Product Description

A hideous accident kills the senior officer of UNS Hibernia, leaving a terrified young officer with the daunting taskof saving 300 colonists and crew aboard a damaged ship, on a 17-month gauntlet to reach Hope Nation. With no chance of rescue, Nicholas Seafort must overcome despair and exhaution, malfunctions and mutiny, in the name of duty.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #294509 in Books
• Published on: 1996-11-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 391 pages

About the Author
David Feintuch worked as an antiques dealer, photographer, real-estate investor and attorney before becoming a full-time writer. He died in 2006.

Customer Reviews

Gonna make this short and sweet
I am not a great one for over analysing a book, content to treat this type of book exactly for what it is, a light easy read.
This certainly describes this book.

Bought as a gift, I was not even going to read it as I tend towards fantasy epics. After having read it, I am glad I did.

From the opening paragraph I was hooked. It reminded me of the grammer school I attended, and I could instantly relate to the antics of the middies. It was the element of human interpersonal relations within the book that I enjoyed most.

All in all, a smashing read. Literally couldnt put it down, and finished it in one sitting. Enjoyed it so much, I have ordered the rest of the series.

Well recommended....

HOPE
The first in the 'Seafort Series', 'Midshipman's HOPE is a story based on the idea of how Nicholas Seafort must overcome several diffecult dicissions, including treachery and betrayal, which will eventually lead him to become captain.
The story begins in the year 2194, Seaforts' first flight.
The author, David Feintuch, has managed to create interesting characters, and insert them into a well-discribed futuristic background, telling of the first interstellar flights, and how jump-drives were invented, (something which is only told in very few sci-fi books).
After investigating the wreck of one of the first ships, the first 'high ranking' officer dies, which begins to tale of Seafort moving up the ranks.
As well as dissagreements from his fellow officers and the ship's computer, Seafort has to put up with the angry colonists his ship is transporting to the colony of Hope Nation.
As the story progresses, in Part Two, Nicholas discovers several base personal hiding in the jungle, one of them claiming to have witnessed the arrival of an alien species, (something which Nicholas sees). The book finishes nicely, making you want to start reading the sequel.
However, my only gripe is it is written in first-person. As I have mentioned in other reviews, I often find that with first-person pespective books, they are good stories, but the detail is laking more, - in other words, while I find it easy to understand what the author is describing, I prefer third-person perspective stories. Slight gripe aside, a good book which I'll enjoy several times.

A Rebuke to Mr. "Top Ten Reasons not to read this novel"
I don't wish to turn a reader critique forum (a highly civilized place) into a bickering lounge, but I must take the responsibility along with two other bold reviewers to notify all you potential readers out there to ignore this fellow. If you read this book as you would read any, keeping an unbiased and pure mind, you would probably find great content if not satisfaction in reading the book. To consciously look for sexual undertones where there are none, however, implies someone who enjoys having their mind in the dumpster when they could be experiencing a true adventure for what it's worth. Again five stars--that's five general 's stars--to Nick Seafort.