Some Golden Harbor

RCN Series, Book 5

By: David Drake

Narrated by: Victor Bevine

The tyrannical Alliance continues its war against the Republic of Cinnabar, and Daniel Leary, newly promoted to Commander, and his crew have a new mission: stop Dunbar's World from falling to an invasion by the planet Pellegrino. Nataniel Arruns, son of the dictator of Pellegrino, has landed with a large contingent, intending to set himself up as the ruling warlord, with the planet's population becoming serfs of the Pellegrinian overlords. And Dunbar's world has no more than their local police force to oppose him.

Leary again commands the corvette Princess Cecile, but on this mission her missile tubes are empty. Only one man is in a position to aid Leary, but the rich and powerful would rather see him fail than succeed in stopping the invasion. Leary must somehow overcome a large entrenched force on an island defended by powerful plasma cannon and shipkilling missiles and backed up by a heavily armed warship in orbit, all while commanding only a small and virtually unarmed spacecraft.

But Leary again has the help of Signals Officer Adele Mundy, who can make computer networks do the apparently impossible. Leary, Mundy, and the crew of the Princess Cecile have gone up against impossible odds before, and their opponents in those victorious missions are still wondering just what hit them.

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Another Excellent RCN Series Installment

I should put a disclaimer here that I love all the RCN books tremendously. The dynamic characters, the storytelling, the clean, easy-to-understand ship-to-ship battles; they make up a most excellent and fun to read/listen to space opera series. Some Golden Harbor is probably one of my least favorites, but that still puts it far ahead of other books and series. It focuses a bit too much on the political chess game that is being played around the characters for my taste, but there is still plenty to recommend it. Definitely enjoyed it!

I love adelle

what can I say. each book is great. each book is readable out of order.

Daniel is sent to the back of beyond to get out of the way. As usual he shines as does more than ever expected.

adelle kicks ass and shows her usual expertise both at communications and killing things.

I love all of these books. The narrator rocks it.

I've loved all the books in the series. The author is excellent at characterization, the battles are edge of the seat. It does get tiresome being constantly reminded that Tovera is a snake and why Adele (sp?) is the way she is, but I expect that's because the author has written the books to be read in any order.

Excellent story

Another well written and compelling story in the RCN Series. When I read the books I found the difficult to put down, and now I find myself listening to the book in the gym or in the car during my commute.

I agree - Drake's Best Writing

I came to the RCN series rather late (after 6 books had been released), so when I found how much I liked the series, I started listening to them all at once. The narration is excellent and so unobtrusive, I find that I listen to the same books over and over. After about three times around, I think I agree the "Some Golden Harbor" may be the best of the lot.