The Belt Loop -- First Review

First Of What I Hope Will Be Many In A Series!, August 30, 2011

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jt kalnay (cleveland, ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Belt Loop (Book One) (Kindle Edition)

Horatio Hornblower and Lucky Jack Aubrey have company in the person of Captain Haad. In our distant future, Captain Haad commands a fast patrol craft in the most distant regions of the universe. After encountering a previously unknown lifeform, Captain Haad fights epic battles of discovery and good old fashioned ship to ship cannon bashing. With a supporting staff of brilliant cryptographers, stowaways, exobiologists, and fighting marines, Haad is ready to take on all comers, no matter what form they take. Get ready to start an obsession with a Napoleonic era captain who strides the quarterdeck of a high-tech, sci-fi, Star Trek bridge. I can't wait for the next installment in the series.

JT Kalnay
Author of The Pattern and Mina's Eyes
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Thanks, JT. Book Two is already in the ole pipeline and should be ready to read sometime in late October. I have consciously tried to write this first book with the thought of an epic series spanning many volumes, taking some of the characters from adolescent years to becoming ship captains in their own right many story years down the road. The problem is, since the Belt Loop is such a violent place where death comes in many forms, it's hard to keep the characters alive. Oh well, I know of at least a half-dozen that will make the trip without losing too many body parts.