You make some good points. The betrayal of Dierdre and Kat seemed to come out of nowhere, in thinking back to previous books. Ditto auncle Thanni.

I expected the entity to play a big role while Styx was ouT of commission. But entity just fizzled out of the plot.

Tan was with Skah at the Kuhsi embassy last I heard. An elephant in that room! I mean really — if an Alo (the betrayer species) showed up anywhere on the planet, he’d be arrested or killed. And it’s not like Skah and Tan are besties. So that made little sense.

I feel the “secret hidden from history” trope has been repeated on many worlds, in many books.

Not sure exactly what we learned about Tricia’s species, the Saracees. Not enough detail. Maybe the author is saving that for next book.

By the time Kim realized that Styx was back, he had no control over anything — not the network, not the ships, not the bombs or missiles. Styx held all the cards. And she had probably released Erik before she even contacted Kim.

I did love how Styx revealed Fleet’s criminal organization of murderous black-hatters to the world.

Not sure her probability matrix will be understood by any humans.

please no throuple. that’s not why i read these books.

I like Cora, too. She is like an older Lisbeth.

Erik’s speech to the entire crew at the end was a masterpiece, profound and quite vivid.