Starbound

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

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

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

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

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