The Valiant, J.J. Green
The Valiant, J.J. Green
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The Valiant
Military science fiction meets space opera

Author: J.J. Green

Narrator: J.J. Green

Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: InfiniteBook

Published: 01/19/2021

Synopsis

King Arthur in outer space?Endless warfare has ravaged Earth, and billions are desperate to escape. One of them is Taylan Ellis.Driven from her home in the West Britannic Isles by an invasion and severed from her children, Taylan enlists with the Britannic Alliance, hoping she can help regain her homeland and find her kids.But decades of internal conflict and terrestrial and space warfare have left the BA on the edge of collapse.Then its battleship, the Valiant, picks up a distress signal. The rescuers break into a sealed chamber and find the apparently mummified remains of an Iron Age chieftain. Disappointed, they're about to leave when they discover the ‘mummy’ has a pulse.Taylan suspects she knows who the mystery man is and what he’s capable of. If she’s right, can she convince her superiors and save the BA, her country, and her children?The Valiant is book one in J.J. Green’s new space fantasy series, Star Legend.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jerry on May 23, 2023

Friedman is not among my favorite Star Trek authors, and books like this are why.......more

Goodreads review by C.T. on September 10, 2021

For those who want to enjoy the entire story of the U.S.S Stargazer. my recommended reading order is STAR TREK: TNG: REUNION, STAR TREK: TNG: THE VALIANT, and then the Stargazer series proper. Either that or reading Valiant first then the Stargazer series then Reunion as a grand finale of the series......more

Goodreads review by Rob on October 11, 2019

An easy read that flows at a quick pace, The Valiant tells the story of Captain Jean Luc Picard's first command of the USS Stargazer. At a mere 279 pages and with plenty of characters, the book could have benefited from a longer length to flesh out the action and some of the plotlines. I became parti......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on February 02, 2018

I've tended to blow hot & cold on Michael Jan Friedan's writing in the past...but this is easily the best of all his "Star Trek" novels that I've read to date. The tale of Jean-Luc Picard's rise to command the Stargazer is an exercise in crisp, concise, exciting, emotional storytelling in the best "......more

Goodreads review by Mårten on July 21, 2014

There is no way this book has an average on 4. And that's comming from a Star Trek fan. This is a 2.5 book. It's not bad but the language is simple, there are no descriptions what so ever and the plot is neither intriguing nor very dense. The book is useful as a lesiure read on a hot summer day when......more

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