“space opera. cool strong lead character. likable, well conceived secondary characters with depth. cool concepts = alien life forms, politics, etc. a decent entertaining read, but overall about a B, if i was grading. it's missing something, and I'm often frustrated with Charijo, the main character. She gets key info that would help solve whatever her problem is, and then she forgets about it, in one case, she didn't explore her options or ask the right questions for two books. also...”