This was a great read. Real intrigue as the powers that be seek to continue profiting off the war machine by engineering a war so that Darkstream Corp. can continue its profits. Captain Keyes is commanding the UHS Providence, a supercarrier from days gone by that had been upgraded for show more than anything else. But it doesn’t have “dark tech”, a technology that humanity has withheld from the rest of the galaxy for their own advancement. Now the ol’ girl is what stands between humanity destroying itself and the Ixa Empire controlling the galaxy.
The greater threat to humanity, Darkstream or the Ixa, it is a toss-up at the moment. Darkstream Ochrim and the Admirals stand opposed to Keyes, his ship, and his crew, and for now, that is okay with Keyes who doesn’t like any of these folks anyway. Keyes is a smart Captain and he has foreseen the tensions among old allies, and as dark tech fails, it seems his predictions have come true about the alliances not holding. But in the background is the Ixan prophecies which seem to be coming true one by one, which would mean the end of civilization as humans understand it.
As always, the fate of the galaxy depends on the actions of the Providence, her Captain, and crew, so what will happen? There are enough “jump scenes” or scenes you didn’t see coming to keep you, well, me, wanting more of these characters and this action. On to book 2 JUGGERNAUGHT.
