I suffered through the first book in this series, hoping that Book 2 would be better. It is painfully boring. There is not a single space battle in either book, just people floating around in space guessing what might be happening on the various planets.Sula's character is completely unbelievable (the "Sula" that is pretending to be Sula). You get to learn very little about the alien species in these books. If you want a real space opera, read Saga of Seven Suns or the Night's Dawn. This book sucked so bad that I returned it and the rest of the series. Boring!