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Chain of Command

By: Frank Chadwick
Narrated by: Graham Rowat
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Lieutenant Sam Bitka, US Naval Reserve, is getting used to civilian life when he is called back to active duty. Tensions between Earth and the alien Varoki are on the rise, and Sam is assigned as tactical officer aboard the deep space destroyer USS Puebla. Dispatched to the distant world of K'tok to protect human colonists, he wants nothing more than to serve out his active duty time and get back to his civilian life.

But when the Varoki launch a crippling surprise attack against the Earth coalition fleet, Sam finds himself suddenly in command of the USS Puebla, a job he is far from certain he can discharge successfully. What's more, mounting evidence points to a much larger and more sinister alien plan.  

Now, Sam must deal with faltering leadership in the human task force and an alien enemy who always seems one step ahead of them. Time for Sam to step up and rise to the challenge of command.

©2017 Frank Chadwick (P)2020 Tantor Adventure Fiction First Contact Military Science Fiction
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If you are in a market for a spaceship based war adventure this is a good read. Nothing revolutionary but it has a good cast of characters, story that is believable enough manages not to roll down in to a self grandstanding gutter of a "perfect genius of hero, with biggest... muscles in the fleet that every woman wants to jump" kid of thing.
Everyone in the crew matters and author pays attention to what a good commander is actually like.

A solid ship story.

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good story and well read. would have liked some more twists to the storyline

good listen

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Much better than expected. Nice mechanisms for explaining things to the listener. A healthy number of deaths. Great narration. Very good

Actually very good

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I really enjoyed my first experience with this writer and am now diving into the second book with relish.For me it was a deserving 5 star listen.

Well worth a listen

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I didn’t think I would like the book but I am a gluten for space opera. I was surprised, finding myself listening deep into the night. So yes well worth a listen. I noticed, that like all American authors; they portray their officers as corrupt and self serving. Is this reality flowing through? Lol. I’m sure there is a reason. I’m British so we tend to glorify our officers and leaders even if the truth is far from reality. Take Churchill, we ignore his involvement in India…. Back to the book. Yes I think it is worth the purchase and yes I will buy the next one. Anyone reading this and undecided, take a risk, you won’t be disappointed.

An enjoyable story.

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