Center of Gravity, Ian Douglas
Center of Gravity, Ian Douglas
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Center of Gravity
Star Carrier: Book Two

Author: Ian Douglas

Narrator: Nick Sullivan

Unabridged: 13 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/17/2011

Synopsis

Center of Gravity is the second book in the explosive Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas—and a breathtaking new high in military sf, the strongest of the science fiction subgenres. Battlestar Galactica fans will adore this saga of ultimate war in deep space, as humankind risks its very future, battling a vast alien evil empire in order to achieve transcendence and become a major power in the universe. Douglas’s Center of Gravity belongs on every action-lover’s sf bookshelf—right between Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War and Heinlein’s Starship Troopers.

About Ian Douglas

Ian Douglas is one of the many pseudonyms for writer William H. Keith, the New York Times bestselling author of the popular military science fiction series The Heritage Trilogy, The Legacy Trilogy, The Inheritance Trilogy, The Star Corpsman series, The Andromedan Dark series, and The Star Carrier series. A former naval corpsman, he lives in Pennsylvania.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dirk on January 02, 2024

I think I was first introduced to this type of thing with Jack Campbell's (or John G. Hemry's, if you prefer) Lost Fleet series (Dauntless) and the Starfire series by David Weber & Steve White (Crusade). A nod should probably also go to Walter John Williams' Dread Empire's Fall (The Praxis). All of......more

Goodreads review by Hunter on April 30, 2012

Star Carrier: Center of Gravity (Book 2) So lets start this off by saying I rated Book 1 (Earth Strike) at 3.5 overall. The overall story was VERY interesting when the two books combine (meaning read them both) however there were some major issues I had with it so lets get going. Pros: Story, the wa......more

Goodreads review by Nadienne on October 02, 2024

A rather decent follow-up to the first book in the series. However, I’m still not entirely sold on the characters. Admiral Koenig is the typical military strong-man who is always right and could easily solve all the world’s problems if those damned always-wrong politicians would just stay off his ba......more

Goodreads review by Fred on January 31, 2012

This is the second book in Ian Douglas’s new series. It is along the same lines as his triple trilogy Galactic Marine series. In this adventure we start out several months after the Earth Star Fleet has defended Earth against a xenophobic race called the Sh’daar who launched meteors broken out of orb......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 30, 2016

This is the 2nd book in the Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas. In this one Earth is attacked yet again by allies of the mysterious Sh'darr. The Space Navy beats them of but at grave cost. It is finally decide to carry the war to them instead of maintaining a merely defensive position. This one has......more

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