Title: A Space Colony's Declaration of Independence
Product review: Compared against "The Ecolitan Operation", the main character is no longer borderline sociopathic and has a clearer sense of the consequences of his actions. Somewhere mid-book he realizes the incidentals (i.e. innocent people) matter. I could get behind the actions of this more human version of Jimjoy.The entire novel is about hard choices: freedom vs. subjugation, the loss of control in the face of war, and principles pushing power (and the reverse). A brief romance as side plot, but the majority of the novel are preparations for Accord's independence followed by actual space missions and battles for that independence. This one had more action that Modesitt usually writes, and may have been a stronger novel for it.Recommended, but in the form ofEmpire and Ecolitan: Two Complete Novels of the Galactic Empire: The Ecolitan Operation and The Ecologic Secession.
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