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Warspite

Ark Royal, Book 4

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Warspite

By: Christopher G. Nuttall
Narrated by: Ralph Lister
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Peace is not freedom. Peace is merely the absence of war.

The First Interstellar War is over, but the Royal Navy still has plenty of work to do. As Earth struggles to recover from the bombardment, Captain John Naiser is placed in command of HMS Warspite--an experimental heavy cruiser--and ordered to escort a squadron of colony ships to a star system of immense strategic importance. But as the crew struggle to survive hundreds of light years from Earth, they find themselves dealing with the legacy of the war...and a threat that may sow the seeds of renewed conflict or a deadly civil war that will rip the human sphere apart.

Like my self-published Kindle books, Warspite is DRM-free. You may reformat it as you choose. There is a large sample of the text--and my other books--on my site: chrishanger.net. Try before you buy.

©2014 Christopher G. Nuttall (P)2015 Audible Inc. Military Science Fiction Space Opera Space Fiction War Transportation

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Please, please I beg of you, don't let the reader attempt any more Scottish accents! He destroys that bit of the story, and makes himself look dreadful.

Good story and narration but...

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I am a fan of the Ark Royal books and was excited to see a new series. The book is slow to start with all the action packed in to the last few chapters. Overall good but the second half is better.

A slow burner

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I struggled at the starts with a whole new cast of characters and a new ship but soon got into it. I fell in love all over again despite not thinking I could get over HMS Ark Royal no longer being a part of the series.

Straight onto the next book!

A change is good…

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a nice continuation of the ark royal series. I look forward to the next book.

and so another trilogy begins

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I really liked this. It's not a cerebral novel by any means. The story is entirely linear and focuses entirely on the military exploits of a British warship exploring unknown sectors of the galaxy. Characterisations are believable with a degree of disbelief suspension and it's always good to have Britain as a leading space-faring nation, teaching the Russians and Chinese a thing or two, by Jove.

The narrator performance is first class, albeit an acquired taste and if you've listened to previous books in the series, you'll just have to accept that all navigation officers talk in the same gravelly tone with a slight speech impediment and all aliens sound like slightly slow adults. A good job nonetheless and a pleasant change from our American friends with their dazzling prose and dancing dialogue.

I won't give it five stars, because it isn't a great work of fiction, but I will read the next in the series and the one after that.

A great "boys own" yarn

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loved this book Christopher g nuttall can really right a good si-fi. recommend that you read the ark royal series first though.

fantastic book! just as good as the ark royal.

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Where does Warspite rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

top 5

Have you listened to any of Ralph Lister’s other performances? How does this one compare?

nope

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes i will do that

Any additional comments?

new people / make known perosner - and new ship

new beginning

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Good start to another trilogy but not as good as the first, will be interesting to see where this leads. Well narrated as always.

Good

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Trying to review this book (hopefully) without spoilers is difficult. For anyone who has finished the previous four then you know how the story was left, and obviously this book has to take a slightly different branch in the overall story. It manages to be a successful continuation of the plot however, and if anything, I think I enjoyed it more! New characters introduced (and some old ones) manage to integrate well into the story without making me overly miss some of the others and giving up on the book (as has happened in some other long series). Long story short, brilliant book, love everything about it, I just wish he would use the same narrator for the Empires Corps series, I'm struggling to adjust to his voice! :p

A little different!

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this is an enjoyable listen. well read and perfectly paced. a future Hornblower romp across space set in a believable setting.

hornblower in space

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