Book 3), Counterstrike (Black Fleet Trilogy

I really enjoyed this whole series more than I expected I would. It had naval style engagements and strategy reminiscent of WWII and even the Battle of Trafalgar.-position, and speed. It was also very well written and the pacing was superb. There were some politics but just enough to move the story along-and move it did. I already started on the continuation in the companion series. Joshua Dalzelle's book are as entertaining, if not more than those of the late Tom Clancy. The technology described is plausible and feels grounded. The characters feel real. A movie deal would be great-when they get tired of making Fast and Furious 29 and 37 Jump Street.

This was a good read. Fast paced storyline without all the drawn character building. I listened to the first two books of this series on long road trips. Typically I get bored when reading and lose interest but I thought this would be a good book to actually read. I couldn't put it down and finished it in three evenings. Joshua Dalzelle has a new fan!

While Jackson Wolf continues to hold center stage in this third volume of the Black Fleet trilogy, we finally break away for a few brief passages to let others take center stage...and finally learn something about the alien species which are threatening humanity.

Dalzelle has created an interesting world. Humans have escaped a dying earth with the help of a crashed alien spaceship, found on Jupiter, and reverse engineered so that human being can finally exceed the speed of light. As scarcity ended, war faded into the distant past. Four hundred years in the future, war is long forgotten, and humanity has warships in name only.

This stasis is interrupted by the arrival of the Phage....spaceships which are vastly superior to anything human beings have created, and which appear to be alive, and share a hive mind which allows instantaneous communication a cross the vast distances of space. The bad news is that the Phage seem to want nothing other than to digest all inhabited planets, as raw materials to reproduce these deadly war ships.

At the end of volume two, Wolf manages to defeat a small army of phage ships only with the assistance of the very first astronaut to leave earth....400 years earlier. This sets the stage for this final volume, where we learn the story behind this age old savior, and the aliens. Along the way, we are treated to "hold on to the edge of your seat" battles.

Well worth continuing on to the end to see how Dalzelle ties up all the loose ends, and MAYBE leaves a door open to continue the series.

While Jackson Wolf continues to hold center stage in this third volume of the Black Fleet trilogy, we finally break away for a few brief passages to let others take center stage...and finally learn something about the alien species which are threatening humanity.

Dalzelle has created an interesting world. Humans have escaped a dying earth with the help of a crashed alien spaceship, found on Jupiter, and reverse engineered so that human being can finally exceed the speed of light. As scarcity ended, war faded into the distant past. Four hundred years in the future, war is long forgotten, and humanity has warships in name only.

This stasis is interrupted by the arrival of the Phage....spaceships which are vastly superior to anything human beings have created, and which appear to be alive, and share a hive mind which allows instantaneous communication a cross the vast distances of space. The bad news is that the Phage seem to want nothing other than to digest all inhabited planets, as raw materials to reproduce these deadly war ships.

At the end of volume two, Wolf manages to defeat a small army of phage ships only with the assistance of the very first astronaut to leave earth....400 years earlier. This sets the stage for this final volume, where we learn the story behind this age old savior, and the aliens. Along the way, we are treated to "hold on to the edge of your seat" battles.

Well worth continuing on to the end to see how Dalzelle ties up all the loose ends, and MAYBE leaves a door open to continue the series.

In the end Dalzelle's Captain saves the human race and his fleet, which apparently earns him a quick retirement and moody ruminations about the end of his substantive life... at circa 42 years of age. Flat footed ending.

I purchased all three books at the same time. After seeing that books one and two had dozens of text errors and ridiculous mistakes, I got a refund for book two (no charge for book one).

There were so many missing words in sentences and other similar mistakes that I stopped counting after a while.

Having your mother or BFF proof read your book is unacceptable when you ask several dollars for your work. Many writers spend money on the covers of their books, but do not take care of the actual work inside.

What lead me to read the trilogy in the first place was the hundreds of readers and reviews already given. If I were an author and I had hundreds of reviews on my books, I could never be proud of that, unless the work was polished and near-perfect.

As a writer I'd know that while nothing can be done about printed books, the kindle versions of my work can be corrected at any time.

It amazes me that nothing has been done to correct all of the terrible errors spread evenly throughout this trilogy.
The writer of this trilogy has made money on these books, but none of it was spent on editing. Had these books been properly edited, I would have given the trilogy 4 stars.
What's the use of being a decent writer, if your work is incredibly sloppy and you do nothing about it?
I've refunded my money on books two and three.

"Countering Strike," is the conclusion of the "Black Fleet Trilogy." Initially the storyline had merit, but the plodding, mundane, unskilled, talentless writing of the author, .Mr. Dazelle, sucked any and all life from Book 3.

The cartoonish, one dimension writing, is evidenced by the author's protagonist, Senior Captain Jackson, though a seasoned, combat veteran, is regularly about to, or is vomiting all over his bridge and ship. He is insecure, selfish, and criminally incompetent, recklessly throwing away lives to attain his objectives. This is the hero?

The author continually repeats, uses broken syntax and grammar, shows little understanding of the most basic sciences and physics, and thinks "wet" Navy framework, can just be reasonable applied to all interstellar warships. It is all to simplistic and inane. As one of the author's favorite words to use is "elegant," or a derivative of it, it shows the effete environment that the writing inhabits.

The eBook is NOT recommended and was fully read via Kindle Unlimited.

I just finished the third book in the trilogy. It pretty much "feels" the same as the first 2. Again (fro the third time), having been an avid science fiction reader, listener and viewer for more than 55 years, I found this writer/book to be somewhat derivative.

The bright spot is that the author seems to have found a good editor. The number of misspellings, grammatical errors, and typos has decreased tremendously and this third book now rates 3-stars.

Bottom line, I will have to be seriously in need of reading material to read more of his books.

Captain Jackson is a believable character who portrays heroism tempered with a perfect amount of human weakness. Combining this with a perfect blend of hard pseudo-science brings the entire trilogy to life. Masterfully done!