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Into Harm's Way!Lieutenant Daniel Leary of the Republic of Cinnabar Navy commands the corvette Princess Cecile; his friend Signals Officer Adele Mundy has the latest in spy apparatus and the skill to prowl the most tightly guarded database. All they lack are enemies, and fate is about to supply that need in abundance!
A hostage uses the Princess Cecile to regain his freedom-and his throne!
An ally intrigues with enemies of Cinnabar-knowing the plot can only be safeguarded by destroying the show more Princess Cecile!
A pirate chief joins in a cutthroat battle with a rival-and the Princess Cecile is a pawn!
Daniel, Adele, and their crack crew must battle bureaucrats and traitors, the winds of a barren desert and the strains of a voyage never before attempted. If they succeed at every stage, their reward will be the chance to fight another enemy: one which can blow them and a hundred ships like theirs to vapor!
DEATH IS ALWAYS AN OPTION
BUT DEFEAT CAN NEVER BE
Action, color and heroics merge with the gritty realities of war and politics in a story that never slows down. Indeed, how could it slow down, with
LT. LEARY, COMMANDING
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The second book in the RCN series was an excellent and engaging military science fiction story.
Lt. Daniel Leary and his Signals Officer Adele Mundy are off on an adventure. Daniel is still in command of the Princess Cecile which he captured in the first book in the series. His mission is to join a battle group heading to Strymon to show the flag for Cinnabar.
A way stop at Sexburga lets him meet the group commander who doesn't like Daniel one tiny bit. Both his luck and his lifestyle cause Commodore Pettin to be willing to sabotage Daniel's career. Daniel is also reintroduced to Mr. Delos Vaughn who has been a "guest" of Cinnabar since his father was involved in some political chicanery on his home planet of Strymon. Vaughn has some show more plans for Daniel which include marooning him and some of his crew and the desert-like south continent where Daniel makes some intriguing discoveries. Meanwhile, Adele is using her research skills to find Daniel before the rest of the squadron takes off leaving Daniel behind.
When the son of the deposed leader of Strymon scams his way aboard the Princess Cecile and has plans to reclaim the Presidency of Strymon, Daniel and Adele find themselves deeper into politics than either would like to be. Between Commodore Pettin and Vaughn, Daniel is busy trying to keep command of his ship and his career.
An Alliance invasion force isn't really necessary to add to the confusion, but Daniel and crew stumbles into one while be sent off for some fictitious repairs on his ship. But Daniel has a plan to foil the invasion and save his career even if it means working with pirates.
This was quite an engaging story filled with derring do, action, adventure, plots galore and surprisingly engaging characters. show less
Lt. Daniel Leary and his Signals Officer Adele Mundy are off on an adventure. Daniel is still in command of the Princess Cecile which he captured in the first book in the series. His mission is to join a battle group heading to Strymon to show the flag for Cinnabar.
A way stop at Sexburga lets him meet the group commander who doesn't like Daniel one tiny bit. Both his luck and his lifestyle cause Commodore Pettin to be willing to sabotage Daniel's career. Daniel is also reintroduced to Mr. Delos Vaughn who has been a "guest" of Cinnabar since his father was involved in some political chicanery on his home planet of Strymon. Vaughn has some show more plans for Daniel which include marooning him and some of his crew and the desert-like south continent where Daniel makes some intriguing discoveries. Meanwhile, Adele is using her research skills to find Daniel before the rest of the squadron takes off leaving Daniel behind.
When the son of the deposed leader of Strymon scams his way aboard the Princess Cecile and has plans to reclaim the Presidency of Strymon, Daniel and Adele find themselves deeper into politics than either would like to be. Between Commodore Pettin and Vaughn, Daniel is busy trying to keep command of his ship and his career.
An Alliance invasion force isn't really necessary to add to the confusion, but Daniel and crew stumbles into one while be sent off for some fictitious repairs on his ship. But Daniel has a plan to foil the invasion and save his career even if it means working with pirates.
