The Consuming Fire

I had a good think about why I am enjoying this series so much. Part of it is the space opera/political intrigue which is entirely my cuppa. The other part I think has to do with the fact that while the characters at first seem a little simple without too much development of the course of fairly plot-heavy books, they can be divided into essentially two camps: characters motivated by doing good for others and characters motivated by doing good for themselves. The interesting thing is that this places people from both camps on the protagonist/antagonist teams. And that's a big edge towards keeping this series from being overly simple.

If you liked The Collapsing Empire, it's definitely work continuing, and I'll most likely finish the series up after a break for my book club.