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burruss's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent new addition in the Dread Empire's Fall series and better than the preceding book. If you haven't read any of the series before, this is probably not the best place to join but I do recommend readers pick up the first book. It's a fun and enjoyable series, nothing too deep, but nothing that insults the intelligence either. Recommended for all fans of stories about space empires and/or stellar militaries.
shc's review against another edition
3.0
Once around the track then we're right back where we started, except now Sula also has the Golden Org. Like a season finale for a show that may or may not return, characters have to be left alive and some conflict has to emerge to make us want the next installment. I'm beginning the wish authors would just end their stories.
And why didn't Sula and Gareth just call the cops and claim self-defense? Nobody could stand Lamey anyway and most would be glad to be shed of him. And where the hell did all the new enemy ships come from, maybe they could have been foreshadowed a little.
Should have killed the preening Gareth off and let Sula take charge, give her a scar on her face or an eye patch.
And why didn't Sula and Gareth just call the cops and claim self-defense? Nobody could stand Lamey anyway and most would be glad to be shed of him. And where the hell did all the new enemy ships come from, maybe they could have been foreshadowed a little.
Should have killed the preening Gareth off and let Sula take charge, give her a scar on her face or an eye patch.
tasadion's review against another edition
4.0
Solid space opera, with some interesting flair. As expected the space battles were much more present in this book, and that was for the best.
Other plot lines however are starting to get stretched a little too far out, or perhaps the line between soap opera and space opera is becoming more blurred.
Solid effort, but may start to struggle soon.
Other plot lines however are starting to get stretched a little too far out, or perhaps the line between soap opera and space opera is becoming more blurred.
Solid effort, but may start to struggle soon.
tome15's review against another edition
4.0
Williams, Walter Jon. Fleet Elements. Dread Empire’s Fall No. 5. Harper Voyager, 2020.
The multispecies civil war following the demise of the Shaa overlords continues. Should the Praxis empire be rebuilt or replaced? What role should be played by the large space navies the war has produced? Our protagonists are once again in space, this time serving on the same ship. Predictably, their on-again-off-again romance is on for a while. Forces that could destroy their lives lurk just off stage. This novel is not where one should start this series, but if you have read the earlier novels, you will welcome this latest installment.
The multispecies civil war following the demise of the Shaa overlords continues. Should the Praxis empire be rebuilt or replaced? What role should be played by the large space navies the war has produced? Our protagonists are once again in space, this time serving on the same ship. Predictably, their on-again-off-again romance is on for a while. Forces that could destroy their lives lurk just off stage. This novel is not where one should start this series, but if you have read the earlier novels, you will welcome this latest installment.
woollyleanne's review
adventurous
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Infidelity
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