The Last Battleship, Joshua T. Calvert
The Last Battleship, Joshua T. Calvert
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The Last Battleship

Author: Joshua T. Calvert

Narrator: Eric Altheide

Unabridged: 10 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/16/2024

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Humanity's endless war and a crew of outcasts on a decommissioned warship who could change the future.

First contact with the alien "Clicks" led to a generations' long war. The Terran Federation still knows very little about the enemy.

Captain Konrad Bradley commands the decommissioned battleship Oberon, the last remaining Titan of the fleet. Mocked as a flying museum—too expensive, too cumbersome, too old—Bradley and his crew of outcasts from a long-vanished colony lead a dull life on the farthest edge of human hegemony.

Bradley's hope to go quietly into the night ends with the arrival of the legendary Strike Group 2 and the delivery of a secret so great it could end the war. That's why Lagunia was chosen for its construction.

Getting the system operational doesn't go as expected leaving Bradley and the Oberon to clean up the mess that has drawn the attention of those they hoped would never find them.

About Joshua T. Calvert

Joshua T. Calvert has traveled the world-on foot, by Jeep, by bicycle, by motorcycle, and lots of other ways besides. As you might imagine, he's seen many things most people never see-including an Iranian prison cell, from the inside! In Kyrgyzstan, he fared slightly better, narrowly avoiding being kidnapped for ransom. Skydiver, scuba diver, martial artist, adventurer-his goal is to experience everything possible, and then make it real to you in his books. And he's made a good run of it so far: in the Philippines, he did police training on multiple types of firearms (despite being no fan of guns himself); dove in Asian waters among sharks and shipwrecks; and patrolled with Sumatran jungle rangers.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on September 26, 2023

This was an interesting but very confusing book. I think I finally found out who the main characters are, but they didn’t seem to come to the forefront until the very last of the book. Then again, I could have been reading about them earlier but didn’t know they were the main characters at the time......more

Goodreads review by Evie Rose on November 09, 2024

The Last Battleship is a gripping entry into the military science fiction genre that delivers both heart-pounding action and deeply engaging character development. The author masterfully blends futuristic technology with classic naval warfare, creating a vivid, believable universe where space battle......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly Horton on November 09, 2024

An absolute masterpiece of storytelling! The author’s ability to weave together multiple threads into a cohesive, engaging narrative is unparalleled. Every character is richly detailed, each with their voice and journey that intertwines beautifully with the others. The emotional depth is astounding;......more

Goodreads review by Jim on August 27, 2023

It's been a while since I've been able to find a good read in the military sci-fi genre, so finding and reading this book has been quite refreshing. I gave this one five stars however it didn't seem to do a good job of explaining how some of the laws of physics were overcome. Specifically inertia, th......more

Goodreads review by Cpl. Stephen W Carter US Army Retired on November 01, 2023

Confusing I don't know if this is a continuation of a series or not. I hope there is a story before this that explains the beginning third of this book. It would also be helpful if the author would at least put a month & year on the chapter title pages so the reader understands that a time jump is o......more