Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Tarnished Knight , please sign up. Hey there, would you recommend reading this after finishing the "Beyond the Frontier" series? I just finished Invincible and was thinking of starting with the Tarnished Knight before going to Guardian. Thank you. Better late than never : less.
See 1 question about Tarnished Knight…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Oct 11, Michael Pang rated it really liked it. It is a testament to his prior series that I had developed a deep hatred for the Syndicate and didn't want to read a series from their view.
Well, as a further testament to Mr. Campbell's writing, this book made me appreciate the characters, albeit former Syndicate CEO's, and I wondered why I had not started this series sooner. I'm already on book 2 and will write more a more detailed review when I finish, but, wanted to encourage fans of Mr.
Campbell to read this 1st installment of his spin-off series yes, I know we were taught over many books to dislike the Syndicate Oct 10, Robert rated it really liked it Shelves: xseason. An offshoot of his Lost Fleet novels, with this first in a new series Campbell takes his now-familiar universe and explores it from a new angle.
By focusing on the heretofore antagonists, he humanizes what were up to this point a fairly monolithic and cartoonish enemy force. There is quite clearly a different tone with this volume as well, which also offers a nice change of pace. Where the Black Jack books have mainly focused on concepts of Leadership and responsibility, this new series has take An offshoot of his Lost Fleet novels, with this first in a new series Campbell takes his now-familiar universe and explores it from a new angle.
Where the Black Jack books have mainly focused on concepts of Leadership and responsibility, this new series has taken a more morally ambiguous focus on questions of trust. I'm looking forward to future installments to Campbell's rapidly expanding catalog. As first sentences go, this one not only piqued my interest, it also set the hook firmly in my mouth and began reeling me in.
Usually it takes me a few dozen pages to get into a new book and feel comfortable in the world. Tarnished Knight had me joining the wild ride right out of the gate. The Lost Stars series focuses on the collapse of control of the Syndicate Worlds. Like all empires throughout time, no matter how firm the control, eventually the empire crumbles be it from external pressures or internal rot or both. I have always been fascinated by the transitions more than the results.
People seem to think, for example, that the time from the surrender at Yorktown and the birth of the United States is only backstory. In reality that time is a massive upheaval where different factions competed for their own objectives. This is truly the time when small differences can bring about large changes. Tarnished Knight begins the coverage of this transition time. The Midway system is the focus where threats from an alien race the Enigmas and other humans the Alliance are everyday concerns.
The collapse of the Syndicate strength leaves the Syndicate not only unable to defend the far flung reaches of their empire but also requires them to pull resources back to protect their own necks. In reality, this is a story about trust. Things would go so much easier, if people were able to trust one another and not worry about ulterior motives. Two CEOs who have grown up and risen in the ranks of a system that rival the worst excesses of Stalinism, are now forced to trust one another in order to succeed.
To have reached the level they have has required them to never give trust to anyone for any reason, never provide anyone with information that can be used against you and never let your guard down. Now with the limited forces available to them, they need to consolidate their position to prepare a defense against the Alliance, the Syndicate or worse against the alien Enigmas!
You feel just a little bit of the paranoia and fear that is an everyday accompaniment to a world that is just getting its first taste of freedom. I look forward to the next book to continue the adventures! Nov 13, KB rated it liked it Shelves: fiction , space-travel , military-fiction , science-fiction , series.
Tarnished Knight works well as a spin-off expansion to the Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell, as it allows a full development of character perspectives from among the erstwhile antagonists of the original series. Engaging action sequences keep the story moving along a fast pace. Chronologically, the events of this book fall between the Lost Fleet entries Dreadna Tarnished Knight works well as a spin-off expansion to the Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell, as it allows a full development of character perspectives from among the erstwhile antagonists of the original series.
Chronologically, the events of this book fall between the Lost Fleet entries Dreadnaught and Invincible. Also, Tarnished Knight ends on a cliffhanger, so a prospective reader would be well-advised to have the next installment Perilous Shield at hand.
