A review by seeinghowitgoes
Confluence by S.K. Dunstall

4.0

It wasn't until we were deprived of Radko that I suddenly realised how much love I have for Radko! More action packed than the previous novels, Lancia is stepping up and is forefront in the plotline. Emperor Yu is determined for Lancia to take it's rightful place in the New Alliance by forging engagements for Michelle and Radko to force new allies. As a result, Radko is sent away on covert ops and Ean alone without his normal protection as they continue to learn more and more about the lines.

There's a lot more Line and high level politics in this last(?) installation in the Linesman series, Ean's separation from both Michelle and Radko means he spends much more of the novel stepping up to the plate, but it was the Radko POV chapters that had me hooked.

Sorry to see this series go, but if this was the last one then it had quite a satisfactory ending.