Spinward Fringe Broadcast 8: Renegades - Randolph Lalonde

Spinward Fringe Broadcast 8: Renegades

By Randolph Lalonde

  • Release Date: 2014-03-18
  • Genre: Science Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 271 Ratings

Description

It has been months since the Siege of Port Rush. The Warlord, under the command of Jacob Valent, has been travelling to ports across the sector to gather intelligence, capturing ships and cargo as they go. Manpower and funds are still in short supply, but the Captain is winning the support of the British Alliance, and his crew suspects he has a long term plan that will lead to bigger prizes.

After a period of intense training with the new Ranger Division, Alice and a number of young recruits fight the last remaining forces left behind after the siege. The enemies on the ground near Haven Shore are almost eliminated, and she will have to make a decision: remain with the new outfit, or return to the Warlord, her father’s ship.

Haven Shore has become a beacon for peace while war looms in the near future. Politics and petty squabbles threaten to destabilise the new government while commanders fight for the manpower they need to complete repairs on the Triton and the rest of their small fleet.

Ayan, Jake, Minh-Chu, Alice and their friends will face the greatest of challenges as they are forced to make life and death decisions. The galaxy teeters on the verge of all-out war, and they have very little time to find their place before it begins.

Reviews

  • More, please!!!!!

    5
    By Poppapeter
    As much fun as Heinlein, not so stuffy as Clarke - great characters and a storyline that keeps me wanting more! I just re-read the whole series when I saw that Renegades was out, and I liked it even better the second time through. Is there some significance to all the female leads whose name starts with A? And how the hell do you pronounce "Edxi"??? Keep it coming - I keep wondering when this is going to get picked up by a producer for tv or film, it would be WAY better than Star Wars, in the right hands (Christopher Nolan? Maybe even that bad robot guy that did the last Star Trek?) bring it on!!!
  • Great space opera

    5
    By The Best Stuff!
    Has all the elements of a classic space opera with evil aliens, and battles where the heroic captain defies all odds and prevails. Lots of interesting tech mixed in. More please!
  • Not enough of the same

    4
    By blitzandblam
    This book had some action but spent too much time on politics, integrating characters from the Expendable Few and generally tried to touch too many story lines without fully satisfying on any of them. This felt more like the first half of next book rather than the whole of it. Hopefully with all the minutia out if the way we can get back to the action in the next broadcast.
  • Very good book

    5
    By Buster1955
    If you haven't read any of the first books I suggest that you read the series to get the hole picture very good series