A blunt, sweary take on the end of an empire, think Armando Ianucci's Dune. Guilds, Noble Houses, Emperors and a rebellion on a miserable planet, but instead of a fight to control the means of FTL travel, it's just going away altogether whether anyone believes it or not coughclimatechangecough.

It's a fun read that's eerily prescient in some places given it was written '15-'16, and world (universe?) building is decent, but there's a lack of subtlety that takes the edge off. I liked how the characters don't quite have all of the right information at any one point in time, but none of the skullduggery is particularly surprising. Will probably read the rest eventually.