Wild Sky
- 4.4 out of 5
- 180 ratings
- 238 pages
Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13
This is military science fiction following naval officers and crews as they hunt a powerful hacker adversary, manage gate-based warships, and face mutiny, sabotage, and fleet-scale combat. Language concerns are limited: a small number of harsh insults and mild oaths show up mainly when leaders are angry, surprised, or under time pressure. Violence fits a war-in-space tone rather than horror or gore. Characters discuss and use ship weapons, acceleration injuries, and at least one shooting with bleeding; samples emphasize tactics and command decisions more than prolonged graphic injury. No sexual content, slurs, or other flagged themes appear in the supplied material.
Reviews first uploaded September 29, 2026 11:06 pm. Revised October 8, 2026 4:39 am. Page updated October 8, 2026 4:39 am.
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Crude Mild
2Characters occasionally use dismissive labels when talking about others or institutions in briefing and strategy scenes; severity is light and infrequent in the samples.
Amazon reviews mentioning crude
Specific words
- idiot: 2
Profanity Mild
10Stronger insults and mild swearing appear only a handful of times in total, mostly during high-pressure military dialogue on ships and during pursuit of an adversary. Figurative uses of mild terms outnumber direct swearing in the samples provided.
Amazon reviews mentioning profanity
Specific words
- damn: 5
- hell: 2
- ass: 1
- bastard: 1
- bitch: 1
Violence Moderate
5The story centers on fleet operations, weapons, and space battle, including at least one gunshot injury with bleeding described on a bridge. Much of the matched language refers to reactors, medical tests, or non-violent idioms rather than graphic harm.
Amazon reviews mentioning violence
Specific words
- punch: 2
- smash: 1
- bleed: 1
- blood: 1
About this book
In the aftermath of the devastating Nanosecond War, Commander Richard Halen stages a mutiny on his space cruiser, the USS Wild Sky. The ship carries a massive arsenal of nuclear weapons and a Gate - a device capable of teleporting a warhead anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye. Partnering with the mysterious hacker deaf_mute, Halen moves to take control of the ultimate superweapon: the largest gate ever built. The US Navy dispatches Captain Christian Garner to hunt down Halen, but Garner will need bravery, genius, and luck to hunt the Wild Sky in deep space and catch Halen before it is too late. Read more