Skirmishes
The latest book in Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Dive series, Skirmishes interweaves three plots together: a past encounter at the Room of the Lost Souls, the beginning of Boss’ attempt to dive the Boneyard and recover more working dignity vessels, and a confrontation between Cooper’s two working dignity vessels and a larger force of ships from the Empire.
Readers will want to be caught up with the earlier works in this series, because it will make absolutely no sense standing alone. The biggest complaint I had about this book was that it doesn’t advance the plot very much. With three separate narratives to follow, there just isn’t time to narrate events along each timeline very far. And while the narratives do come to a degree of resolution, there’s not enough to time to build tension before the climax arrives.