Galactic Convoy (The Helmsman, 2) [Hardcover]

Bill Baldwin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2003 | Series: The Helmsman, 2

Book # 2 in the best selling Helmsman saga!

Ursis nodded soberly out the Hyperscreens toward the merchant ships, then turned to Brim. "Out there, Wilf Ansor," he brooded, "are real heroes of war. To fight from behind disruptors of warship is something anyone can do. One can always count on lucky shooting to save him from disaster—or heavy armor plate at least. But to face enemy with only black void and thin sheet of hullmetal separating you from disruptors—and then stay in formation—that is kind of bravery we Sodeskayans record in Great Books."

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Bill Baldwin is the author of the Best-Selling Helmsman series and Canby’s Legion. He is a graduate of The Mercersburg Academy and the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a B.A. in Journalism and a Master of Letters degree. He served as a Lieutenant at the U.S. Air Force Missile Test Center, Foreign Technology Division, Cape Canaveral, Florida, supporting Project Mercury as Chief of the Reports Division. Later, Baldwin served as a contractor for the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, where he contributed to as well as managed the writing group handling Astronaut public relations and technical presentations throughout the Gemini and early Apollo programs. Baldwin later worked as a Senior (lead) Presentations Writer for Burroughs Corporation (now UNISYS), and as a computer programmer at the Defense and Space Division of Burroughs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Timberwolf Press; 2 Rev Upd edition (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587521563
• ISBN-13: 978-1587521560
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,859,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New and updated, November 23, 2003

By 

David L. Dunagin (Arkansas, USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Galactic Convoy (The Helmsman, 2) (Hardcover)

As of November, 2003 this book has been published in a new directors cut edition, in hardback. The original book was one of my favorite of all time, and this time Bill Baldwin has greatly imporved the story, cleaning up a few loose ends and fleshing out some of the other parts of the story. I have always felt this was the best book of the series and this version is even better! In this book, Wilf, and his comrades Uris, Barbousse and the rest are in a new starship, helping to guard convoys bringing needed suppies to a giant base in another part of the universe, and both the convoys and the base are under constant attack by Nergol Triannic's evil forces. It strikes me as if based on the British convoys to beleagured Malta in the Med in WWII. An exciting story, lots of combat, a new romantic interest, new shipmates, just a dang good entertaining fantasy/scifi novel!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An upbeat, galaxy-spanning adventure, March 7, 2004

By 

Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Galactic Convoy (The Helmsman, 2) (Hardcover)

The second novel in Bill Baldwin's heady sci-fi "Helmsman Saga", Galactic Convoy is an action-packed saga filled from cover to cover with intrigue, deadly spaceship battles, and abiding bonds of friendship forged through troubled times. An upbeat, galaxy-spanning adventure, as thrilling as the futuristic cover art by Hugo Award winning author/artist Ron Miller, Galactic Convoy documents Bill Baldwin as a master of the science fiction action/adventure genre and a welcome read for any and all sci-fi enthusiasts!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Helmsman begins his career in fine fashion., May 3, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Galactic Convoy (Paperback)

In the fine tradition of C.S. Forester, Baldwin begins to flesh out the career of Lt Wilf Brim, Imperial Fleet. Started in 'The Helmsman' Baldwin crafts the tale of Wilf's rise in fortune as a fleet officer. Baldwin builds Brim's character carefully and gives a good leg up on the plot at the same time. Though the plot is simplistic, it reflects the time honored tale of men at sea (or space) going into 'harms way' for the sake of others.

Though occasionally laced with mature discriptions of Wilf's love life, the story line is a good balance between discriptive technical displays of flying a starship and living in the Imperial Fleet.

This is a good read and a good foundation for the continuing saga of the Helmsman