The start of a second series of "Lost Fleet" books with "Black" Jack Geary in command this time with Tanya by his side as his wife, although that seems to be in name only. The book starts with Black Jack and Tanya headed back to the fleet when, surprise! the politicians do something stupid and create havoc in the fleet which is all surrounding this one station while Jack has to find a way to make it right. And it seems like that was the theme of the book, the politicians trying to mess things up with the fleet and Jack (and Tanya) have to find a way to make it right. The first book of this series didn't have nearly the excitement or the enjoyment of the first series, it was plodding and repetitive and ended in a cliff-hanger that didn't make me wish for more.