Sep 29, J C Steel rated it really liked it. They're less idealistic, and frankly simpler for me to get immersed in. Perfect heroes like Geary always make my teeth hurt a little. Oct 07, Daniel Shellenbarger rated it really liked it Shelves: science-fiction , space-opera , military-sf , dystopian , arthurian. In this spinoff series from his Lost Fleet series, Jack Campbell refocuses on a couple of ex-Syndicate the dystopian corporate empire that served as the antagonists in the lost fleet books CEO's who cut ties with their old masters and try their hand at a little revolution more out of pragmatism than idealism , throwing off some of the shackles of the Syndicate to establish their own independent star system.
The strange thing about this book is that it's a fairly elaborate science fiction re In this spinoff series from his Lost Fleet series, Jack Campbell refocuses on a couple of ex-Syndicate the dystopian corporate empire that served as the antagonists in the lost fleet books CEO's who cut ties with their old masters and try their hand at a little revolution more out of pragmatism than idealism , throwing off some of the shackles of the Syndicate to establish their own independent star system.
The strange thing about this book is that it's a fairly elaborate science fiction rewrite of the Arthurian legends. What makes the story really work is that Campbell doesn't just rip off an ancient legend and dress it up with science fiction bells and whistles, rather he creates an interesting synthesis of the two.
It's not on the level of David Weber's Honor Harrington books, but as with the Lost Fleet series, Campbell writes good functional intelligent space-navy stories. Finally, I'd like to note that I was amused by how Campbell used his Lost Fleet hero, Black Jack Geary, in this book as we see him from the Syndic perspective for the first time, a respected but seemingly capricious and terrifyingly unknowable force of destruction.
Aug 29, C. Phipps rated it really liked it Shelves: space-opera , lost-fleet. This is a very different series set in a different world with the evil, conniving, backstabbing Syndics.
It's a bit like going from reading a series about Captain Picard or Kirk to one about the Romulans. General Drakon and President Iceni are the least repellent of the Syndics, though, and they want to free their home system of Midway from its tyrannical rulers. Well, so they can become its rulers in their place. But they're not tyrants! Sort of! Much of the book is how it is hard to unlearn being a paranoid backstabbing jerk when it's all you know as well as the difficulties of creating a democracy [which they don't want] in a totalitarian dictatorship.
As usual, Jack Campbell does a great job of writing the many battle scenes and tactics that make the series fun. Still, the leads are a bit unlikable compared to Captain Gerry. Dec 14, Jeremy rated it it was ok Shelves: not-read. Unfortunately I couldn't finish this.
I liked the Lost Fleet, but when I came back to try this series, it all seemed too Most every character felt the same as the next, they acted predictably, and they talked blandly.
I couldn't stand it. Shelves: part-of-a-series , bbb-review , action-adventure-challenge , villain-point-of-view , favorites , yearly-reading-challenge , science-fiction , owned-copy , antihero , dangerous-hero-challenge Four stars is well-earned for this book.
It did take a while to read, but it was a good mix of action and character development that I enjoyed reading. I love the game of chess played out by General Drakon and President Iceni. I definitely want to continue this series! Reviewed for Bitten by Books. May 08, Stephanie C rated it really liked it.
I'm interested in these two main characters. I want to find out what happens to them. Jack Campbell is very good at conveying that these are not pure-as-the-driven-snow people. They have lived through difficult times and done wrong things.
Are still doing wrong things sometimes. But I get an inkling that they want to change Excited to see where this leads us. John G. This is the story of the aftermath of the Syndicate World's defeat by the Alliance and the attack on the Midway system by the alien Enigmas. It is up to former CEO Artur Drakon and former CEO Gwen Iceni to form a new government and find a way to protect their star system from the remnants of the Syndicate government and also to protect their system in case of a return of the Enigmas.
They will find this difficult with many hurdles to overcome. The biggest hurdle will be the mistrust they have for each other. If they can corporate and not kill one another they might be able to pull it off. A good beginning to this spin-off of the Lost Fleet series which shows the inner workings of Black Jack Geary's and the Alliance's former enemies.
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