Masters of the Vortex by E.E. "Doc" Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is both a mix of the classic Lensman space-opera stuff and a better side-story that gets rid of the super-standard superman stage 4 Lensman to lets us reboot it with a singular, highly-specialized super-man who can nuke wild self-sustaining nukes.

Of course, this man levels up in power through the novel, learning that he is so much more capable of being a hero than just a nuke nuker, to gaining a crew that reminded me a TON of TOS Star Trek it's not funny, to mental gymnastics that put most power-creep stories to shame.

That is to say--it's classic space opera. :)

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