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On 7/14/25 20:56, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) by Jack Campbell
>     https://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Lost-Fleet-Book-1/dp/0441014186/
>
> Book number one of a six book military science fiction series.  Plus
> several sequel series consisting of fourteen books total.  I read the
> well printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2006.  I have
> purchased the five sequel books in this series and plan to read them soon.
>
> I did not know John G. Hemry was the real name for Jack Campbell as I
> purchased the Stark series quite a while back and enjoyed it also.
>
> The Alliance sent a war fleet into the Syndic home star system via the
> new FTL network to defeat the Syndics once and for all.  However, the
> Syndics knew that they were coming and destroyed many of the Alliance
> space warships.  Now the Alliance warships need to leave or be destroyed
> one by one.
>
> The Alliance admiral left Captain John “Black Jack” Geary in charge of
> the Alliance fleet before he and his staff were murdered by the Syndics
> in the negotiations.  Captain John “Black Jack” Geary was found by the
> Alliance fleet on their way to Syndic space, in stasis in an old
> emergency pod.  A hundred year old emergency pod.
>
> Captain John “Black Jack” Geary may be a hundred years out of date but
> some things like tactics of war spaceship fleets never go away.
>
> The author has a website at:
>     https://jack-campbell.com/
>
> My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
> Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (6,060 reviews)
>
> Lynn
>

	I have read the same book and it is an interesting and satisfying read.

	bliss

On 7/14/2025 11:11 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>
>
> On 7/14/25 20:56, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> "Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) by Jack Campbell
>>     https://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Lost-Fleet-Book-1/dp/0441014186/
>>
>> Book number one of a six book military science fiction series.  Plus
>> several sequel series consisting of fourteen books total.  I read the
>> well printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2006.  I have
>> purchased the five sequel books in this series and plan to read them
>> soon.
>>
>> I did not know John G. Hemry was the real name for Jack Campbell as I
>> purchased the Stark series quite a while back and enjoyed it also.
>>
>> The Alliance sent a war fleet into the Syndic home star system via the
>> new FTL network to defeat the Syndics once and for all.  However, the
>> Syndics knew that they were coming and destroyed many of the Alliance
>> space warships.  Now the Alliance warships need to leave or be
>> destroyed one by one.
>>
>> The Alliance admiral left Captain John “Black Jack” Geary in charge of
>> the Alliance fleet before he and his staff were murdered by the
>> Syndics in the negotiations.  Captain John “Black Jack” Geary was
>> found by the Alliance fleet on their way to Syndic space, in stasis in
>> an old emergency pod.  A hundred year old emergency pod.
>>
>> Captain John “Black Jack” Geary may be a hundred years out of date but
>> some things like tactics of war spaceship fleets never go away.
>>
>> The author has a website at:
>>     https://jack-campbell.com/
>>
>> My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
>> Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (6,060 reviews)
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>
>      I have read the same book and it is an interesting and satisfying
> read.
>
>      bliss

Wait, we agree on something !

The book let me pass some time while sitting with my 86 year old father
in the hospital in San Antonio.

Lynn

On 7/14/2025 11:16 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <1054jhv$3shvb$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) by Jack Campbell
>>     https://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Lost-Fleet-Book-1/dp/0441014186/
>>
>> Book number one of a six book military science fiction series.  Plus
>> several sequel series consisting of fourteen books total.  I read the
>> well printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2006.  I have
>> purchased the five sequel books in this series and plan to read them soon.
>>
>> I did not know John G. Hemry was the real name for Jack Campbell as I
>> purchased the Stark series quite a while back and enjoyed it also.
>>
>> The Alliance sent a war fleet into the Syndic home star system via the
>> new FTL network to defeat the Syndics once and for all.  However, the
>> Syndics knew that they were coming and destroyed many of the Alliance
>> space warships.  Now the Alliance warships need to leave or be destroyed
>> one by one.
>>
>> The Alliance admiral left Captain John “Black Jack” Geary in charge of
>> the Alliance fleet before he and his staff were murdered by the Syndics
>> in the negotiations.  Captain John “Black Jack” Geary was found by the
>> Alliance fleet on their way to Syndic space, in stasis in an old
>> emergency pod.  A hundred year old emergency pod.
>>
>> Captain John “Black Jack” Geary may be a hundred years out of date but
>> some things like tactics of war spaceship fleets never go away.
>>
>> The author has a website at:
>>     https://jack-campbell.com/
>>
>> My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
>> Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (6,060 reviews)
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>
> One of the many SF takes on Xenophon.  I think I've read all the Black Jack
> books (I skipped the spinoff series), but it seems like there hasn't been
> a new one for a few years.

The author states that he wrote all of the stories about Black Jack at
his website:
    https://jack-campbell.com/index.html

Lynn

In article <1054jhv$3shvb$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>"Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) by Jack Campbell
>    https://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Lost-Fleet-Book-1/dp/0441014186/
>
>Book number one of a six book military science fiction series.  Plus
>several sequel series consisting of fourteen books total.  I read the
>well printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2006.  I have
>purchased the five sequel books in this series and plan to read them soon.
>
>I did not know John G. Hemry was the real name for Jack Campbell as I
>purchased the Stark series quite a while back and enjoyed it also.
>
>The Alliance sent a war fleet into the Syndic home star system via the
>new FTL network to defeat the Syndics once and for all.  However, the
>Syndics knew that they were coming and destroyed many of the Alliance
>space warships.  Now the Alliance warships need to leave or be destroyed
>one by one.
>
>The Alliance admiral left Captain John “Black Jack” Geary in charge of
>the Alliance fleet before he and his staff were murdered by the Syndics
>in the negotiations.  Captain John “Black Jack” Geary was found by the
>Alliance fleet on their way to Syndic space, in stasis in an old
>emergency pod.  A hundred year old emergency pod.
>
>Captain John “Black Jack” Geary may be a hundred years out of date but
>some things like tactics of war spaceship fleets never go away.
>
>The author has a website at:
>    https://jack-campbell.com/
>
>My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
>Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (6,060 reviews)
>
>Lynn
>

One of the many SF takes on Xenophon.  I think I've read all the Black Jack
books (I skipped the spinoff series), but it seems like there hasn't been
a new one for a few years.
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