Recommended

I like the background setting and structure of this series and enjoy the narrative and feel of these books.

This particular book spent quite a lot of time dwelling on the difficulty of being a member of the British Royal Family and the dangers of intrusive media attention. This topic was revisited several times which overplayed its interest for me.

I always enjoy the actual fleet engagements in these books which are well handled.

The unstated morality/motivation of the enemy adds an interesting twist. Rather than giving us the
A) Evil alien for the sake of being evil, or
B) The alternative, friendly but misunderstood, ET stereotype;
the author adds interest by keeping us guessing with a few clues slowing building a picture of their culture.

I look forward to the ongoing struggle and development of new human fleet tactics and ships and the progression of the series assuming the human side do continue to loose ground as is the case in the Nelson Touch.

Has a real navy feel to it although the pilot/salvage recovery arm of the fleet needs an upgrade, (or even their own spin off series) without giving too much away.

Thanks for the series Mr Nuttall and the narration Mr Lister.

Recommended.

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Tom Clancy does Battlestar Galactica for the Brits

Great fun space military drama. Live the sorry and characters. Performance is mostly very good, but I can't forgive the Scottish accent! "they're going to take us from behind captain"

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Book B+. Narration B-. Editing C. Ending A-.

The good:
Excluding accents - good narration.
Building the series in a way that makes me want to keep reading.
Deepening relationships and flawed characters. Always a welcome thing in a military space opera.
The ending.

The bad:
Caricature accents! French - Inspector Clouseau. Chinese AND Japanese - Charlie Chan. Scottish - Over the top Star Trek Scotty. American - Weak. Also Admiral Smith sometimes sounds like Admiral Ackbar. :-) Ralph Lister has a good "narrator voice", but accents? Shudder!

Same repetitive phrases as in the first book. (Couldn't disagree. Bloody nose. Sooner rather than later. The odds were staggeringly low/high). Helloo! Editor?

Lots of unexplained military/naval acronyms.

The royalty / nobility stuff takes up too much room. Getting old fast.

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mediocre narration and repetitive story

the narrator has an annoying habit of swallowing the ends of his words and the author keeps repeating certain phrases. Also some poor editing.

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great book 😀 👍

Love the book great book series highly recommend listening to this book and the rest of the series 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

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Amazing

What a brilliant novel, love it just amazing story well read and just away to start number 3.

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Good Listen

Like listening to a good space "soap" good character development ,enjoyed episode 1 and 2 ..looking to episode 3 soon..😎

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Excellent good story. Exciting.

A good combination science-fiction expertise, building, a real unusual story of space
Mission great imagination

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Drags its anchor a little, but is worth a listen

Much like the first in the series, this book is flabby in its reuse of phraseology - particularly noticeable if you consume audio books at a rate of knots. It also has a tendency to switch away from the most critical action to some of the central relationships in the story.

If you've read The Forever War (and you should, you'll enjoy it) you'll be acutely aware of scientific inaccuracies which while not wholly detracting from the story, do seem to be leisurely skipped over.

I'm faced with the third book in the series and normally I'd jump straight in, but the poor narration and repetitive storytelling and causing me to take a break right now. I'll finish it as the yarn is worthwhile, but it's not the most satisfying experience.

Worth listening to in order to continue the story.

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Couldn't put it down

Would you consider the audio edition of The Nelson Touch to be better than the print version?

For me, yes. Kindle is abridged so shorter and the Audible version is not. Therefore you get the full work and it is a good story

What did you like best about this story?

The very end, but I won't spoil it for the readers

What does Ralph Lister bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

He is a good reader and once you get used to him he is very good

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes, emotional right at the very end

Any additional comments?

It is a good book, and I don't want to spoil it for anyone but if this is your think then better than Asimov.

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