Military Science Fiction
From Goodreads:
In the
year 2420, war looms between the galaxy’s two most powerful empires: the
tyrannical Theocracy and the protectionist Commonwealth. Caught in the middle
sits the occupied outpost system Cadiz, where young officer and aristocrat
Katherine “Kat” Falcone finds herself prematurely promoted at the behest of her
powerful father. Against her own wishes, Kat is sent to command the
Commonwealth navy’s newest warship, Lightning.
Determined to prove she has value
beyond her family name, Kat struggles to earn her crew’s respect and find her
footing as the youngest captain in naval history. She soon discovers the
situation on Cadiz is even worse than anyone in power anticipated. War isn’t
just a possibility—it is imminent. Yet the admiral in position to bolster
defenses refuses to prepare for a fight. Can Kat find a way to investigate the
enemy, alert the Commonwealth, and whip an entire fleet into fighting shape
before the Theocracy’s war machine destroys everything she holds dear?
The Oncoming Storm is Military
Science Fiction with a lot of familiar elements. In The Oncoming Storm they come together in a great
story. The first scene with Kat
Falcone shows her confronting her Father for pulling strings to get her the
command of a warship going to Cadiz.
That sets the scene for the rest of the story. Kat and the Commonwealth are the good guys. The Theocracy is the enemy and war is
coming.
The story caught me from the first
paragraph. The characters were
very well developed, the plot moved at a brisk pace, the world building and
back story was supplemented by a appendix in the back of the book. The plot, the characters, the pacing
all make this a very good start to a new Military Science Fiction series.
This is book one in a new
series. Everything is set up an
exciting series.
47 North published The Oncoming Storm by Christopher Nuttall in 2015.
I received an ARC of The Oncoming
Storm from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
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