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I found it quite funny and enjoyed the author's humorous approach to a scheme involving the Republic of Eden and the Ghast Empire to destroy the British Space Empire, (and coincidentally Earth as well.) Frost's play on the stereotypical mistrust and similar feelings that 'proper British men of stout spine and spirit' feel toward the French 'cowards and backstabbing lot' had me howling with laughter. Especially when Smith declares with deep depression that the ship must seek assistance in 'Europe' to pursue their mission. Overall, I give it 5 stars as good summer reading or for when you truly want to be entertained for the afternoon with a great read.


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A Game of Battleships Chronicles of Isambard Smith Toby Frost Books Reviews

After a hiatus of some years, which largely seems to have involved the author being called to the Bar, Toby Frost has produced a fourth volume of Smith, and its like he was never away. In Space Captain Smith, our eponymous hero faced off against the insectile Ghasts, while in volume 2, the fanatically religious Edenites were the primary antogonists. Finally, in volume #3, Wrath of the Lemming-Men, Smith dealt with the deadly rodent followers of peace-loving war-god Popacapinyo.

How do you top all that? Well, the answer is to have all three opponents show up, allied together the Edenites, Ghasts, and Lemming-Men having formed a unholy marriage of convenience, aided by some long-lost super-secret technology (ok, it's a dimension-shifting cloaking device). To counter this new threat, the diplomats of British Space Empire and its allies (various aliens and Europeans) must agree on the terms of a treaty...with Smith & Co the only defence.

From the action-packed prologue to the last page, this is an excellent romp. I'd love to see it on the big (or small) screen, but I suspect it would be too much, and too clearly a homage to...well, pretty much everything sci-fi. But its better than a mere rip-off (or even homage), being great fun in its own right, internally consistent, and packed with jokes from the sublime to the ridiculous (such as pretty much anything said by Suruk the Slayer). Its actually proper space opera while simultaneously being laugh out loud funny.

Go read the "look inside" bit. It only gets better from there.
Awesome book awesome series! I highly recommend this book to any one! One of the best series of books i have read.
I found it quite funny and enjoyed the author's humorous approach to a scheme involving the Republic of Eden and the Ghast Empire to destroy the British Space Empire, (and coincidentally Earth as well.) Frost's play on the stereotypical mistrust and similar feelings that 'proper British men of stout spine and spirit' feel toward the French 'cowards and backstabbing lot' had me howling with laughter. Especially when Smith declares with deep depression that the ship must seek assistance in 'Europe' to pursue their mission. Overall, I give it 5 stars as good summer reading or for when you truly want to be entertained for the afternoon with a great read.