The Lightship H.M.S. Impulse is gone, sacrificed in a battle against First Empire ships. And though the fragile galactic alliance has survived the unexpected invasion, the Union forces might not prove victorious against a full onslaught by this legendary enemy. For Peter Cochrane, serving as an officer aboard his world's flagship, H.M.S. Starbound is a dream come true. Tasked with investigating a mysterious space station in a rediscovered star system, Peter and Starbound face a surprise attack by unknown forces and suffer terrible losses. But there is no time to grieve or even regroup as Peter is trust into a new crisis, a potential civil war on the Union world of Carinthia. Caught between his rank in the navy and his status as a royal heir, Peter is put on trial for the loss of Impulse, used as a political pawn as Carinthia stands on the brink of a devastating conflict. Peter escapes but faces the prospect of interstellar war when he learns of a possible alliance between the First Empire and Carinthia, a coalition which could tear the Union apart. -- Amazon.com.
There's sci-fi with technical accuracy and then there's the stuff without. This is without, not a problem, but every once in a while I had to quash the voice in my head saying "Oh come on! Relativity exists!"
Anyway, book 3 should be interesting. The main character made 5 choices that are going to have consequences going forward, and the choices tips him from being immature 'hero-type' character to disturbing and frightening 'pragmatist' if he doesn't sort himself out. Which is more character development than I was expecting from what I considered to be just a fluffy, fast-paced space opera to read on a beach.
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