Review: OK......... But.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2014
I liked the framework of the story with the following caveats.  With the exception of the captain, I liked the characters.  The aliens and their victims could have done with a bit of fleshing out - I guess there will be a sequel, which brings me back to the so-called captain.This "heroine" anywhere I served, would never have been in command of a rowboat on the village pond.  At the drop of a hat, she abandons her command to the care of her junior officers and swans off on sightseeing tours of enemy spacecraft, enemy held planetoids and the like, requiring the service of a marine bodyguard that would have been better utilised in either [a] being useful with the rest of the marine attack force, or [b] waiting for an unobserved out of the way space and putting a laser-pulse through the "heroines" skull to prevent her from again putting her ship and crew at risk by abandoning them in the presence of the enemy.Damned if I know why she wasn't relieved of her command after the 1st dereliction of duty........I dithered between 2 and 3 stars, but as I said above, I liked the concept, so gave it the benefit of the doubt.