--- product_id: 2688616 title: "Dark Matter: Star Carrier, Book Five" brand: "ian douglas" price: "£9.09" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2688616-dark-matter-star-carrier-book-five store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Dark Matter: Star Carrier, Book Five **Brand:** ian douglas **Price:** £9.09 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Dark Matter: Star Carrier, Book Five by ian douglas - **How much does it cost?** £9.09 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2688616-dark-matter-star-carrier-book-five) ## Best For - ian douglas enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted ian douglas brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Dark Matter: Star Carrier, Book Five - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51PJ1+wfyXL.jpg) ![Dark Matter: Star Carrier, Book Five - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ThiI7nhcL.jpg) ![Dark Matter: Star Carrier, Book Five - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31NFl1GY95L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A good Sci-Fi space military story but too much filler and technical detail to be a 5 star book! *by J***O on Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2014* I have purchased and read all of the books written my Ian Douglas. I like his stories and he writes a great tale when it comes to military space battles. This book is no different and at times it is a great story with a lot of action.What hurts this book and others of the series is a few issues.One is the constant repeating of data presented in past books. For those readers that have read all of the past books this is just too much filler and it is redundant.The second is Mr. Douglas' lectures on technology and science. I appreciate his in depth research and knowledge that he brings forth into the books but it is overwhelming. Tell a great story but don't try to make all the readers scientists or genetic engineers. I am sure that he loses a lot of potential readers because of the pages and pages of the book dedicated to physics and medical technology.Finally number three; there is too much politics built into the story. Some of it is necessary to the story to show that the human race is evolving but not yet intelligent enough to unite and become a motivated race determined to make its place in the galaxy. It just becomes too much of the reading material and detracts from the story at times.I still liked this book and I enjoyed reading it. It is a 4 star story. Ian is still one of the best military Sci-Fi authors and his books are entertaining and his imagination is amazing. I do wish that more details had been presented about the "star gods" but that is the next book. I hate it when a topic only exists on the first 10 pages of a book and on the last 10. I am addicted and I am waiting for the next book! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A good-to-great fifth book in a cycle *by A***I on Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2014* An uneasy truce with the alien races continues, while the Earth forces investigate a ring of six black holes of clearly artificial origin.Meanwhile the civil war on Earth reaches its peak, and the USNA forces resort to a very unconventional plan to turn the tides of war.The unexpected discoveries continue , and universe starts looking darker and vaster than ever before.If you have read previous books of the series, you definitely need to read this one.If you haven't - read all the previous books, just to get to this one. Yes, it's worth it.Now, don't get me wrong - I am giving this book four stars. That means it's a good-to-great book, something that is really worth the time. Why not five stars, then? I reserve five stars for the books that have the timeless quality - Frank Herbert's "Dune", Dan Simmons' "Hyperion" etc.This is a military sci-fi series. It's not timeless, but it is hell of a good read.There are many things that make (or break) this kind of books - the series gets all of them right: interesting and changing plot, good writing and the future military technology that is plausible and thought-through. The characters are likeable and easy to relate to, but overall the character arcs are the only thing that I would mention as just average.What I expect from good SF, be it military or not, is a fresh idea, something that will keep me thinking after I finish the book.I think this book has it - without too many spoilers, author shows how alien can another race be, and how much our human ethics influence our reactions to something that is not wrong, but just of a different evolutionary origin.Author managed to construct the alien psychology and behavior of the alien race in detail, supporting every trait with the evolutionary background that made it plausible. While the initial reaction to the alien race one has is repulsion, it was a surprise to me to realize it was my own narrow-mindedness and being conditioned to human ethics that caused the reaction, and that there is no objective "right" or "wrong" in the universe, just evolution in its myriad forms.It is usual for the SF series to wither and get worse over the course of the series - but not this one.Read it, enjoy it and wait for more books from this brilliant author! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fun read. But don't try to over analyze... *by B***H on Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2014* I described this series to a buddy of mine who is a veteran with many years of experience in intel and combat planning. In describing the series I noted the solid science that has obviously consumed a great deal of the writers time, and his obvious knowledge of naval history and doctrine. When I got to my biggest complaint about the series (application of humans' advancing technology and 'new' discoveries of combat applications that are already in use today), he replied 'It sounds like he doesn't have much background in weapons and tactics' (the exploitation of any and all technologies as a weapon or force multiplier). That simple statement served to put my complaint into perspective and I remembered it as I began reading this entry in the series.Again, the aforementioned strengths have shone through and been solid, and as expected some things just didn't pass muster in the weapons and tactics department. Case in point: throughout the series, we have seen technological advancements in ship and fighter technology. We know new ships and fighters are not economically limited, it just takes time for them to be assembled from raw materials by clouds of nano-machines. In an attempt to explain why old tech may still be employed, the writer draws from current day military training regarding aircraft. Namely the pilot has to be trained for innumerable hours to become intimately familiar with not only the interface, but the capabilities of a given aircraft. The thing is; the technology available in this series obviates nearly all of that. There is no physical user interface as the connection between human and machine is handled directly in the brain. We have a technology concept today called 'abstraction' where an interface presented to a user can be adapted behind the scenes in such a way that the user is unable to discern that underlying hardware has changed. And most of the physical performance characteristics that atmospheric pilots have to be capable of dealing with don't exist in a vacuum/micro-G environment.My rant aside, I enjoyed this latest installment, and look forward to the next book. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2688616-dark-matter-star-carrier-book-five](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2688616-dark-matter-star-carrier-book-five) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-17*