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Newscast: Today the Speaker of the Table of Ministers and the Grand Council of the Familias Regnant was assassinated while en route from the shuttleport to the Palace. Read the first page
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This is also the first novel in the series that isn't self-contained and obviously leading up to another series of books. A number of new characters appear and are almost force-grown into their roles. There isn't really a main thread to follow, and the events taking place are somewhat forced along (there are some brilliant deductions taking place in the complete absence of any hard facts).
Overall, the book is very much a prequel to some very large distruptions in the Familias Regnent universe. In itself, the book is weak and not as good as the others in the series. As a lead up to the impending events, it shows great promise of things to come. In some ways its quite blatent in its scene-setting.
This is definitely one for fans of the series. I hope the next set of books fulfil the promise of this one, and also bring the Serrano Legacy to an ultimate conclusion.
Firstly, while Change of Command is very definitely a sequel to Rules of Engagement, the main character is not Esmay Suiza - as the reader might expect - though her story is advanced during the course of the novel. There are a number of different storylines in the novel (some with old characters, some with new), but the main character is almost certainly Brun Meager. In fact, it is possible to argue that Change of Command makes Brun into the central character of the entire Serrano sequence.
Also, while the story advances several plotlines left open at the end of Rules of Engagement, it closes at most one of them and opens several new ones, none of which are closed at the end of the novel. In fact, each of the last five chapters leaves one or more plotlines that will need resolution in the sequel - Against the Odds, which is firmly scheduled for American publication later this year (and, presumably, British publication sometime next). Together, though, the two will almost certainly be a satisfying read even to those who have not read the rest of the sequence.
But, apart from this, the novel is well up to Elizabeth Moon's usual high standard, and readers of earlier novels will be happy to be reacquainted with their friends (and enemies) from the Familias Regnant.
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