book right near the top of my must read list beca...Webb keeps you entranced in the story A good, fast paced read Keeps you wondering what else they can bring into it Keep them coming, ready to read the next one.

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21 January 2018

Nick Webb