Trinity's Children
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Publisher Description
ONCE DEFECTED, NOW A LEADER, JARED CLEMENT MUST RISE TO THE OCCASION OR BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GENOCIDE
Jared Clement has returned to Trinity, not as a mere ship captain but as a Five Suns Fleet Admiral. With his promotion comes increased responsibility that weighs heavy on his shoulders: 30,000 settlers are leaving the dying planets of the Rim, his home, and resettling next to the natives of the planet Bellus.
Clement is responsible for those lives and the lives of the natives, Trinity’s children, and for building a better future for them all. But when his migrant fleet arrives in the Trinity system, they are faced with enemies both old and new. Former Fleet Admiral Elara DeVore has escaped her exile on the planet Alphus and vanished into parts unknown. Soon, however, Clement discovers she has a new fleet and a new ally, the Solar League from Earth. The Solar League has arrived with a massive fleet and plans on taking Trinity for itself, forcing the Five Suns to surrender. With just a small military fleet to accompany the migrants, Clement is faced with the almost impossible task of defending both his people and the natives from becoming slaves of the Solar League.
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About Trinity:
“[A] rousing. . . far-future tale, taking hard-drinking former Rim Confederacy Navy Capt. Jared Clement of the gunship Beauregard into a whopper of a galactic confrontation. . . . [with] Clement’s rebirth as an idealistic military commander, leading to breathless Horatio Hornblower–type ship-to-ship action updated into a Star Trek–like environment. . . [with] plenty of fun, derring-do, and even some tension-relieving fraternization will keep readers invested in Clement and crew. This is an entertaining escape from the here and now.”—Publishers Weekly
About Dave Bara:
“. . . fun, fast, and proper science fiction, where the stakes are big and things matter.”—New York Times best-selling author Simon R. Green on Dave Bara’s Lightship Chronicles Series
“This energetic mélange of tried-and-true elements—futuristic jargon, military and romantic tactics, and multiple levels of skullduggery—easily grabs the reader’s attention; more impressive is that Bara’s story holds that attention all the way to the end.” —Publishers Weekly on The Lightship Chronicles Series
“Bara manages to ramp up the depth and complexity of his world while retaining that sense of excitement, suspense, and adventure.” —Barnes & Noble Sci Fi & Fantasy Blog
Dave Bara is the author of The Lightship Chronicles Series, including Impulse, Starbound, and Defiant. His other works include Saint Cochrane's World, Speedwing, and stories in anthologies Infinite Stars, Star Destroyers, and The Chronicles of the Davids. Dave grew up as a fan of the Gemini and Apollo space programs and dreamed of being an astronaut one day. Since that time, he has restricted his journeys into space to the written word. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The sequel to Bara's Trinity doesn't live up to the fun of the first volume. Hero Jared Clement, now a Fleet Admiral, is tasked with resettling 30,000 migrants from the exhausted Rim worlds to Bellus, part of the lush Trinity System. The small armada of the settlers' transports is protected by only the powerful new warship, the Agamemnon, and a few refitted warships. They're threatened by a vastly superior force belonging to the Solar League and commanded by Clements's former lover and betrayer, Adm. Elara DeVore, who's bent on taking the Trinity System for herself and enslaving both migrants and Bellus's humanoid alien natives. Bara wears his obsession with Napoleonic War–era naval history on his sleeve in the highly detailed spaceship battles. Less successful is the characterization of female characters, as Clement is surrounded by women who hope to smother him: the untrustworthy DeVore, his own grandchild-thirsting mother, and various subordinate female Navy officers—including his eventual soulmate, Capt. Tanitha Yan. Military SF fans will enjoy Clement's daring tactics but may not be able to get past the poorly rendered interpersonal relationships.
