Started this book Saturday morning around 9am. Stopped at 2pm, only because I had guests coming over. Finished it Sunday morning. I like Tanya Huff's books a lot, in general, but absolutely devour these Valor books. They are rah-rah, go Marines!, which is hardly my usual fare, but I adore them. ( )

Snappy dialogue, action, Kyster was a bonus. ( )

A 'polynumerous molecular species that was essentially a sentient organic plastic' can sneak into your body, brain, and mind. It engineered a century's old war between the two sides as an experiment to study the species. The prisoner of war camp was the 'more controlled environment' for the experiment. ( )

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Oookay. What I said in the first two reviews about going overboard? Tanya Huff managed, more or less, not to - which is amazing given the story. But Torin is so purely the Gunnery Sergeant in this one... OK. The story starts with her going off to another battle - and not making it back. Then things get weird. And it wasn't the Elder Races lying to the Younger - no, the meddling is a lot deeper and odder than that. Interesting how closely the Others' military setup matches the Confederacy's, too. And the Di'Taykan who thinks she's a god is a) weird and b) - well, I'm surprised she survived the trip up. A weird and wonderful story, and I really hope Huff doesn't write any more - because I think she's pushed it about as far as it will go. Of course, I thought that for the last one too… ( )