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  • By: Jack Campbell
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  • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary

Jack Campbell returns to the world of the New York Times best-selling Lost Fleet novels with a new action-packed military science fiction series that explores the founding of the Alliance...and the men and women who fought to create it.

Earth is no longer the center of the universe. After the invention of the faster-than-light jump drive, humanity is rapidly establishing new colonies. But the vast distances of space mean that the old order of protection and interstellar law offered by Earth has ceased to exist.

When a nearby world attacks, the new colony of Glenlyon turns to Robert Geary, a young former junior fleet officer, and Mele Darcy, a onetime enlisted marine. With nothing but improvised weapons and a few volunteers, Geary and Darcy must face down warships and armored soldiers - or die trying.

As battles rage and pirates take an increasing toll throughout the colonies, the only hope for lasting peace lies with Carmen Ochoa, a "Red" from the anarchic world of Mars, and Lochan Nakamura, a failed politician. They have a plan: to lay the groundwork for mutual defense that could someday grow into an alliance. But if their efforts don't succeed, the growing power of aggressor worlds could turn regions of space founded on freedom into battlefields between the first interstellar empires.

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New Fleet to Follow

As a long time Lost Fleet Fan. I was hoping for the best and dreading what the new Fleet might bring.

I'm happy to say that I sat listened to it in almost one sitting and loved it. I'm not going to ruin the story by saying anything about what is in it. Just go and get the book.

Campbell has rebuilt the lost fleet into Genesis with barely a foot out of place. Well done and I look forward to the rest of the books.

I would also note that Christian Rummel did a great job again helping to make a good story into a great one with his reading. Look forward to hearing more from you too.

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Plot Divisive

There is one good feature of this book and that is the plot. It's so good that the author felt that is all he had to give you... There are some characters and some places and plot happens to them. They speak plot, think plot and sometimes explained sections of plot to themselves, presumably into a mirror.
Very, very little is described, there is not imagery in this book. One character is vaguely described as having short hair and that's about it. A city is described, in its entirety, as having mixed architecture so that it does not look too new. The villains are paper thin and practically unseen, far from giving them an air of mystery or menace, they just seem a paper-thin plot device. There is little to nothing to engage your imagination, no senses, no smell, taste, texture. The characters are completely forgettable. The reader is told everything and shown nothing. Which is a shame as the plot is really quite good. It's a clear set-up for a sequel, but I just don't find myself caring about the characters or convinced by the world to go any further.
I am somewhat surprised by this as I research new purchases and authors carefully before committing and the author appears to have a not insignificant pedigree and his other works are favourably reviewed. This work is perhaps not up to the standard of tis other material.

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Despite being a prequel. Its great.

Campbell has still got the gift.Interesting characters. Well written story. Cant wait for next book in the series.

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Great start, looking forward to where it leads

Greatly enjoy this book, sets the scene for a new series very well. Very excited to see where the story goes.

Both fans of the lost fleet series and people who haven't read them will enjoy this book as explains the setting well without requiring knowledge from other books.

Narrator did a great job with providing unique accent/voice to many characters throughout the story.

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Good story let down by accents

Overall I enjoyed this book, however the accents in the performance were all over the place, and at times completely indeterminable as to where there were meant to be from. The non accented narration was good, but overall it would be better if the accents were not attempted.

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A great start to an AMAZING universe.

For anyone who has read the Lost Fleet and Lost Stars series, please read this.
I have ready every Geary book and for some reason, the fewer ships and the more desperate the situation the better I enjoy them. The Lost Stars took this to the next level, dropping the fleet size drastically and upping the tension.
Vanguard and the Genesis Fleet takes this to a new extreme.
Faster than light travel is less than 10 years old and frontier colonies are lucky to have even a single ship (let alone a Warship) to there name. Such a simple story of pioneer peril is fantastic. Well worth the credit!

Already eagerly waiting for the next in the Genesis Fleet series.

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Surprisingly good

Listened to all of the Lost Fleet novels and that became a bit of a slog through the last 4 books but this is spritely and crisp storytelling. It feels like someone been studying the 'Expanse' novels as there are similar characters and situations but that's no bad thing. Looking forward to the next story.

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Another Winner!

I only have one complaint; the book was not long enough.

That aside, Its another first, I think, for Jack Campbell. It has all the ingredients, as with previous books, and draws you into the storyline almost straightaway.

Can’t wait for the next in the series. A really good, enjoyable listen.

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Horrid accent, made for a boring story

I simply couldn't listen to the narrator and therefore the entire story of this book. It is cases like this why it is ABSOLUTELY VITAL that AUDIBLE allow us to black list narrators or authors so we no longer see their work or waste our credits on them.

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Weak story, annoyingly delivered

Got to chapter 4 and gave up. Very weak. Now looking for the 'refund' button..

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