Odyssey One

A military warfare SF book, heavy on the warfare. The plot is a little contrived, human-kind's first starship, on its first voyage, immediately makes contact with an alien race, who happen to be long lost human cousins, who are in conflict with another alien species. Warfare, ensues.

The technology and hardware is quite believable, apart from some quaint references to “rumbling of the reactors” and space fighter planes “roaring to the attack”. Perhaps an ironic hat-tip to early SF?

I enjoyed the book, and have just started the second one.