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Series: Castle Federation, book 1
Author: Glynn Stewart
Genre: Science Fiction, Military Fiction
Publisher: Faolan's Pen Publishing, Inc.
Date: June 14, 2015
Length: 343 pages
This book was free through my Kindle Unlimited subscription
THE FLEET'S OLD LADY - OUT FOR ONE LAST DANCE
Avalon was the flagship of the Castle Federation in the last war, now twenty years past. The first of the deep space carriers, no other warship in the fleet holds as many honors or has recorded as many kills.
No other warship in the fleet is as old.
Accepting the inevitable, the Federation Space Navy has decided to refit her and send her on a tour of the frontier, showing the flag to their allies and enemies as a reminder of her glory – and then decommission her for good.
But Avalon has been a backwater posting for ten years – and has problems a mere refit can’t fix. The systems along her planned tour have been seeing pirates for the first time in decades, and there are rumblings of Commonwealth scouting ships all along the border.
It may be Avalon’s final tour – but it looks to be anything but quiet!
Description from Goodreads
This is a self published book and it does have some issues that a copy editor could have caught, but it is generally a good space opera. With A LOT of characters. Like, a lot, but the book follows three: Our hero Kyle Roberts; Michelle Williams a talented pilot who was assaulted and betrayed; and Michael Stanford, a natural leader who had his career abruptly sidelined when he and two admirals' daughters 'borrowed' a shuttle.
