I enjoyed the book involving more alien species rather than just having Humans included in the plot. I hope to see more involvement with other species in the next installments of the series. ( )

The space physics á la Jack Campbell is starting to annoy me. He seems to think ships in vacuum behaves as ships in water. ( )

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84 points, 4 ¼ stars

Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary and the fleet have survived again, and now they're on their way home. This time with a new alien species, the Dancers, in tow. The Dancers want to open the way to being allies. Getting home isn't that simple, though. The Syndicate Worlds are collapsing, and what is left is making things difficult. And even if Geary can get the Dancers home, what will be there waiting for them?

Guardian was a bit of a mess. Whereas every other book before this had pretty much one task to accomplish before moving on to the next, Guardian just had a lot to do at once. And most of it was repeating past plots in the series. Not my favourite, but it was a bit more interesting than the previous books because of how much was going on. There wasn't as much sitting around waiting for things to happen this time.

The biggest thing about Guardian was that Black Jack and the Fleet are trying to get home to Alliance space again. And once again they have troubles in Syndicate space. First they have to defend the newly not Syndicates from the remains of the Syndicate. And then they have to fight those remnants all the way home, while the Syndicates somehow block them from getting home quickly.

And then they get home and they have to fight their politicians.

Again.

I understand that a big part of the story is that the government doesn't trust Geary. I understand that they are fighting to keep the Alliance together after years of war. I'm just bored with that happening every time they have to interact.

But, they're back home. They have the Dancers with them. They have a new potential ally, one who is smarter and better than they appear to be. Things seem to be going alright.

Now to figure out what to do with them. ( )

Hmmm. Fleet arriives home and there's still 4.5 hours of listening? Then, it goes toward "Sol", old Earth and has some more adventures...after meeting three new alien cultures. It's amazing that DesJani figures out the new enemies are more about show then "Go"...much like a peacetime military. The distrust of politicians continues, much like a peacetime military. The syndics have surrendered but fight on-much like the real thing might be expected. Tension between Geary and Desjani is fun. I wish they'd just go have a vacation and enjoy each other. ( )

The third entry in this second Lost Fleet series. Once again, a fun read, though the final few chapters seemed a little strained and a bit of an anti-climax. A new, not very interesting, enemy is introduced who doesn't seem to add anything to story arc of this particular book. I suppose they will figure more in future books? After reading 3 books in a row I think it may be time to take a break and come back to the final two after reading something else first. ( )