I enjoyed it even more than book one. We go many places, back to Earth, two new colonies, both Konish planets, into space and even to the south hemisphere of Genellan. We finally meet the fleet destroyers. We see duplicity and untrustworthiness among all races. The little flying hunters make in into space. Our heroine is as amazing as always. I don't agree with all her decisions. but she makes the story more interesting with every decision she makes.

I am racing to get number three in the series, so I can plow into it. It was a quick read for me, because I was reading in every spare moment I could dig up.

This book would probably appeal to space opera fans. There is fighting at many technical levels. Alot of fighting against the strange natural beasts of the new colony worlds. There are space battles and many attempts to avoid fighting through diplomacy. For this book diplomacy is combat through alternate means. There are alot of characters and action on multiple planets to keep track of. I could imagine many readers might not like that aspect. I enjoyed it, although, of course, there are some storylines I am more interested in than others.

My one complaint with the series is that every single female gets pregnant or wants to get pregnant. I don't know what it is with the author, but I want him to accept that in the future not every female has to serve to carry babies to term.

I enjoyed the book and looking forward to the following books. ( )