And now the sequel to Off Armageddon Reef (booklogged here; and by Amy here).
I'm really enjoying this series. I have enjoyed most of Weber's series that I've read (the Honor Harringtons and Mutineers' Moon series, primarily), but I think I like this one best so far. (Who knows, perhaps Napoleonic naval battles are best as Napoleonic naval battles, rather than Napoleonic naval battles IN SPACE.)
Anyway, the story continues along the same excellently-plotted lines, although the mood shifts. After the warfare-heavy end of Off Armageddon Reef, Schism shifts to the politics of Safehold, and we learn a great deal more of the internal workings of Charis, other realms, and the Church as the repercussions from this work themselves through, along with the revelation of a secret society that retains some knowledge of the world's true history, and the transformation of the Kingdom of Charis into a larger polity.
(For those of you who can't hear "Weber" and "politics" in the same paragraph without quailing - well, I was never as bothered by the politics in the Harrington books as a lot of people, but suffice it to say that these are handled a lot more subtly.)
And we end the book heading back into a third volume with the promise of more warfare then. Fortunately, By Heresies Distressed arrived here yesterday, so it sits nice and soon on my to-read pile.
