I do not read the Familias Regnant books for deep discourse but for entertainment so this one surprised me a bit with being a somewhat darker than the previous three. The protagonist, Esmay Suiza, has recurring and extremely disturbing nightmares, and her lack of will to confront and treat these symptoms affects her Fleet career negatively. Her personal struggle and doubt brings depth to a story that else would had been a not only predictable but shallow space opera.

My main objection is people are dying left and right, some of them while being abused, but you never feel affected by it. This book is as clinically clean as a Star Trek Next Generation episode, stuffed with red uniformed nobodies.

I still liked it. It's a capturing and fast read. ( )

A re-read. I enjoyed it as much the second time through. ( )

Reading this book once again for the n'th time and thoroughly enjoying. Although part of the Serrano series this book is as much about Esmay Suiza. Good Read! ( )

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"Esmay Suiza had done her best to clean up before reporting as ordered to the admiral aboard her flagship, but the mutiny and the following..." ( )