The Lost Fleet: Relentless: Relentless [Kindle Edition]

Jack Campbell (Author)

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After successfully freeing Alliance POWs, “Black Jack” Geary discovers that the Syndics plan to ambush the fleet with their powerful reserve flotilla in an attempt to annihilate it once and for all. And as Geary has the fleet jump from one star system to the next, hoping to avoid the inevitable confrontation, saboteurs contribute to the chaos.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 419 KB
• Publisher: Ace; Original edition (April 28, 2009)
• Sold by: Penguin Publishing
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0020BUX0Y
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,862 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

"Jack Campbell" is the pseudonym for John G. Hemry, a retired Naval officer (and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis). As Jack Campbell, he writes The Lost Fleet series of military science fiction novels. He lives with his family in Maryland.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As important to The Lost Fleet series as was Dauntless, May 11, 2009

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S. Holsinger "Mrgr8avill" (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lost Fleet: Relentless: Relentless (Kindle Edition)

First to note - The Lost Fleet series forms a saga that should ONLY be read from the beginning; if you are new to the series, then please, start with Dauntless. If not, then read on...

In the fifth installment of the Lost Fleet series, we get more of the same from Campbell. From the detailed space battles to traitorous conspirators to moral quandaries on both a personal and universal level, Black Jack Geary and his crew of confidantes have more than enough to keep them busy in Relentless, and there was so much going on that I found it difficult to stop reading until there were no more pages to read (again, nothing new here).

We get resolutions to some of the issues that have been troubling our heroes since the beginning, but - much as in real life - the resolutions merely open the path to new challenges. There are a couple of "bombshell" revelations that will advance the series in new and different directions in book six. Overall, this book is probably as important to the series as Dauntless was, and if you are at all a fan of "The Lost Fleet," you owe it to yourself to read this installment.

If you love the series half as much as I do, you will thoroughly enjoy Relentless, and join me in wishing to the Stars that book six is done in as short a time as possible after reading it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Relentleess - go buy it.... Don't wait for the libarry to get it..., April 30, 2009

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Claus "cryoruggie" (Prior Lake, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lost Fleet: Relentless: Relentless (Kindle Edition)

Gotta admit - another good sequel. Well worth reading, as there is also nice sense of completion as a lot of the open issues are resolved and answered. I like series that have closure. And this was a particularly satisfying closure.

At the end though - though clearly this cycle is complete - the anticipation of the sequel that should start another series is almost palpable.

It's going to be interesting to see in which direction the next book goes - for sure it won't be endless battles with the Syndics. Campbell has this whole huge scenario he can pick and choose from, be it further battles, the intricacies of politics, the BEM's, romance with you-know-who, etc.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fantastic Golden-age SF, September 27, 2009

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Kenneth Green "Ken Green" (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lost Fleet: Relentless: Relentless (Kindle Edition)

The Lost Fleet series is spectacular space opera, and "Relentless" is the best of all. It leaves you with that feeling you experienced when Luke Skywalker blows up the Death Star, when Nicholas Seafort defeats the "fish," and when they haul the "bug" out of its hole in Starship Troopers. You revel for the heroes, and mourn for the end of a series that has given you such joy.

"Relentless" is upbeat science fiction in the tradition of golden-age space opera, by authors such as Niven, Heinlein, and Burroughs. It is fiction that has not succumbed to the anti-male attitudes of the most recent SF authors such as Elizabeth Moon, who relegate all male characters into nothing but venality, and who elevate all female characters into near-goddess status. Yes, one of the characters, Victoria Rione is a thorn in the hero's side, but she's also important as a voice of his conscience, and an obstacle to overcome. And many of the leaders of the fleet are female. Most important, nobody has a lock on virtue, there are both male and female heroes and cowards.

In addition, this is hard SF, where the author pays attention to detail. Physics are taken seriously. The only scientific complaint I might have is that there's no mention of time-dilation, nor the effect that spending significant periods at one or two tenths of light-speed might have. (from what I can tell, they're not significant, but should have been mentioned).

Read this series from the beginning, and enjoy it. It's WELL worth the money, for those who love positive, golden-age-style science fiction.