I read the first three and have mixed feelings about them. They're creative and well executed. The stories are definitely captivating. But particularly in the l

I read the first three and have mixed feelings about them. They're creative and well executed. The stories are definitely captivating. But particularly in the later books the author's religious views come out and start coloring things in a way that personally I find a turn off. I feel the same way about the Honor Harrington series, which is basically a riff on redoing Horatio Hornblower in space. The books are quite engaging if you like the gimmick, but the author is a conservative monarchist (in the UK sense) and it comes through pretty strong in most of the books. In the later ones he balances it out a bit though, so I'd guess he's grappling with some view changes of his own.