Review: A Solid Debut
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2011
An excellent fighter pilot has a public disagreement with a Napoleonic-like General over tactics that proved to be wrong.  The pilot, Ensign Kelly Blake, gets shipped to a bad assignment doing on base maintenance work, but is rescued due to a chance encounter with a ship Captain.  Blake is given the opportunity to become an Executive Officer of a new class of spaceship, takes it and never looks back.Scout Force is about a young man's journey on Vigilant, and his daily trials and tribulations, while protecting humanity from the catlike K'Rang Empire.  The action is fast paced, with lots of ship to ship action.  The book also delivers a good plot, as human treachery is revealed, and Blake does his part in protecting the human frontier.My only concern with Scout Force is a lack of development of the K'Rang Empire.  The humans have spies in the empire, but not much information is provided to the reader regarding their hierarchy, culture, etc.Nonetheless, Scout Force is an enjoyable read, and a solid debut.