This brought to an end the first 'series' of these Horatio Hornblower meets space opera books that I have thoroughly enjoyed.
This was clearly two books munged together to make a trilogy instead of 4 and the ending is somewhat open ended. The author must have been sure of the strength of the setting because he revisited it some 10 years later. Books that I will get to soon enough.
Whilst there are plenty of 'space' naval hijinks in this book, a lot of it is about resistance operations on the ground. These books have been solid, entertaining 4 star reads. Nothing ground breaking but just enjoyable.
Recommended.