I just wanted to pop in and say how much I enjoyed Karen Traviss's latest addition to her series.
It nearly all worked for me and really focus's greatly on Kal's hypocrisy, which seems to be leading toward a potential fracture in his little family.(Though I doubt this will be the end result.)
Chapter 12 was just rock solid, with Capatin Maze and a surprise I won't mention here.
Darman is going a little crazy, but I love the reasons he had to stay with the Empire, and also the reasons he later develops to leave it.
Fan's of the Traviss-verse will likely love this book