Bonus time: two for the price of one. As I was reviewing Gareth L Powell’s Fleet of Knives I figured I should go back and do Embers of War as well. It’s not like you can read book 2 of a trilogy without reading book 1 anyway.

So if you want to know more about what the publishers are hailing as being in the same league as Al Reynolds, Iain M Banks and Peter F Hamilton, go here for the review.

Or, you know, just look at these fine examples of space opera book covers.