
Capital Starship
Ixan Legacy, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Mark Boyett
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By:
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Scott Bartlett
The Galaxy's Doomed Without Him
The Ixa smashed the galaxy to bits before they were defeated. Captain Husher has sounded the alarm in the decades since: the Ixa’s creators will return to finish the job.
But unlike Husher, the galactic government didn't battle the Ixa, and the politicians have convinced themselves that maintaining peace means limiting the ability to wage war.
Now the enemy has returned, with high-tech weapons that prove they haven’t limited their own combat capabilities in the slightest. If Captain Husher and his beleaguered supercarrier crew can't manage to stop the invaders, they will happily devour the galaxy whole.
Fans of Daniel Arenson and Jay Allan will love Capital Starship, part of a new military science fiction series set in the Ixan Prophecies universe.
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This is the story of a supercarrier, the Vesta, and her crew. Led by Vin Husher, her captain, who has a troubled past indeed. In this first book of the 3 part series, Husher must defend the IU, the Interstellar Union, against enemies both foreign and domestic. And his hands are tied in many ways. There are politically based rules of engagement he must follow, even though he is the captain of one of the most powerful ships in the galaxy. He is not allowed to shoot other attacking vessels. He is also hobbled by the fully populated civilian city that exists at the heart of the Vesta. And those people don't like him. There are political struggles abound, even on the ship, and to make matters worse, not everyone's motives are virtuous.
Husher has some interesting characters to deal with. His first officer is an avian species, a winger named Fesky. And she is utterly loyal to him. He has a scientist on board, whom he secretly has developing military hardware. And to make matters worse, this scientist is a war criminal from the last galactic war.
So with a complex and complicated plot, with twists and unexpected turns abound, this is a really good book.
I have to admit, it started a little slow for me. I was really wondering if I was going to make it through the first few world-building chapters, and character-building chapters, but even as I was wondering about this, and not liking the descriptions of Cybele (pronounced Sibiley), the city at the heart of the Vesta and its inhabitants, all the action and intrigue caught hold, and I really started getting into it. So much so, that I got very involved, and I purchased the next two audiobooks, as I knew I had to read them and see where the series went and what happened to the characters.
Scott uses really interesting and imaginative technology in this book. Oculenses provide virtual reality vision for everyone. They seem to be like virtual reality contact lenses, and they also allow the control of the ship and the display of tactical information. They play a huge part in the series later on. Scott also does a magnificent job of capturing the different perspectives of the characters and the various diverse races. Somewhere along the line Scott was either exposed to or worked for a military organization or a government or both; his descriptions of the political and hierarchical processes are very realistic. Most importantly, this is a story of our galaxy on the brink of war. We face overwhelming odds and racial obliteration. That's more than enough to make for an incredibly gripping and action-packed read.
On the whole, this was a 5-star read and listen, with fantastic narration by Mark Boyett and exceptional writing by Scott Bartlett.
I ended up really loving this book, and I think you would too. I highly recommend it. Just be aware that if you go down this rabbit hole, you're going to want to read the whole series!
Riveting, gripping, military space opera
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Just a great Space/Military story!
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Great start to a excellent series
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A gutless captain(so far)
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Great Start to an exciting, action-packed Series
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Had some doubts at the beginning.
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And big kudos to Mark Boyett, he is an outstanding narrator!
Great world building but somewhat painful
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some interesting twists and turns
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I guaranty this book to be one that is nearly impossible to put down.
Capital starship book 1
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Fun book
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