Victorious (The Lost Fleet, Book 6 of 6)
Jack Campbell
Now Victorious leads the charge again-and "Black Jack" Geary is in command...
As war continues to rage between the Alliance and Syndicate Worlds, Captain "Black Jack" Geary is promoted to admiral-even though the ruling council fears he may stage a military coup. His new rank gives him the authority to negotiate with the Syndics, who have suffered tremendous losses and may finally be willing to end the war. But an even greater alien threat lurks on the far side of the Syndic occupied space.
I've really enjoyed and been impressed with this series - so much so that I held on to this book for over a year before I finished it - I was just reluctant to have the series end. BUT... it doesn't!! A new series has started (in hardback this time) and the first book is waiting for me at the library - so I spent this last weekend reading this one - and it was great!
The thing I liked about these books - besides the premise:
the hero Jack Geary coming to terms with his revival after a century of sleep to take command of a fleet immersed in a hundred year war that has taken a toll on the people and policies of the Alliance. He needs to fend off the near-deification his heroic "Black Jack" persona is remembered as, AND use it to drive his fleet into the discipline and structure they will need to fight their way back to Alliance space.
there is a tremendously well though out strategy and tactics AND logistics of supply and resupply. These books are much better at describing space battles than Weber and company will ever be.
...now I'm just waiting for lunchtime to go fetch my book at the library.....
