Science Fiction/Space Opera
From Goodreads:
Now
a celebrated war hero, Captain Kat Falcone is back at the helm of HMS
Lightning…and up against near-impossible odds. After an ill-timed outburst
almost ends her career, Kat is handed command of a deep-strike mission into
enemy space. The objective is to gather intelligence and distract the hostile
Theocracy while the Commonwealth prepares its counteroffensive.
The
chances for success are slim—and for survival even slimmer.
Armed with a ragtag fleet of
outdated starships, a few loyal officers, and a skeleton crew of refugees, Kat
knows the Royal Navy expects her to fail. But failure almost certainly means
death—or worse, as the Theocracy does not treat prisoners kindly. Pitted
against the enemy defenses of her old nemesis Admiral Junayd, there is no room
for error. And with a spy hidden aboard her ship, Kat will need more than her
wits to survive. Can Kat enter the lion’s den, strike a blow for the
Commonwealth, and escape with her life?
While Falcone Strike follows a
familiar pattern it tells a very good story in the process. I met Kat Falcone in book one of the
series and enjoyed how she handled a very bad situation. Now she is back and has put herself at
risk by tell a blowhard with powerful friends just what is and is not. As a result she is sent behind enemy
lines to make as much trouble as she can with a less than stellar fleet to do it with.
The plot flowed smoothly and
the action matched the problems that Kat faced. The bad guys are really bad and the good guys are shades of
grey. It was fun to see how Kat would solve the problems with a less than
excellent fleet of ships. The
world building is set to allow some very interesting plot development in future
books. All in all a fun Space
Opera series. I am looking
forward to meeting Kat in future books.
47 North published Falcone Strike by Christopher Nuttall in 2016.
I received an ARC of Falcone
Strike from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
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