Review: Great Story Continuation - Rebels Might as Well Quit!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2014
Jake Mercer is now the Captain of a starship.  Now what?  Well, the first thing he should do it make the right decisions.  Ah, he doesn't quite have the hang of doing this yet.  After getting his ship out of a deadly fight, he starts listening to Pirates. Now that's dumb.  He's given an option to go to the area of space controlled by the "November Family" who just so happen to be Pirates also.  At least they sound friendly.Ok, so you're working with Pirates but what's the first thing you should understand in this situation?  That Pirates are not to be trusted and you should never turn your back on any of them.  So Jake Mercer manages to do neither.  He allows the Pirates to talk him, along with some of his key Officers,  into going to their planet.  The simple purpose of this trip is to check out some supplies including special fuel that his ship needs.  Now why does the Captain of a starship think he personally needs to go find supplies for his ship.  Wouldn't you think he'd have plenty of junior officers and senior enlisted to do something like this?  This is typical of someone that doesn't know what he's doing but thinks he must do everything!Unfortunately, his mistakes take the rest of the book to correct.  I would hate to read about him making more bonehead mistakes.  As all good books go, the people Mercer took with him to the planet are smarter than he is and they figure out a way to get them out of the mines, yes, I said mines, and wipe out the Pirate that has them captured.  Captain Mercer gets back to his starship just in time to save it from being blow up, again, but it was his executive officer's plan that worked.  This whole book was more about what Cmdr PO did than about Jake Mercer, which was good because she was the one using her brain!The story is good although there is a disturbing number of editorial errors that really make me wonder if this was a rush publication for some reason?  If the story line develops where young Captain Mercer learns from his mistakes, that will make for good reading.  But if he continues to be a real bonehead, it will be unrealistic reading that will get down right boring!