KCR: Kris Longknife, Resolute (novel, scifi, adventure)

Kris Longknife series by Mike Shepherd is a longstanding series where Princess Kris Longknife goes on various adventures around the universe, fighting pirates, slavers, other bad guys, and occasional fights against the Peterwald worlds. It's pretty much an adventure novel that has a lot of irreverent dialog.

In Resolute, Kris was shuffled off to a corner of the universe and given an independent command to the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately, trouble seems to follow her everywhere. The planet don't like her. The station was a ghost town. A pirate ship was caught mucking with jump point buoys. Chasing that down lead to a discovery that have serious implications for the whole sector...

Resolute is an adventure novel that usually have a few twists that is kept things light and humorous for the most part. The crew banter with each other. If you prefer a serious crew, read the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. This crew jokes and joshes with each other, with plenty of eyerolling. All of the crew seem to have secrets. The "maid" appears to be more of a bodyguard and tech whiz. The exec used to run the secret service detail (read: body guard). It's just a much lighter style.

Is it worth reading? Sure, give it a try.

Rating: Try it

Resolute (Kris Longknife) (on Amazon)

KCR: Starstrike, Operation Orion (novel, scifi)

Cover of Starstrike: Operation OrionStarstrike: Operation Orion by Kevin Dockery and Douglas Niles is a book in the "SEALS" series, where the ultra-commandos of Earth have some adventure among the stars, like shoot pirates, escort diplomats, and the like. Unfortunately, this book is a stinking piece of ****, and that may be insulting ****.

Kevin Dockery was historian and had written some definitive books on  US Navy SEAL, and he know special operations. So his battle scenes are realistic and exciting. Unfortunately, he can't write worth ****. The plot was contrived enough and the action boring enough that if you replace all the aliens with Terran names the action doesn't change at all. The pirates may as well be from Somalia instead of some alien planet.

All the aliens behave just like humans, albeit with funny names.

Frankly, if you want to read good action, I recommend the Starfist series. That, at least, is somewhat entertaining, esp. when the enemies really do put up a fight.

Rating: Skip it

Starstrike: Operation Orion (on Amazon)