Synopsis

Gallantry in Action is the first installment of the Jonah Halberd Series by John J. Spearman. A sci-fi military novel set in space, the book follows Captain Jonah Halberd, newly assigned commander of the spaceship HMS Cumberland, an advanced cruiser in the Royal Navy of the Commonwealth, currently under the reign of King Edward XII. The Commonwealth is at war with the Rodinan Federation. Halberd makes use of his ingenuity and that of his crew to stave off disaster, standing bravely in the face of overwhelming odds time and again.