DAUNTLESS – Jack Campbell

Not a bad read. There are enough good science fiction concepts and questions – such as how do you communicate across a spread out fleet when relativistic speeds affect and delay communications; also the use of a .1 speed of light speed limit is a clever way to ensure there’s no time dilation upon the fleets return to home.

Beyond that, the main character’s incredibly overstated self doubt, the overuse of the co-president’s questioning of his every move and the baffling formation descriptions that, even when provided, didn’t help me with a mental picture – each reduced the enjoyment of a fun and intriguing bit of space opera. I’ll probably try the next in the series but there’d need to be a lot less introspection and a bit more plot and character development to hold me beyond that.