Another great science fiction book by John G. Hemry a.k.a. Jack Campbell. This book is a blend of hard SF, military SF and legal drama. It describes the first tour of duty of a young Navy Ensign (Ensign Paul Sinclair) on a deep space ship. One of his side jobs is as the ships legal adviser. When a new officer on the ship causes an explosion which kills an enlisted man, his side job suddenly takes on great importance and a test of his character. A great read which I highly recommend.

Another good Paul Sinclair Story

Finished the second "Paul Sinclair" story and liked it immensely. I will say Mr. Hemry's court room descriptions are a bit of a slog. I spent 20 years in the military with 10 of them as a senior NCO [The Air Force's version of a Chief Petty Officer ) I was involved in 2 Courts Martial (look it up civies that's the correct way to say it) as Master at Arms and find the procedures described here accurate to my experience. Maybe that's why I find some of the detail a bit tedious. But to the rest of the book - OUTSTANDING! Good character development, good sense of literary tension and he always comes through with a satisfying ending. Readers can buy the book knowing they'll get their money's worth.

Hemry, alias Jack Campbell, writes compelling stories and this series about the legal ramifications in the US Space Navy is the same. I have enjoyed the whole series. This story has a nice action sequence to set up the criminal and legal story as our Lieutenant Junior Grade Sinclair has to lead a fire brigade to put out a fuel fire in engineering after an explosion.

I like this one better than the first in the series. More courtroom drama and development of old and new characters.

The second installment in the JAG is Space series is structured much like its predecessor, A Just Determination. Paul Sinclair is now a Lieutenant JG, still serving on the U.S.S. Michaelson. A deadly accident in forward engineering isn’t investigated as it should. An officer attempts to cover up the truth. Sinclair is in the middle. To mix things up, his girlfriend Jen’s father is a Navy Captain. Major trial in the second half.

This story is a bit weaker than A Just Determination, but still quite good. If you liked the first book, you will undoubtedly like this one. Hemry does well in advancing Paul and Jen’s stories and the changes in their characters.

Note: Hemry also writes under the pseudonym Jack Campbell.

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Very good story that happens to take place in space, but could easily be on any US naval installation nowadays. Not sure why of the four JAG in Space novels only this one is unavailable for kindle, but I managed to pick up a secondhand paperback. This series is interesting and worth reading. Looking forward to the next one.

Awesome space disaster rescue and courtroom drama! :DDD Horribly awkward space romance! DDD: (Bonus for all female characters, including the love interest, being fully rounded individuals, though. I'll put up with some awkwardness for that.)

A less-obvious plot than the fist of the series, and overall a more entertaining novel with more going on at all times. I'm not entirely sure on the trial itself - pretty thin evidence, particularly when you're calling the novel Burden of Proof.

Very like the first, an enjoyable read. I really love how he extrapolates current-day Navy culture and tradition to the future (the year 2100. I had wondered how far future we were, and he mentions a document with a date once!) Warning, though: the first half of the book is about character and atmosphere, and the legal problem, which is the main plot thread, does not pick up until halfway through.

Liked it.

En la línea del anterior aunque el caso es más entretenido.

In my opinion this is the best book in the JAG in Space series. Not so much a whodunnit but a howdyaproveit? John G. Hemry's knowledge of the navy and legal proceedings is brilliant as always and he managed to put a character in a book that almost everyone has had to work with before, the kind of ass that manages to do nothing and take all the credit.