Reviews

Fleet of Knives by Gareth L. Powell

benfast's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

grid's review against another edition

4.0

A lot of not especially logical decisions, but (mostly) made by sentient technology left behind by an ancient alien race, so maybe forgivable.

This is clearly a setup for the next novel, which I will eagerly anticipate.

frithnanth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

tpoisot's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

_ivyd's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

pyrh's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

chickadee2's review

4.0

The fleet of white ships released in the previous interprets their mission to prevent another large scale war to mean destroy all interstellar ships, and trap humanity in their worlds forbidding travel. The Trouble Dog goes to rescue a ship that was attacked by some inter-space dragon. The ship Lucy's Ghost crashed into a generational ship and the crew evacuated to the generational ship. The generational ship transferred Lucy's Ghost into a body, but most of the crew were killed by parasites from the dragon that attacked them. The White ships attack Trouble dog after they arrive and they barely escape with the 2 surviving crew members of Lucy's Ghost and Lucy herself.

led's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

infinitespeculation's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

cybergoths's review against another edition

4.0

The second of the stories about the Trouble Dog and her crew, this continues the theme of redemption. The Trouble Dog is on a sabbatical (having been refitted following the climax of the first novel) when it is directed to attempt the rescue of a merchant ship which has suffered some kind of catastrophe while trying to rob an abandoned alien generation ship of artefacts in deep space. This is risky, as the alien race that created the ship see it as a sacred artefact and it is near their space. Meanwhile, the Marble Armada, the abandoned massive fleet of high technology knife ships continues to negotiate with humanity, but then decides to act to prevent a catastrophe.

The story never moves away from the events which made the Trouble Dog join the House of Reclamation. The atrocious war-crime continues to haunt the story with many of its protagonists still in play.