"Cordelia's Honor", a starting point in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series. So good: I'm a fan of space operas, and enjoyed the Expanse novels and Scalzi'

"Cordelia's Honor", a starting point in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series. So good: I'm a fan of space operas, and enjoyed the Expanse novels and Scalzi's Interdependency series. These novels are as enjoyable as those were, though Bujold focuses more on two people rather than chasing multiple different threads. I get a solid "I enjoy this like I remember enjoying Heinlein" vibe from the books, and Bujold's politics is more inclusive and less Curmudgeonly Old Libertarian than Heinlein so that's a win for me too. I'm now guzzling the rest of the books in the series. Each novel stands alone, but there's a timeline and continued characters.