Back to Elizabeth Moon

After a bit of a hiatus, I've begun reading Vatta's War.  You can kind of think of Kylara Vatta as the "anti-Heris".  Where Heris Serrano, at the beginning of the Serano Legacy, is tossed out on her ear after a storied and decorated career, Kylara is tossed from her military training after a brilliant start as a cadet.  The progression from disgraced former to cadet to civilian trader captain at war with virtually no resources is well told and well thought out by the author.  It is a story that invokes only the barest ghost of the earlier series.  Some of the tragedy in the latter books of the series I felt were a bit rushed through compared to the way Kylara lingered over and dealt with similar tragedy early on.  I also felt that way about similar points in the final novel in the Seranno Legacy.  This, however, is the only detractor I found in Vatta's War.  An excellent series for sci-fi fans, or those who just want a good story.