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    Falcone Strike
    Falcone Strike
    Falcone Strike
    Audiobook13 hours

    Falcone Strike

    Written by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Narrated by Lauren Ezzo

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    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    Armed with a ragtag fleet of outdated starships, a few loyal officers, and a skeleton crew of refugees, Kat knows the Royal Navy expects her to fail.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?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 19, 2016
    ISBN9781511328869
    Falcone Strike
    Author

    Christopher G. Nuttall

    Christopher G. Nuttall has been planning science-fiction books since he learned to read. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he studied history, which inspired him to imagine new worlds and create an alternate-history website. Those imaginings provided a solid base for storytelling and eventually led him to write novels. He’s published more than thirty novels and one novella through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, including the bestselling Ark Royal series. He has also published the Royal Sorceress series, the Bookworm series, A Life Less Ordinary, and Sufficiently Advanced Technology with Elsewhen Press, as well as the Schooled in Magic series through Twilight Times Books. He resides in Edinburgh with his partner, muse, and critic, Aisha. Visit his blog at www.chrishanger.wordpress.com and his website at www.chrishanger.net.

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    • 4/5
      This time Kat Falcone is pulling an Admiral Rozhestvensky, taking a rag tag squadron of old warships into enemy space. I enjoyed this more than the first book as there were more engagements and interesting operational problems to overcome. However the author is still obsessed with pr0n, Stepford wives, and slavery. ALL religion is bad but living in a capitalist society where you can become a peer of the realm is good.

      Again there are problems with the sound editing of the book, fading in constantly loses the first word of a paragraph, the narrator keeps using tones of panic during action scenes where the crew are described as doing their jobs professionally. It requires concentration to figure out the actual emotional tone.
    • 5/5
      Hang on for the ride!Captain Kat Falcone, reluctant war hero, has rubbed too many in power the wrong way. Her truthful disparaging outburst plays into the hands of those who want to be rid of her. Not everyone's favourite, she is charged with a 'do or die' assignment well behind enemy lines. She is to gain information and wreak havoc on the Theocracy--at the same time ridding her foes of her troublesome self. Ordered by King Hadrian himself to the task, Kat is faced with a sympathetic king who understand the magnitude of the task, the slender chance of survival, the gains the task might give, the politics involved, and who does all he can to ease Kat's way, including having Captain Davison reassigned to her command. The king is obviously a player to watch--maybe in the next in the series. He understands the politics, the thin path he treads holding the Commonwealth together and that more is needed, not less. His and Kat's conversation is just as interesting for what's not said as for what is.Given the rank of brevet commodore (without the pay or staff), Kat at the helm of the newly outfitted HMS Lightning, stretches herself and her mismatched command fleet across the reaches of deep space, playing a 'cat and mouse' game that takes her into the very jaws of the enemy, betrayal nipping at her heels. There's a Theocracy spy on board revealing her plans to forces led by her bête noir, Admiral Junay, placing all in jeopardy. Kat is determined to succeed, Junay cannot afford to fail. His precarious political position is made clearer as he decides on a plan of action whilst contemplating a slightly ridiculous rhyme from his childhood, 'for the want of a nail.'And beyond this there is still a mysterious force at work, a hidden adversary in high places in the Commonwealth, working to bring Kat and those loyal to the king down. Once again, no clues but too many coincidences.Another ripper of a yarn that has us hurtling into danger with Kat. Once again I was taken to the edge of my seat reading the next of Nuttall's well crafted stories of this space opera.A NetGalley ARC