Summon the Thunder

Could've been a better book. I understand the necessity to add so many subplots, so to make it clear how grand this design is, how many elements concur to fit in a scenario that includes politics, science, exploration, warfare...but, so far, there was Quinn's story that...meh, it read like something crammed in only to justify the presence of Pennington the journalist. Considering what happens toward the end, one would ask themselves: Did we just need that particular storyline?
The last scene, set on Romulus, is redundant, unnecessary, and doesn't help at all. At that point, your emotional investment is completed already, it was like some lazy, long post-credit scene.