Eyes of the Void

When people talk about things being widescreen, this is what they mean. This book careers between several planets and solar systems, stuff gets blown up all over the place, brilliantly original aliens do horrible things, different factions of humanity vie for galactic supremacy in the face of existential threat, there's something nasty in the woodshed of space-time, and our heroes are right in the middle of it all. Shards Of Earth was terrific fun, and this maintains that. It's high concept, high energy, high fun space opera, and roll on the next part.