Shards of Honour

I had heard about these books, so wanted to try them. I didn't like it. Not because it was poorly written or because I didn't like the characters. the primary plot of the book involves political intrigue, palace plotting and complicated social relationships. I don't generally like any of these nor is it easy for me to follow these kinds of plot threads. But, if you like this stuff, than dive right in, you will probably like this book. The author writes clearly and well.

The other thing that irritated me was that the SF trappings in the book were just stage settings. If you replaced every reference to a space ship with a sailing ship, planet with country you would have the same story set on Earth