Courageous by Jack CampbellMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Book 3 in the Lost Fleet Series.
From Goodreads.com: Badly damaged and low on supplies, the Alliance Fleet is raiding Syndic mines for raw materials-and Captain "Black Jack" Geary hopes they can continue to remain one step ahead of their enemies. But the Syndics are the least of Geary's worries when he learns of the existence of aliens with the power to annihilate the human race.
Not much to say on this one: the lost Alliance Fleet continues its desperate bid to return to Alliance territory without being decimated by the Syndics on the way. Our good Commander Geary continues to suspect there is an alien entity manipulating both sides. There is continued infighting from Captian’s who chafe under Geary command structure and vocally oppose his methods of fighting. Geary is perplexed, hounded and ultimately bedded by the icy cold Rione, while Captain Desjani worships the ground “Black Jack Geary” walks on. Both women provide ammo for Geary’s dissenters.
My biggest complaint with this installment resides with Rione, who continually badgers Geary about being something he’s not - a larger than life, power hungry, war mongering Hero. And when she finds out her Husband, presumed dead, is actually not, but basically on the far side of the solar system, she declares herself ‘unhonorable in the memory of her true love’ and takes it out on Geary. This would have ranked higher (four stars) if it hadn’t been for the character of Rione.
Still, an enjoyable if somewhat drawn out space opera.
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