The Privilege of Peace

Yet another fun Torin Kerr adventure! Huff hits that mix that makes for a great military space opera: likable, relatable characters; intergalactic politicking; thrilling adventure; and a dark sense of humour that helps prevent the story from getting bogged down in the face of the violence that fills the characters' lives. I could easily read another twenty books like this, I like it that much.

The one downside to this book is that it's rumoured to be the last Torin novel - and it doesn't feel like that at all. The Big Yellow storyline gets resolved, obviously, but there's no sense of the ending of a story arc for Torin and the rest of Strike Team Alpha, which is a little disappointing.

A fitting finale to the series, and a chance to reconnect with a couple of my favorite characters (Alamber!), even though some of the usual suspects only play a minor part this time (like Presit).
I'm going to miss Torin and her crew - good thing I can go and re-read both the Valor and the Peacekeeper series whenever I feel the need for a bit of (ex-)space marine snark.