I got this as part of my desire to sample all of John M. Ford's work after his death.
Its space opera folks, but much more operatic than then traditions of space opera (or horse opera). The characters are well drawn with a minimum of words, and the author gets a lot of mileage out of a small space empire. The end is worth it, from the fate of the empire, to the fate of the heroes.
Its space opera folks, but much more operatic than then traditions of space opera (or horse opera). The characters are well drawn with a minimum of words, and the author gets a lot of mileage out of a small space empire. The end is worth it, from the fate of the empire, to the fate of the heroes.
