Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1)

Captain John Black Jack Geary s legendary exploits are known to every schoolchild. Revered for his heroic last stand in the early days of the war, he was presumed dead. But a century later, Geary miraculously returns from survival hibernation and reluctantly takes command of the Alliance Fleet as it faces annihilation by the Syndic.

Appalled by the hero-worship around him, Geary is nevertheless a man who will do his duty. And he knows that bringing the stolen Syndic hypernet key safely home is the Alliance s one chance to win the war. But to do that, Geary will have to live up to the impossibly heroic Black Jack legend...