Read this book in just about a day. It was a bit longer than the previous two novels in this series and picked up exactly where the previous one left off. Again, we had too many characters to keep track of, especially as more were introduced. The story progressed along smoothly, but I don't think the title was apt at all. I also find the cover art to not represent the story much, as I assume it is Damia and Afra on the cover at their Iota Aurigae tower. Who else could it be?

Ms. McCaffrey had a fine review of the previous events for those who were reading these novels as published with time gaps, or who, perhaps, had time gaps to deal with between reads. She refered back to events in context so the reader would remember the peak points.

Overall, I enjoyed the story, although I found one of the unions to be rather trite and I imagine even offensive for some readers. I think you can tell the author is getting older as she writes these novels because certain things you just don't see from younger authors.