Star Carrier (Lost Colonies Trilogy Book 3)

I commend BV Larson on his impressive writing style that keeps a reader rivited to the story as well as anticipating the outcome. I look forward to reading future adventures from BV. Keep up the good work.

Mr. Larson is as incredibly bright and talented modern author of the first order! He is an excellent writer and he possesses a vast knowledge base that gives him the ability to create fantastic works of science fiction literature.

Great series. Ending was rushed a bit but I guess he didn't want a fourth book. I did Audible for the first two and read this one on kindle. Funny how I heard Ballerini in my head the whole book through. He was a good narrator.

I'm not going into details, other reviews here have, if you have read the other books in this series then you just have to read this one as well. As with everything this man writes, it's gripping, absorbing, thrilling and a lot of other words I probably can't spell. the store may as well just put me on the B. V. Larson Unlimited program and send me everything he writes.

The story flows smoothly from one characters point of view. It goes problem, problem solved problem, problem solved. Repeat until the conclusion. No dirty words, no moral issues, no main character deaths and technology that is out of this world. I am done with this series...

#3 in the The Lost Colony trilogy
I've enjoyed this series. The storyline has been good, if "very out there" in Syfy concepts, but a lot of fans really go for that. This author is extremely talented and knows how to lay out a story. I always enjoy his books. If you haven't read his The Undying Mercenaries series or Star Force series, well then, you're really missing out on two huge, and excitingly awesome Syfy series.

All of that said, for the first time I kind of struggled with one of the author's books. It kind of surprised me but one of the struggles was with one particular creature. I tried to imagine how one of the creatures could actually be a possibility but Idk for some reason it just didn't jive for me. This creature is someone you hate yet find yourself liking. It's really very intriguing, you just kind of get sucked in (even if it's just a little bit). Another struggle: This cast of characters was good although one of my favorite and comic relief characters was missing from most of the story. And that was a tragedy. Seriously! This particular character really brought a lot to the first two books and has been my favorite since being introduced. It didn't feel the same without this character there. Oh and BIG STRUGGLE: was not understanding through the whole third book why the absence was necessary. I kept waiting to find out the big mystery. I mean we find out the cause for others that go missing but I was interested in why this character had to go missing, the story, the tail. Unfortunately, and I can't believe this, but we never find out! That's crazy! And I think that lack of resolution was a let down for me but also, I think it made it feel like the end of the story was a bit rushed. Oh!!...and what the heck happens to the multiples of k-19 & Q-161?
All of that said, it was still a fun trilogy to read.
Edited well
Adult age group
Cover: simple, not quite the 3-D effects of some but it has the ship as the constant graphic throughout all 3 covers for the trilogy as well as that black-black background. Makes it easier to recognise as a series. Smart.
Series: this us #3 in the trilogy, although I definitely could have seen more books past this. Oh well, maybe there will be a spin off down the road. I don't think you'd be best served by reading #3 without reading 1 & 2, first; plus, in those you get to meet that really great character I was talking about.

Note: Idk why, but for some reason this book buying format is different on the store than the other books and KU is not prevelant like on the others, either. :(

Once again, we’re with Captain William Sparhawk, of House Sparhawk, and his stuffy, straight-laced way of speaking and acting. You’d think this book was written back during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, but it’s definitely not. We’re far, far in Earth’s future after the Cataclysm. Earth is now aware of other civilizations out in space and many of them were former colonies of Earth. Captain Sparhawk of the Star Guard was a part of a dying military establishment that had nothing of importance to do until he found a derelict battle cruiser, the Defiant, drifting outside the asteroid belt. He commandeered the vessel and eventually recommissioned it as a Guards vessel. He was left in command and then sent to find out where this huge ship had come from.

Earth had once been a spacefaring planet, but then the oldsters decided they had enough of that and shut down the bridges to hyperspace which connected various star systems. Only recently had they sent Sparhawk and the Defiant to explore these other regions mainly for two purposes. One was to find out what was out there, what had happen to the colony ships long ago sent through these bridges and then abruptly cut-off, and secondly to maybe get rid of Captain Sparhawk who seemed a little to rebellious to the oldsters.

Earth was now apparently ran, behind the scenes, by a bunch of very, very, very old people who had once been in power in the government and chose not to give up that power. They secretly built and underground bunker and have stayed there for many decades slowly controlling everything and everyone on Earth. How they do this is something you’ll soon find out. You will find also find out that they have conceived of a plan to ensure Earth’s lost colonies don’t come back to harm Earth after being abandoned. Sparhawk might have a hand in this effort.

I get a kick out of the arrogant writing. It’s as if Sparhawk is a Prince of some kingdom and he manages his ship that way. He’s tries to be “easy going”, but the writing just doesn’t let him get that way. I don’t know how to pin-point it, but you get the feeling that his crew should be answering his commands with, “Yes, your Majesty!”, instead of “Yes, Sir!”.

Still, the writing is good and the stories follows from one to the next. We get a lot of character crossover so you’ll be instantly familiar with the characters in this book. I’m not sure if this series continues. While I think the author would like to see it go forward, he kind of ended everything on a very high note so it would be interesting to see Captain William Sparhawk and the Defiant in another book.

Found this whole series to be both intriguing and at the same time alarming. Puts an even more diabolical angle on the growing ability of governments to monitor their people. Many already feel the media and their enabler politicians are able to manipulate people. This just expanded upon 1984. Hope we can avoid this type of future fate.

Even better about the series is that it actually ended with this book. No need to wait another ten years for the series to complete and hoping the author doesn't die first. Enjoy it.

Kindle reviews are complicated by the fact that the title of the book and author are not available easily with a glance to the top of the page, and they involve "punching out" and back in again.
Larsen is a competent SF writer but it does pall after a while by being more "science fantasy" than science fiction.
The Kindle format makes it difficult for me to fix any particular book on my memory.