FWIW, I am not a fan of fantasy sci fi, i.e. wooden spaceships and such, nor am I overly keen on hard sci fi such as Alastair Reynolds.
I enjoy more tradirional space opera and one of the last really good series I read was the Gap series by Stephen Donaldson. There was plenty of well written intrigue, nasty and dark characters plus it was truly compelling – very hard to put down.
Could you suggest another similar style series as this?
by larhon1