A review by adamrbrooks
The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis

4.0

I remembered a few things about Bitter Seeds, and Tregillis does a nice job with reminders. But overall, reading this book is a bit like people hitting you with bars of soap in socks. It won't scar you, but it will hurt in many places. (Though you should read voluntarily; not so much the other thing.) Everyone is miserable, the world is broken and getting worse, deeds done for good came at evil costs that can't be redeemed. And, really... Things aren't that much better for anyone by the end.

And it's a great read, even though it felt less active than the first. (And I wish I remembered some specific details to see if they tie in correctly.)

Short version --- really, really looking forward to the finale.