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| Fearless (The Lost Fleet, Book 2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jack Campbell
Publisher: Ace
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 5108
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1
ISBN: 0441014763
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780441014767
ASIN: 0441014763
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
To wait or not to wait for the whole thing! October 8, 2007
The review and comments by Mr. McCallister have pretty much hit all the points about the book to tell you if it might be your cup of tea. With perhaps one exception, the ability of the books to stand on their own. Again a personal preference, and this appears to be one of those series that falls somewhere in the middle - not as standalone as some of the greats, like Miles Vorkorsigan (Bujold), or the Laiden novels (Lee, Miller), or even Kris Longknife (Shepherd), but nowhere as badly done as the artificial division of "The Final Encyclopedia" into 2 volumes.
Perhaps it will be a series more like Honor Harrington, some novels in the series stand alone well and others not quite, though hopefully none of those *really* aggravating cliff hanger plots.
Unlike a John Scalzi novel which goes on my pre-order list instantly, I might try to wait, at least until there's a plot with some sort of resolution to the original objective of the first book (getting the fleet home). Of course, because it's such an enjoyable read, that plan is likely doomed!
I hope there are plenty of novels in this series (or longer ones), but I also hope I don't have to wait too long for resolution of some of the plot story lines...
 Imagine you're a sailor in a space fleet far from home October 2, 2007
Imagine that you're a sailor in a space fleet far from home. Your fleet is running from a larger enemy force, fighting hit and run battles when it can. You're trapped in the space ship that you've been assigned to. Day after day, its either your assigned tasks or the fear of infrequent battles. The food is bad, you dream of open skies, the touch of your lover. You have no idea when you're going to get home, or even if you're going to get home. The mission just goes on and on.
If you can imagine the scenario above, then you can pretty much imagine the contents of Fearless and its predecessor, Dauntless. The books just go on and on, one space battle after another, where we're only distracted by the inner turmoil of the fleet commander. Dauntless was engaging, but Fearless was just more of the same. After a while I felt like I was trapped in the space fleet with the protagonists. The idea of reading book three, Courageous (to be released in December 2007) really is not appealing. The books just get claustrophobic and boring after a while.
 Excellent followup to Lost Fleet: Dauntless September 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I liked Dauntless ever-so-slightly better, but this was still a solid read and highly recommended if you like space operas ala David Weber. Great premise and action packed. A little predictable at times as you are told "something didn't look right" and you knew there would be something that wasn't right and that Black Jack Geary would figure it out and win, but this is fun sci-fi - not Old English Literature - so it accomplishes its goal.
My biggest complaint about this book is the early exposition which is to bring you up to speed if you haven't read the first book in the series (Dauntless) or if you haven't read it in a while I guess. That is tedious and it pops up from time to time in the book. But I suppose that is one of the challenges to writing a series.
I'm definitely pre-ordering Courageous (Book 3) and Valiant when possible. Highly recommended if you like space operas.
Fearless & Dauntless September 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I consumed Dauntless and Fearless on a recent airplane trip. They're OK but not great. Character development seems to be the missing ingredient. Relatively few characters have common sense and that's just not natural. Everyone but the main character is binary and uncompromising at random, critical points in the narrative. Other than the main character, there's no one else that I found likable or entertaining.
Military Sci-Fi at its Best ... and Getting Better! September 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If I could give this novel 6 stars, I would. Like its prequel ("THE LOST FLEET: DAUNTLESS"), "THE LOST FLEET: FEARLESS" delivers drama and action in spades. This novel is, I believe, the better of the two novels because Jack Campbell (the author) really begins to define and develop the primary characters, and he gives us a major hint about the real motive(s) behind the Alliance/Syndicate War. I cannot wait for "COURAGEOUS" to come out in autumn 2007! As I recommended with my review for "DAUNTLESS", if you like this genre of fiction, read this book!
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