"Valiant (The Lost Fleet, Book 4)" by Jack Campbell
https://www.amazon.com/Valiant-Lost-Fleet-Book-4/dp/0441016197/

Book number four of a six book military science fiction series. Plus
several sequel series consisting of fourteen books total. I read the
well printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2008 that I bought
on Amazon. I have purchased the two sequel books in this series and
plan to read them soon.

I did not know John G. Hemry was the real name for Jack Campbell as I purchased the Stark series quite a while back and enjoyed it also.

The Alliance sent a war fleet into the Syndic home star system via the
new FTL network to defeat the Syndics once and for all. However, the
Syndics knew that they were coming and destroyed many of the Alliance
space warships. Now the Alliance warships need to leave or be destroyed
one by one.

The Alliance admiral left Captain John rCLBlack JackrCY Geary in charge of
the Alliance fleet before he and his staff were murdered by the Syndics
in the negotiations. Captain John rCLBlack JackrCY Geary was found by the Alliance fleet on their way to Syndic space, in stasis in an old
emergency pod. A hundred year old emergency pod. Captain John rCLBlack JackrCY Geary may be a hundred years out of date but some things like
tactics of war spaceship fleets never go away.

Captain Geary is leading his fleet of warships and supply ships through
old wormholes, trying to anticipate Syndic attacks and gather raw
materials and feed his crews. After they exit the wormhole from the
Lakota star system, he turns the fleet around and goes back. What they
find surprises them greatly.

The author has a website at:
https://jack-campbell.com/

My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (3,388 reviews)

Lynn

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