This was quite an engaging story filled with derring do, action, adventure, plots galore and surprisingly engaging characters. show less
The second book in the RCN series was an excellent and engaging military science fiction story.
Lt. Daniel Leary and his Signals Officer Adele Mundy are off on an adventure. Daniel is still in command of the Princess Cecile which he captured in the first book in the series. His mission is to join a battle group heading to Strymon to show the flag for Cinnabar.
A way stop at Sexburga lets him meet the group commander who doesn't like Daniel one tiny bit. Both his luck and his lifestyle cause Commodore Pettin to be willing to sabotage Daniel's career. Daniel is also reintroduced to Mr. Delos Vaughn who has been a "guest" of Cinnabar since his father was involved in some political chicanery on his home planet of Strymon. Vaughn has some show more plans for Daniel which include marooning him and some of his crew and the desert-like south continent where Daniel makes some intriguing discoveries. Meanwhile, Adele is using her research skills to find Daniel before the rest of the squadron takes off leaving Daniel behind.
When the son of the deposed leader of Strymon scams his way aboard the Princess Cecile and has plans to reclaim the Presidency of Strymon, Daniel and Adele find themselves deeper into politics than either would like to be. Between Commodore Pettin and Vaughn, Daniel is busy trying to keep command of his ship and his career.
An Alliance invasion force isn't really necessary to add to the confusion, but Daniel and crew stumbles into one while be sent off for some fictitious repairs on his ship. But Daniel has a plan to foil the invasion and save his career even if it means working with pirates.
This was quite an engaging story filled with derring do, action, adventure, plots galore and surprisingly engaging characters. show less
Lt. Daniel Leary and his Signals Officer Adele Mundy are off on an adventure. Daniel is still in command of the Princess Cecile which he captured in the first book in the series. His mission is to join a battle group heading to Strymon to show the flag for Cinnabar.
A way stop at Sexburga lets him meet the group commander who doesn't like Daniel one tiny bit. Both his luck and his lifestyle cause Commodore Pettin to be willing to sabotage Daniel's career. Daniel is also reintroduced to Mr. Delos Vaughn who has been a "guest" of Cinnabar since his father was involved in some political chicanery on his home planet of Strymon. Vaughn has some show more plans for Daniel which include marooning him and some of his crew and the desert-like south continent where Daniel makes some intriguing discoveries. Meanwhile, Adele is using her research skills to find Daniel before the rest of the squadron takes off leaving Daniel behind.
When the son of the deposed leader of Strymon scams his way aboard the Princess Cecile and has plans to reclaim the Presidency of Strymon, Daniel and Adele find themselves deeper into politics than either would like to be. Between Commodore Pettin and Vaughn, Daniel is busy trying to keep command of his ship and his career.
An Alliance invasion force isn't really necessary to add to the confusion, but Daniel and crew stumbles into one while be sent off for some fictitious repairs on his ship. But Daniel has a plan to foil the invasion and save his career even if it means working with pirates.
This was quite an engaging story filled with derring do, action, adventure, plots galore and surprisingly engaging characters. show less
For years, my wife and daughter have raved about the Lt Leary series by David Drake. I've finally read one, "Lt. Leary Commanding", and I see why they love it. Not only is Lt Leary an engaging character, but his communication officer Adele is wonderful. Her backstory is sad, but her communication and hacking skills are awesome. Not only are the main characters delightful, but the secondary characters, Hogg, Lt Leary's armsman and Tovere, Adele's are colorful and deadly.
As far as plot goes, this is military SciFi, with space battles. If you like David Weber's Honor Harrington or Miles Vorsiegen of Lois Bujold's series, you'll like this as well.
As far as plot goes, this is military SciFi, with space battles. If you like David Weber's Honor Harrington or Miles Vorsiegen of Lois Bujold's series, you'll like this as well.
Decent action and pace, but lacks originality.: This story is the second in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy series. It takes place in the far-future, where mankind has spread through much of the galaxy, but has split into a number of warring factions.
