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A review by tome15
Singularity by Ian Douglas
3.0
Douglas, Ian. Singularity. Star Carrier No. 3. Harper, 2012.
Although the Star Carrier series is now eight volumes long, Singularity does wrap up a major story arc. Having successfully beaten off an alien attack on Earth, the human space fleet has been ordered back to earth to shore up defenses against another attack, but Admiral Koenig disobeys orders and persuades most of the fleet to join in a dive into a singularity that they hope will allow them to take the war to the enemy home system. This is old-school military science fiction. There are exciting battle scenes, characters that would be at home in a C. S. Forester novel, strategy that resembles World War II in the Pacific, and a whole bagful of inventive tech. Sadly, Douglas has an annoying habit of repeating the same details of exposition again and again.
Although the Star Carrier series is now eight volumes long, Singularity does wrap up a major story arc. Having successfully beaten off an alien attack on Earth, the human space fleet has been ordered back to earth to shore up defenses against another attack, but Admiral Koenig disobeys orders and persuades most of the fleet to join in a dive into a singularity that they hope will allow them to take the war to the enemy home system. This is old-school military science fiction. There are exciting battle scenes, characters that would be at home in a C. S. Forester novel, strategy that resembles World War II in the Pacific, and a whole bagful of inventive tech. Sadly, Douglas has an annoying habit of repeating the same details of exposition again and again.