Review: An epic story and a wonderful tribute to SF and Space Opera
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2014
The Roman Republic, er, Terran Federation is crumbling under its own weight and corruption.  Its military leaders are rebelling and trying to seize chunks for themselves.  Earth itself has been attacked!All the Federation Senate has is a single, incorruptible Admiral to save the Federation.  And, for the incredibly corrupt Senate, "incorruptible" is not necessarily a good thing.This is a tribute piece and you can see the love of Science Fiction and Space Opera throughout the book.  It is a tribute to H. Beam Piper's future history, to David Weber's and Steve White's "Starfire" series, to LTC Thomas Kratman, to John Ringo and to many more that I can't immediately remember without re-reading the book.  The book was great by itself but the tributes and cameos made a great thing even better.I have enjoyed Christopher Nuttall's books.  He started off pretty good and has gotten better quickly.  This is the best to date and I am looking forward to more by him.