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| Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jack Campbell
Publisher: Ace
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
Buy Used: $3.24
You Save: $4.75 (59%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 2821
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reissue
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0441014186
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780441014187
ASIN: 0441014186
Publication Date: June 27, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 If he explains light speed time distortion one more time... September 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was really disappointed with this book. There were so many reviews claiming great character development, smart discussion of science, etc. The characters are very flat. Character development consists of Jack agonizing over whether he can live up to his legend, the ship captain beaming her confidence at him, and the co-president bitching to him about how she doesn't trust him. The co-president is particularly irritating because she is constantly asking to speak to him and then the conversation consists entirely of her bitching at him. The science discussion consists of him reminding us just about every page that because light takes time to travel, and events are occuring light-hours apart, the events they are observing now, happened, well hours ago. I enjoy a good series -- no need to look for another book for a while. But, I'm still desperately seeking an author like Iain M. Banks, Neal Stephenson, China Mieville, whose works are on Kindle.
Quite enjoyable August 29, 2008
I saw several recommendations in the science fiction discussion board for this book. I even paid full price for it. Book 2 in the series is next. Thanks for the recommendation. Now I have a whole new series to read.
 Great fun! August 26, 2008
It's been quite a few years since I enjoyed a sci-fi book this much. (I think it was A Fire in the Deep, by Vernor Vinge). This is what Battlestar Galactica would be if you removed all the silliness. I quickly read the sequel, and I'm now waiting for delivery of volumes three and four in the series.
Writes like David Webber used to write August 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll keep this short. This is the first "couldn't put it down" book I've read in a long time.
 Oh Hum... August 13, 2008
Dauntless, left me wondering if I had gotten the first book in a series, or if I had jumped in at the second book. Amazon assures that it is indeed the first book in the series. The opening was lacking, and there perhaps should have been an entire book of backstory before the opening of this book.
Because of the weak opening, it took me quite a while to get into the book. I'm not sure if the book redeemed itself enough to purchase the next in the series or not. There are 6 in "The Lost Fleet" series.
John "Black Jack" Geary is a war hero from about 100 years ago. He has been reciently found in an survial pod in deep hibernation. After being brought back from his deep freeze, he finds himself in a world where the current war has cost his beloved Alliance in more than just men and equipment, he finds that many of the old ways of fighting have also been long forgotten. It is up to him to bring a badly damaged fleet of ships, commanded by young officers, out of enemy terriorty and back to the Alliance worlds.
While the writing was technically good, it could have been much better than it was.
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