space opera with politics (little too much)

good listening sometimes slow with little too much politics for my taste.

first book in second trilogy in this universe did not listen to first one yet (did not felt like I was missing anything)

Like always Mark Boyett did a great job narrating this book

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The beginning of the end

I received review copies of the books in this trilogy, and this review covers all of them. Whilst this book is the start of a new trilogy it would be better to consider it the 8th book after the excellent Ixan prophecies trilogy and, to a lesser extent, the 4 Mech wars books. This trilogy starts just as the events of the mech wars books conclude, with the galaxy once again coming apart, as the great AI menace begins to conclude its campaign.

After the long peace from the events of the first trilogy, support for the fleet has reduced and the political compromise was to build space faring cities on military ships which leads to events as ridiculous as you might expect.

As usual the narration from Mark Boyett is excellent whilst the writing adds a relevant political commentary which is as interesting as it is unusual. This stands as a reflection of the commentaries from both the prophecies and the mech wars books. The final twist made this series for me and it fit well with the commentary of the series.

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Capital Starship and intergalactic politics

Continuing the Ixan series of books this book brings us back to Captain Vin Husher about 20 years after we last saw him for another set of galaxy threatening problems.

It's very hard to not give spoilers (I've tried my best) but there are the return of a few characters we know and it's interesting to see who is still hanging around 20 years after the last book in the series.

The book is set aboard a 'Capital Starship' which is a city based within a huge spaceship with an entire non military population living there full time.

Quite a lot of this book is Vin dealing with the struggles of politics and leading a ship meeting pushback from politicians and the general public and honestly the way that this pushback was written got me so frustrated because it's so true, the way that Vin is practically forced to jump through some hoops to try and placate the public is so true to life I was really wound up by it.. That said when Vin overcomes the odds (and you know he will!) it is that much sweeter.

This is the first book of a trilogy and sets up the next book right at the end. I'm looking forward to the next past which will reunite us with another of the characters from the universe.

I definitely recommend going back and starting with the Ixan Prophecies if you haven't read those books yet as you'll miss a lot of background otherwise and go from there.

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Good work by Scott

Good narration on a well written story. Looking forward to more in this series soon.

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I cringed but not why your thinking!

A great follow up to super carrier, which if you enjoyed jump right back in here! Why did I cringe? Because of how this book mirror current social trends and the self doubt and self questioning the characters go through under those pressures. Great series. On to book 2!!

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Good story, great narration

Capital Starship is the first book in a new trilogy, the Ixan Legacy, that follows the events of the Ixan Prophecies, written by Scott Bartlett. Husher is now captain of a new class of capital super carrier starship, The Vesta, which in this post-war time, carries a population of 50.000 civilians. It is a time of peace, and politics are guiding development in the galaxy, trying to promote friendship everywhere they can. Husher on the other hand, is restless after 20 years of not having been to war, and most certain that recent attempt to establish lasting peace with the aliens species the Gack, which he defeated in the war, is not going to end well. And thus it should came as no surprise that an old enemy rears its head..

As with the previous trilogy, this is a military scifi series, and the writing style is very similar. Good dialogs, interesting characters, and very well written action, of which there is a lot. Since it has been 20 years since the war has ended, politics takes up much of the first half of the book, which I found to be a nice change from the previous trilogy, as it fleshed out the world building even more. The public community aboard The Vesta is pushing for peaceful actions, and this is in stark contras to how Husher want to act, and creates nice tension between the two world views. Husher has to deal with both being a warship captain, a man in charge of 50.000 civilians, and he is also coping with memories of his dead daughter, and likely suffering from PTSD. Husher believes in following principles, but he starts to find disbelief in himself, when he is accused of being a fascist that undermine of non-human species. This gives us a complex main character, which is quite interesting to follow, and I really enjoyed that. It also gives the civilian view a much larger voice in this book, compared to the previous trilogy, which suited it quite nicely.

The book is a little less action oriented, because it takes its time building up, which was good, and in the we of course find outselves in the climax of the story, with excellent space battles yet again. The author has a nice and simple way of writing tense space battles, despite the many variables that are part of it, and that in a 3D setting.

The narration again was excellent, as Mark Boyett again was in charge. Great voices, good pitching during action sequences, and generally a very nice and clear voice to listen to.

If you enjoyed the previous trilogy, you’ll most certainly also enjoy this. If you haven’t read the previous trilogy, I’d recommend that you do that first, since there’s a lot of recurring characters and it often refers to what happened during those books. It will also explain why some things happen as they do.

I received this audiobook for free in return for a review. I have no affiliation with the author, the narrator, the publisher, or their pets (Although I am sure the latter are quite nice!).

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Good start, albeit a slow one

If you can persevere through the slow start of the first 9 chapters, then you will find this book has definite possibilities to become a very good series.

This series is also helped along by the brilliant narration of Mark Boyett.

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Excellent And Quite Topical Really

I confess I was given a copy of this book but I'm given quite a few books each year and don't feel it incumbent to give good reviews unless the book is good, this one was excellent. Very entertaining look at an interstellar woke culture with some nice sci-fi trope-style action scenes. Lots of fun and very well narrated. Don't miss out, grab it now!

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Takes effort

Let me caveat this by saying I've not read the authors earlier series, so if you have perhaps your take will be different. For me this book takes a long time to get going.

The first 30 odd chapters feel like one long political lecture and far too much time is spent on that as opposed to meaningful character development or action - we are all here for the space battles right?

Eventually we get to the point that politics are complicated, the book starts to get moving at a faster pace and the final quarter was pretty enjoyable.

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