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The Vor Game
by Lois McMaster Bujold
Lighthearted space opera whose space cadet protagonist's primary skill is not shooting lasers or using psi powers, but talking people into things. This takes him from ignominiously cleaning storm drains through interstellar espionage/intrigue to space battle. Probably my favorite of the Miles stories.