Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Invincible

Jack Campbell

May 2012 · The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier Book 8 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

Admiral John “Black Jack” Geary was revived from cryogenic sleep to lead the Alliance against the Syndicate Worlds. But his superiors question his loyalty to the regime. Now in command of the First Fleet, he is tasked with exploring the frontier beyond Syndic space, a mission he fears deliberately puts the fleet—and himself—in harm’s way...

An encounter with the alien enigmas confirms Geary’s fears. Attacked without warning, he orders the fleet to jump star systems—only to enter the crosshairs of another hostile alien armada. Ignoring the First Fleet’s peaceful communications, this species sends its ships into battle while it guards the exiting jump point with a fortress of incalculable power. Now Geary must find a way to reach the jump point without massive casualties—even though the enigmas could be waiting on the other side…

Ratings and reviews

I enjoyed the book, but a few times scenes repeated themselves. It seemed that he wrote some scenes it different ways and forgot to take out the versions he didn't want. Example, there's a conversation with Reone that happens twice slightly different the second time.

A page turner, one in which real human emotions, strength and fears are shown - with a bit of well timed humor. Utterly fantastic book and series.

This is book 8 of an 11 book series. More revelations. More aliens and of course more space battles. It's good and I will continue the series till the end!

About the author

“Jack Campbell” is the pen name of John G. Hemry, a retired naval officer who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving with the surface fleet and in a variety of other assignments. He is the author of The Lost Fleet series as well as the Stark’s War series and the Paul Sinclair series. His short fiction appears frequently in Analog magazine. He lives with his indomitable wife and three children in Maryland.