Review: Awesome space battles, great protagonist, more please!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2012
This is a must-read for all military sci fi fans.It takes place in a very believable futuristic universe, controlled by different factions broadly characterized as the alliance, separatists, and pirates.  Readers will enjoy a fast-paced, high action setting revolving around the crew of a destroyer-class Celostian warship called the 'Wolfhound'- specifically, one newly-minted Ensign Jacob Hull, who has become one of my all-time favorite characters.  He is put in a position where he must fulfill the role of a leader, and thus his true character is revealed.  He is calm and capable, confident and cunning.  His strict moral code and adaptive thinking allow him to win over hard opposition to his command and succeed in ever-increasingly impossible tasks, all the while combating matters of adversity, lack of experience, and not knowing who to trust.  The other cast of characters are nothing to gloss over either, and you'll be assured someone to fit every archetype - I found the scrappy and always-cussing Petty Officer Turley to be especially entertaining.The book is solid, with the writing both intense and heartfelt, and a good dose of hilarious and outrageous mixed in.  The character development and world-building were decent, very comprehensive for the protagonist and the apparent line of sight, a bit sparse for the other characters and the overall canvas (though I expect that to be remedied in future installments).  While I do wish there was a bit of romance (despite the lack of opportunities) rather than a few veiled comments trying to carry the story, I eagerly await the sequel and hope to see much more of our hero.I came in with low expectations, facing another indy author I'd never heard of, and came out a fan.  You'll be hard pressed to find another diamond in the rough for such a great bargain.