Bright Light audiobook

Another great military science fiction story from Ian Douglas. This is book 8 in the Star Carrier series.Alien cultures collide and a disgraced Captain must come to the rescue.Highly recommended Author and series

This is the 8th book in the Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas a.k.a. William H. Keith. In this one, Trevor Grey has been stripped of his command and drummed out of the USNA Star Service. Strangely he is then asked by USNA President Alexander Koenig to take command of the newly refurbished USNA CVS Republic, with a mixed crew of civilian scientists and military personnel. Their mission is to try to enlist the aid of the mysterious alien civilization at Deneb to combat the invasion by the super advanced Rosetta aliens. As they are leaving the solar system they see the Rosetta aliens moving into Earth orbit and assume they are attacking Earth. The super-AI Konstantin reveals that he has transferred himself into the computer networks of the CVS Republic for the two-fold reasons of escaping assimilation by the Rosetta aliens and to help Grey with his mission of enlisting the aid of the aliens at Deneb. This book has a complex plot and is full of action in the form of space battles and many of the characters from the previous books have returned for this one. Another very good read in this series and I recommend it to all fans of Military Science Fiction and fans of Ian Douglas a.k.a. William H. Keith.

This is the mega species collaboration and networking that I was wanting so much from this series: Us vs everyone, or us and the Shadar vs the Rosset. Fully intergalactic combat by interspecies means. (view spoiler)[ This book continues the theme of insignificant humans surviving against all odds. Odds that seem even more impossible than in the previous books. They are up against a species, so great, that they cannot even detect humans. The "collective" is from another universe, so great, that there is no chance of victory. That is unless Admiral Grey, his carrier group, and the rest of the human fleet, can figure out how to defeat them. They must use what they have in unexpected ways, as their normal strategies just prove ineffective. So much so that Earth just gets enveloped. (hide spoiler)] Throughout the entire book, we see the human perseverance, and all of the human emotions that go through a space travel and isolation. We see loss, love, emotion, reunion, success, failure, and everything in between. We see the best book in the series.

Oof, my eyes hurt. I did it, eight books in three days, all in all this was a great series, I loved the technical/scientific jargon. The only thing that confused me was the way the author changed the way intimate/sexual relationships work, with monogamous relationships being seen perverted/primitive. Like I don’t understand how polygamous/polyamorous group marriages are seen as normal and ok, but a person is looked down upon and antagonized for wanting to have a monogamous relationship. For me if some guy wants to have four wives or four husbands, that’s totally fine so is a woman wanting two wives and a husband. Why can’t a man or a woman who wants an exclusive monogamous relationship be normal as well? I don’t get it, why promote poly relationships only to turn around and demonize monogamous relationships? If all parties in the relationship are happy it doesn’t matter what kind of relationship they’re in.

I don't know what to make of this novel. .The author mixes time travel, space Gods, high technology, and Artificial Intelligence. He paints these ideas using the galaxies as his canvas To its credit the space battles are well written. Yet the motivations of the the principal beings in this story can be confusing and obscure. Despite these flaws I enjoyed reading the book and struggling with the science concepts behind them.Finally looking back on the whole series this story seems be a satisfying conclusion.

More amazing science fiction mixing military, space opera, and a.i. strains of the genre. These books are shorter and more manageable than most space opera, and are each worth the effort. The aliens in particular really shine as well thought out possibilities for the distant future. And as I've written before, space opera allows for humans to exist another three or four centuries. Longer than we actually have I'm afraid, but who knows?

Another amazing novel of future entanglements in far outer space up close and personal for humanity to deal with. How does this guy think up these wonderful tales over the years? He must have the biggest chalkboard in the universe to map it all out to keep it straight in his head, thence to his fingers on his keyboard.I thoroughly enjoyed the book and am anxiously awaiting the next volume in the series.

The saga continues, Questions are Answered, More Questions AriseThis is a fantastic continuation of the saga with even more challenges overcome and more revelations about the “universe” in which we exist. The characters remain engaging and the world (universe) building extraordinary.

The last in the series?It is a good book just the break one needs from reality. I marvel at the author's grasp of the future science. I am not sure technology can be the leveller of human biology but the thought is hopeful. One would hope we take the time to improve the human along with the technology.

In Bright Light, Ian Douglas deals with the philosophical issue of how a higher-order civilisation could deal with more primitive cultures (i.e. humanity) and presents an eerily plausible vision of a future where advanced civilisations end up morphing into a single, "AI" entity.

‪Recent Reads: Star Carrier Bright Light. Volume 8 in Ian Douglas' space opera series concludes its universe-spanning Conciousness arc. A visit to a superintelligence that feeds off blue stars might just be the key to saving more than just Earth. Super AIs last all universe long.‬

good read. They take a really Scientific estimation of the future and mix it with more tradiitional And probably less realistic Science fiction concepts to make a fun story that’s quite different than most in the military sci-fi genre.

A very good book. Even though it's fiction it makes you think about what the future might bring in the way of Artificial Intelligence and Nano Technology. Will we ever be uploading or minds into computers and living forever after our bodies start failing.

Is this the end?I know should check out his website but I feel like this the closure that I could move on from the series. I won't leave any spoilers in here but it was like always well written and gets your mind rolling about possibilities. Thank you for the awesome read!

Another amazing saga from the Star Carrier series. Several "gods" competing with each other, how is Ian Douglas going to top this one?Really enjoyed this latest novel. Hoping there will be more.Thanks!

The 8th and final book in this series and it comes to a suitable conclusion ! It will be interesting to see what the new series is from this author as he always writes multiple book series !