Q-Ship Chameleon (Castle Federation Book 4)

Q-ship is a good continuation of the Castle Federation Series. Main characters are becoming more developed and though the ultimate outcomes are not had to imagine, the story continues to take some interestijg turns

Disclosure: Unlike so many eBook reviewers, I have NO relationship with ANY author/publisher/agent. I read SciFi for personal fun and entertainment. At the time of this review, over 50% of this eBook's reviewers, indicated that they received "free" copies for an "honest" review. Really?

"Q-Ship Chameleon," is Book 4 of the series. As in prior eBooks, Mr. Stewart, the author is faulty in both his pushing of a PC agenda, and in the writing execution, undercutting a decent, standard space opera concept.

The storyline has the Federation hero, the "Sly Fox," unable to obtain a new command, due to his latest, costly victory in Book 3, and the political intrigue of his governmental foes. A Special Ops mission deep into Terran Commonwealth, needs a ship command, and he signs on. Again, as in earlier eBooks, there is insubordination, murderous mutiny, space battles by attrition, and blunt force assaults by Federation Marines and Special Ops Forces.

The PC agenda has the author inserting sexual orientation, hermaphroditism, androgyny, and racial skin tone into the story, for no reason. It doesn't enhance the overall one-dimensional characterizations, nor add anything to the story. It is blatant, insincere, and commercial cynicism. Further, the author writes that an attack on a Federation Naval shipbuilding station, armed, having numerous vessels nearing completion, containing civilian workers would be a "war crime." Yet (spoiler alert), the entire storyline of the Special Op into Terran space, is to cause a war between the Terran Commonwealth and a League of systems, not involved in the existing conflict. Mr. Stewart is apparently unaware of, or unconcerned by, the thought of legitimate targets in war or the immorality of orchestrating a war that forces a non-belligerent, to suffer war. The writing throughout is sloppy, with tortured sentences, broken syntax, wrong words, unidentified narrative passages, and the rampant, improper use of "...but...." A competent proofreader and/or adequate edit has yet to make an appearance and clean up the author's messes.

The eBook is a stand alone, though new readers to the series, will miss the reason for much of this eBook's narrative and plot. It is not recommended and was fully read via Kindle Unlimited.

Really enjoyed the book. Another great story of the Stellar Fox beating the odds.

I do think Castle Federation black ops going off the reservation or Admirals getting confined to quarters may be getting repetitive.