Starbound, Dave Bara
Starbound, Dave Bara
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Starbound

Author: Dave Bara

Narrator: Julian Elfer

Unabridged: 9 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/05/2016


Synopsis

The Lightship H.M.S. Impulse is gone, sacrificed in a battle against First Empire ships. And though the fragile galactic alliance has survived the unexpected invasion, the Union forces might not prove victorious against a full onslaught by this legendary enemy. For Peter Cochrane, serving as an officer aboard his world's flagship, H.M.S. Starbound is a dream come true. Tasked with investigating a mysterious space station in a rediscovered star system, Peter and Starbound face a surprise attack by unknown forces and suffer terrible losses. But there is no time to grieve or even regroup as Peter is thrust into a new crisis, a potential civil war on the Union world of Carinthia. Caught between his rank in the navy and his status as a royal heir, Peter is put on trial for the loss of Impulse, used as a political pawn as Carinthia stands on the brink of a devastating conflict. Peter escapes but faces the prospect of interstellar war when he learns of a possible alliance between the First Empire and Carinthia, a coalition which could tear the Union apart!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Metaphorosis on March 05, 2017

2 stars - Metaphorosis Reviews In this second volume of the Lightship Chronicles, Commander/Prince Peter Cochrane, serving in the Union space fleet with his lover, repeatedly faces dangerous situations and difficult moral, political, and personal decisions. It's always hard to come into a series partw......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 17, 2016

this book was a disappointment compared to the first one. The author does not seem to understand science at all confusing acceleration and velocity, using light seconds as a measure of time, and filling the battles with nonsense physics--whatever string of technical sounding but essentially meaningl......more

Goodreads review by Jo on August 04, 2016

Starboard is a typical middle book in a trilogy. There are multiple problems that Peter has to face. First is a unexpected attack with the loss of many of the people under Peter's command. Then he has to face changes in his family. Finally he is captured and almost executed for losing the Impulse (s......more

Goodreads review by Dermot on March 13, 2016

2nd book in the series and doesn't disappoint. It isn't trying to be clever or challenging, but it is certainly entertaining. Plenty of zipping around in FTL space craft, saving planets from destruction. Throw in the odd bit of love interest and you end up with what space opera is meant to be all ab......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on March 13, 2016

Dave Bara 's sophomore effort in The Lightship series is a good space opera despite the technobabble. It takes a while for the action to soar, but once it does Starbound is fun.......more