A Call to Vengeance

I am quite enjoying this series about the early days of the star kingdom of Manticore. In this story as the title implies, Manticore is out for revenge against those who attacked it. They are also desperately trying to discover why some shadowy entity wants to conqueror the star kingdom – remote and relatively unimportant as it is.
Travis Long and Lisa Donnelly head out on separate missions to try to achieve those goals. Minor spoilers: Unexpectedly (to me at least), they find strong allies in The Republic of Haven and The Andermani Empire. Axelrod's agent Llyn continues to be very competent, lethal, and downright nasty as he works to achieve Manticore's downfall.
Meanwhile, back in the star kingdom, tension builds as some politicos try to take advantage of young queen Elizabeth. She will need (and find) unexpected allies as she takes over as the new monarch.
(Aside: I think that the addition of Timothy Zahn and Thomas Pope has given Weber back some of his mojo.)
A solid four stars.