The fourth book in The Lost Fleet spinoff Beyond The Frontier series, that picks up from the previous in starting with 'Black Jack' Geary on planet Earth. It's not long, however, before they are back in space when two of his crew are kidnapped, with the kidnappers then landing on the most feared planet in the universe(s), leaving Geary having to make a decision about what to do.If I'm honest, and having read the blurb: I thought that that portion of the story would have taken much longer than it did: it only took place in the early part of the novel, before Geary and his crew were back in Alliance space, and before it was back to the usual Alliance/Syndicates plot.Also have to say: read the earlier books first! :-) I was eager to read this, as I have been for the rest of the series. It should have been half as long, not to mention half as expensive. Whether it's the publisher or Amazon, someone in real life is getting as greedy in publishing this book as are some fictional politicians in the book. I have paperback or hardback editions of everything in both the Lost Fleet and Lost Stars series--until now. I got the audio version, but unless the price drops, won't get a physical copy this time. As for the story, itself, it was tediously detailed for far too many pages, and we didn't even get a good explanation for why, other than crew loyalty, they took such risks to rescue the kidnapped Dauntless crew. I expected at least a few words about their value to the ship, as well as some personal reflection on how they would be missed as people if they were permanently lost. Their own personal reactions to each other highlighted this lack among their crewmates. The rest of the story picked up from there, but even then no one seemed to give a second thought to the existence of another empire of human-colonized planets in the other end of the galactic arm.
What do You think about Steadfast (2014)?
Probably the weakest in the series. The beginning drags and then the last 15% goes to quick.
—mike
This book started in the last 50 pages. Lets hope the next book in the serie gets better
—For
Feel like this book is beginning of new villain with surprising ending
—Johanjjvr83
great book, i love the story and the characters.
—Anna
