title: Midshipman's Hope
author:  David Feintuch 
description: This first in a series depicting the career of interstellar naval officer Nick Seafort thrusts the inexperienced midshipman unexpectedly into a position of command, where the fate of an entire spaceship of colonists rests in his hands.<br />Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis
  
  
  CHAPTER I. TWO ADMIRAL'S IN THE BUD
  
  CHAPTER II. THE FIRST DAY AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY
  
  CHAPTER III. A TASTE OF HAZING
  
  CHAPTER IV. THE “YOUNGSTERS” WHO BECAME “SPOONS ON”
  
  
  CHAPTER V. INVITED TO JOIN THE “FRENCHERS”
  
  CHAPTER VI. DAVE PASSES THE LIE
  
  CHAPTER VII. ON THE FIELD OF THE CODE
  
  CHAPTER VIII. THE MAN WHO WON
  
  CHAPTER IX. DAN JUST CAN'T HELP BEING “TOUGE”
  
  CHAPTER X. “JUST FOR EXERCISE”
  
  CHAPTER XI. MIDSHIPMAN HENKEL DOES SOME THINKING
  
  
  [CHAPTER XII. A CHRONIC PAP
  FRAPPER](Dave%20Darrin%27s%20First%20Year%20at%20Ann_split_001.html#filepos175575)
  
  [CHAPTER XIII. MIDSHIPMAN FARLEY'S ABOUT-
  FACE](Dave%20Darrin%27s%20First%20Year%20at%20Ann_split_001.html#filepos191847)
  
  [CHAPTER XIV. THE TRAP IN MIDSHIPMEN'S
  QUARTERS](Dave%20Darrin%27s%20First%20Year%20at%20Ann_split_001.html#filepos204139)
  
  [CHAPTER XV. AIR “THE ROGUE'S
  MARCH”](Dave%20Darrin%27s%20First%20Year%20at%20Ann_split_001.html#filepos214702)
  
  [CHAPTER X