Against the Tide, by John Ringo
This is the third book in John Ringo’s “Council Wars” series; and though it has some good moments I’m afraid it was a disappointment overall. Plot-wise it carries on from the previous book in a rather obvious way, with few surprises or new ideas. Worse, Ringo has a taste for sex games and fantasies of a sort I really dislike, and after showing a certain amount of restraint in the previous book he lets himself go again here. I really don’t need to hear major characters lecturing on how to properly conduct dominant/submissive sex games, thank you very much. I suppose he’s entitled to his kinks, but I’d really prefer it if he refrained from sharing.
The fourth book is out in hardcover; I’ll take a look at it when it comes out in paperback, and we’ll see if it’s worth continuing with.