A space opera with battles. LOTS of battles.

A kernel of a good story is buried in here, but it is filled with the fluff of too many battles, too many unfleshed characters, and races and species that are thrown in as a background that is not fully developed.
Told in a chronologically storyline that could have unfolded better by chopping things up a bit to get to the meat of the tale, or the early development of a character.

I received an Advance Reader Copy from NetGalley and Macmillan-Tor/Forge in exchange for an honest review.