Review: Excellent space opera
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2014
If you are into space opera (I most assuredly am) you are going to love this one.  Mankind has established interstellar colonies and eventually brushes up against hostile ETs.  Their technology is decisively superior to ours.  The HMSS Ark Royal, an outmoded British Space Navy (yes, yes, I know) "carrier" is the only human ship that can go toe-to-toe with the aliens because its outmoded armor (outmoded for use against human ships) is nonetheless critical to battling with the aliens, due to differences in their weapons.  It all makes for a very enjoyable read; one of Mr. Nuttall's better works.  Like Mr. Nuttall, I too wish that Britain had not descended into social welfare mediocrity and instead had maintained its position as a world power.  Well, this novel indulges this fantasy and does it very well indeed.Yes, Mr. Nuttall, since you asked, we would like a sequel!  RJB.