Ninefox Gambit

This took me forever to read due to the fact that it ended up being way more of a military sci-distort than I anticipated. It was really creative and my biggest problem is that the author drops you into the action in medias res - which I generally like - but then never really gets to the exposition parts. I spent half the book not understanding anything and by the time I was starting to get it it was over. It's one of those stories where I bet I'd like the second book because I have some background knowledge but I may never get around to reading it.