The Worst Ship in the Fleet

By Skyler Ramirez,

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Brad Mendoza is an idiot. He knows it, and so does everyone else in the star nation of Prometheus. A promising naval career down the drain just because he accidentally killed 504 civilians. So, it's time for him to give up and accept a dead-end command on Persephone, the worst…

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2 authors picked The Worst Ship in the Fleet as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

In The Worst Ship In the Fleet, Ramirez introduces an intriguing collection of characters including the washed-up, alcoholic war hero Brad Mendoza and the victimized and abused Jessica Lin. He brings aboard even more colorful characters as the series unfolds (keep an eye on Hayley Uvalde) and does a great job creating a rich and varied universe that kept me turning pages until I fell off the end of the series.

Warning: Book 1 is pretty short and Ramirez almost lost me at a cliff hanger ending mid-series, but I kept reading in spite of it. The series was just…

I love this book because it is a story about space travel, and it features a flawed character as the protagonist. Most people are flawed; it’s very hard to find a morally perfect person, so I appreciate a book that features an imperfect protagonist.

I am also a fan of redemption—one of my books features a character who has done terrible things but can redeem himself with one good thing. 

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