A review by tome15
Antares Dawn, by Michael McCollum
3.0
McCollum, Michael. Antares Dawn. Antares Series No. 1. Ballantine, 1986.
The premise here is that a supernova has disrupted fold-space points, cutting off a planet from the rest of human culture. This isolation changes when a battle-damaged warship with a dead crew arrives, indicating that there must be another fold-point somewhere near and that human culture is being menaced by warlike aliens. The speculative science here is good, but characterization and plotting are routine and show their age. Old school space opera in the Hornblower tradition.
The premise here is that a supernova has disrupted fold-space points, cutting off a planet from the rest of human culture. This isolation changes when a battle-damaged warship with a dead crew arrives, indicating that there must be another fold-point somewhere near and that human culture is being menaced by warlike aliens. The speculative science here is good, but characterization and plotting are routine and show their age. Old school space opera in the Hornblower tradition.