The Seafort Saga is a particular favourite of mine. Written over twenty years ago
it follows the life of a young naval recruit in a rather plausible future
society. It also features mankind’s first contact with aliens… but aliens as
they probably actually are, rather than actors in rubber suits
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In “Midshipman’s Hope”
Nicholas Seafort is catapulted from junior officer
to acting ship’s captain. |
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In “Challenger’s Hope”
Nicholas Seafort is left for dead |
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In “Prisoner’s Hope”
Nicholas Seafort is battles
an alien menace whilst facing a civil uprising |
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Nicholas Seafort
is now commandant of the Naval Academy. The story features the final battle
with the aliens, and has flashbacks to his youth …Stop
reading the series here… |
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This book is written
variously from half a dozen different perspectives. I’ve now read it half a
dozen times and have now only just figured out what was going on. |
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This book is set twenty
years after the last, and whilst it isn’t a bad one, it lacks a certain
something. |
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In this last book of the
series, the story finally gets good again. |