The Way to Glory: RCN Series, Book 4

Drake, The Way To GloryThe Way to Glory (2005) is the fourth novel in the RCN series, following The Far Side of the Stars.Leary is assigned to the pirate tender Hermes captained by Commander Aban Slidell Commander Slidell has just been absolved by a Court Martial in the death of a supposedly mutinous crew. Rather than override the findings of the Court Martial the Admiralty assigns Leary as the senior lieutenant to the crew of the Hermes by “adjusting” Leary’s date of rank. One can’t help but speculating that the Admiralty believes the Court Martial got it wrong and wants to double check on the captain.I highly recommend this novel for fans of Dave Drake’s “action novels”. Yes, it has some character development in it, but what good novel doesn’t?Gunner July, 2014

Leary will be clever, sometimes impulsive, Mundy will continue cool and calculating. Ideal partnership, as I noted with a previous installment. Recognized as such, they figure in more than one spider's tangled scheme. Ah, politics in a fermenting Republic! You will love the sketches of fellow officers- in the main, deserving of Leary's respect. Especially compared to the drones attending the parties described elsewhere.And politics shuffles Leary to another ship, new, larger- commanded by a man under a cloud. Assigned to fight pirates, the cruise will be unlike the others. (If you think about it, space would only encourage the hit and hide tactics that attract criminals.) In this, the parallels to Napoleonic warfare-at-sea are clear. Along the way there are shakedown and ship repairs in addition to learning operation of a anti-pirate Tender.Finally, does Drake need to keep repeating the Father-son and Father-vs-Mundy controversies? Just say that they don't speak to the old snake.

The plot of the series is one that I learned of by finding the first book in a trading book store, then another. I found this military space theme with two main characters such a unique idea that I bought the rest of the series and put in an order for the next one coming out.

The Leary series is the science fiction version of the Aubrey/Maturin novels. If you like them, you will like these. If you are an SF type, the reverse is also true.

Easy read (for myself) and great characters!Lady Mundy is soooo enjoyable , and not over done.Lt. Leary and crew are a blast as well.I feel that you can enjoy the series if you do not get too serious about what happens and where they end up!!!Just try and enjoy it!!!(IMVHO... )

Another great Lt. Leary book, though we all know he wouldn't be where he was without his "librarian" Adele Mundy. I eagerly await each new book in this series, though I will read most anything written by David Drake. My only quibble with this book is that nothing is resolved regarding the "mutiny" and execution of crew members by Lt. Leary's new commander in his {the commander's) previous ship. Perhaps we will hear more about that in a later book??Also, it would be nice if we knew just exactly why Lt. Leary and his father don't get along, what the original big dispute was about??In any case, it's a fun read.

The Daniel Leary series is military science fiction Space Opera at its best! The stories keep getting better and better with each new installment. May the author keep churning Leary novels out for years to come! I keep reading the Leary volumes again and again every year as I enjoy them so much!

An amazing and exciting Sci-Fi adventure in the finest space opera tradition. Space and land battles enough for the most avid military Sci-Fi fan, but with a touch of both love and politics for others. I can't help but recommend this volume in this series to every die hard Sci-Fi fan.

This is my favorite (so far) of this excellent RCN (Lt Leary) series by David Drake. I'm not usually an avid reader but this series has got me really looking forward to spending an hour or so each evening reading them.

Quite frankly, this is a darned good read. It combines the best storytelling with the solid foundation of a previous epic. I'm so heartened there are many stories in this series on the Kindle. This'll have me gently entertained, relaxed, inspired, intrigued and adhered for months to come.

A good exciting yarn, very readable, what I would call an easy read, not demanding. But excting, a good example of what I would call military science fiction.

Excellent series.

exactly what i wanted