Review: Admiral Who? is a book I've read over and over.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2013
Admiral Who? is the first book of the Spineward Sectors series, its also the first book I have ever read more than three times.The kind of writing, dialogue, descriptions etc you find is this book is all unique. You will have no problem differentiating from one character to another.They got distinct differences in appearance, dialogue and acting. As a new character is introduced, it is done so gradually, you are not reading several pages of descriptions of the person, rather you get a small glimpse of how the character looks as you go through the story and you see how the people view the person. Any 'glimpses' into a characters backstory are short and mainly influenced by the action they are currently in.Here's how our good ol' Chief Engineer is introduced:"He was the very model of an ancient, outdated Space Engineer.Junior Lieutenant and Engineering Officer Terrence Spalding nodded his curly, white-haired head dutifully, saluting to acknowledge his receipt of their new orders from the Imperial Chief Engineer. He then turned with dignity and - without warning - leapt out of the room, slamming the door shut behind him and activating the manual locking mechanism."I never said he was quite sane, did I? And what would be the fun with that?We see our Little Admiral grow from a shocked semi-spoiled brat (He's not really that spoiled) to a 'real' admiral, in appearance that is. This all starts with one base point, scared of the fate hes own Uncle faced, thrown into a waste recycler by he's own crew. Jason Montagne is not some noble being, he's just a person thrown into a situation where everyone expects you to know what to do. He is not a military genius, a martial artist, nor does he have any military experience. Nor does he 'miraculously'  become one. He's a normal person, and this is what makes this story, this book so great compared to other books out there.I have bought over a hundred kindle books and with much analyzing, spending my last week reading both my kindle books and hard paper books with same or similar genres, I come to one conclusion. This book, is the best book I have bought so far. 5/5 Stars.