There's a good deal more, obviously, not least of which is the discussion of naval planning, technology, logistics, etc.

Though the dreadnought's configuration was derived from the aforementioned Technical Manual, its design was quite different. Vallejo renders the ship with detailing similar to the later Excelsior-class starships. Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War (1991) is a book by Robert K. Massie on the growing European tension in decades before World War I, especially the naval arms race between Britain and Germany. A sequel, covering the naval war between Germany and Britain, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea was published in 2004.

Averted at the end: Danny has a Found Family, despite the weirdness. And asks Doc Impossible to adopt her. Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?: Sarah gets her equipment from an underground Technopath with money she takes from drug dealers. Later, she relies on Doc Impossible, who it's implied provides the artillery under the table. Doomed Protagonist: Dreadnoughts tend to be the first line of defense against whatever world ending threat may pop up. No Dreadnought has ever died of natural causes, and Danny doesn't expect to be the exception. Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists and Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018.

Grey, on the eve of war: "Thus, the efforts of a lifetime go for nothing. I feel like a man who has wasted his life." Later that same evening: "The lamps are going out all over Europe," he said. "We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime." An excellent and in depth read which covers the lead up to the Great War with a specific naval edge. A great focus is placed on the German and English naval arms race with consideration to the major players.

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The Nemesis itself almost certainly qualifies. While it's not sapient, it bends reality — the Lattice Danny makes use of — in a fashion which allows for what might be called 'unreality' to exist. And with a 3,000 year orbital cycle, that may have been responsible for the gods of antiquity. It would be a futile task for me to summarize of all the history that Dreadnought covers in this review. Thus, I’ll simply settle for listing the five sections that book is divided into: The German Challenge which details the creation of the German Empire and its initial foray into naval matters,