A Time of War (UK) or Days of Blood and Fire (US) by Katharine Kerr

… I was disappointed in A Time of War — I feel as though Kerr has lost her way a little. One of the high points of her first quartet is the fact that the storyline flits back and forth in time, deepening your affection for various characters in the different lives they have lived. Here, when she moves to a more linear storyline, I find myself less entranced. Part of the problem is that I’m finding it hard now to care about any of the characters… Read the rest.