Tiamat's Wrath

This book is a bit of a change-up from the rest. Not in quality or in kind. But because James Holden is the key element in each of the other books in the series, but in this one, he is almost (but not quite completely) absent.

BUT, don't let that put you off from reading this book. It is still extremely good. This book is like the calm before the storm, except it's full of action and political intrigue to the brim. In fact, having now finished the series, I can say that this book sets the series up for it's explosive conclusion and it does so extremely well.