Hero of the Alliance, the first book in the Star Crusader series, if a decent and enjoyable YA-level military sci-fi adventure. The backstory is a bit shallow to start but thankfully gets deeper further into the series as a whole (some in the first book, more so later). Nate, the primary protagonist, is by far the most fleshed-out character, with the others starting fairly one dimensional and slowly gaining depth as situations warrant changes in their characters. While the descriptions of military action are not up to the level of a book published by a bit name like Baen, they are decent and move along nicely. The biggest issue for me personally was some of the physics. An especially annoying example being when the ship gets to another system “a million kilometers away” from where they started with a black hole present, far too close for separate star systems and too close to a black hole not to be experiencing the effects of massive gravity and time dilation. As long as you don’t worry about the physics too much, the book was an enjoyable start to what promises to be a fun, light military sci-fi series.
Disclaimer: I was given this free review copy audiobook and have voluntarily left this review.