LT LEARY COMMANDING(2000) basically picks up where the 1st book WITH THE LIGHTNINGS(1998) leaves off... the main characters Leary (Lt. in the RCN), and Mundy (ex-Librarian, turned Signals Officer) return to Cinnabar aboard the PRINCESS CECILE, after capturing that ship in battle and using it to almost single-handedly defeat a planetary counter-coup backed by the "evil" Alliance of Free Stars... in fairly short order, they are sent out on a mission to a remote system of stars that is under show more loose Cinnabar influence, and which the Alliance is rumoured to be threatening to destabilize.
The book is fast-paced and contains lots of action - but we have seen these shoot-em-up sequences before, and they lack originality. The best part of the book comes when Leary and a small expedition team gets marooned on a desolate part of a lightly populated planet, and encounters creatures that have evolved from humans - but, very little time is spent on this interesting turn of events.
A couple of notes about the cover of LT LEARY COMMANDING; 1) Mundy and Leary appear as statuesque blondes, where they were better-depicted brunettes on the first cover. 2) The "R" in RCN has a little "crown" on it, as if to denote that it is the "Royal Cinnabar Navy"... however, it is the "Republic of Cinnabar Navy" - there should be no crown. show less
LT LEARY COMMANDING(2000) basically picks up where the 1st book WITH THE LIGHTNINGS(1998) leaves off... the main characters Leary (Lt. in the RCN), and Mundy (ex-Librarian, turned Signals Officer) return to Cinnabar aboard the PRINCESS CECILE, after capturing that ship in battle and using it to almost single-handedly defeat a planetary counter-coup backed by the "evil" Alliance of Free Stars... in fairly short order, they are sent out on a mission to a remote system of stars that is under show more loose Cinnabar influence, and which the Alliance is rumoured to be threatening to destabilize.
The book is fast-paced and contains lots of action - but we have seen these shoot-em-up sequences before, and they lack originality. The best part of the book comes when Leary and a small expedition team gets marooned on a desolate part of a lightly populated planet, and encounters creatures that have evolved from humans - but, very little time is spent on this interesting turn of events.
A couple of notes about the cover of LT LEARY COMMANDING; 1) Mundy and Leary appear as statuesque blondes, where they were better-depicted brunettes on the first cover. 2) The "R" in RCN has a little "crown" on it, as if to denote that it is the "Royal Cinnabar Navy"... however, it is the "Republic of Cinnabar Navy" - there should be no crown. show less
The heroes of With the Lightenings (s have a spaceship to cart them about on their adventures this time. It to is not as good as the first.
Based on the Odessy, apparently.
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David Drake was born on September 24, 1945, in Dubuque, Iowa. He attended University of Iowa, where he graduated with a degree in History (with honors) and Latin. He then attended Duke Law School. He was drafted out of law school, served in the army for two years and then returned to school. He worked as an Assistant Town Attorney of Chapel Hill show more and then part-time as a city bus driver before he became a full-time writer. Drake is considered a master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. The Hammer's Slammers, military science fiction, was his first published series. His other titles include Northworld series, The Dragon Lord, Starliner, Ranks of Bronze, and Redliners. In recognition of his work, he won a World Fantasy award in 1976. He currently resides in North Carolina. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Lt. Leary, Commanding
- Original title
- Lt. Leary, Commanding
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Daniel Leary; Adele Mundy (of Chatsworth); Hogg; Tovera
- Epigraph
- When the skies are black above them,
and the decks ablaze beneath,
And the top-men clear the raffle with
their clasp-knives in their teeth.
—Rudyard Kipling - Dedication
- To my webmaster, cybrarian Karen Zimmerman, who wasn't the model for Adele Mundy, but might have been if I'd met her sooner. (Of course, we'd have to work on her pistol shooting.)
- First words
- Lieutenant Daniel Leary rolled his uncle's wheelchair to the end of the catwalk and paused, gazing back at the corvette Princess Cecile nestled in the center of the graving dock.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)“And by heaven, isn't that my sister Deirdre?”
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- Norton, Andre
- Original language
- English
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