Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Not bad. Not good either.

This is actually 2 books in one. The synopsis is listed elsewhere, I'll skip that.The first book is complete and fairly interesting.The second book is a cliff hanger and you will need to get the next book (the stars at war II) to know the end of the story.Honor Harrington series is much better. If you are a video game / space opera fan, you may like this book. If not, I'd recommend passing. If you can't get enough of the fleet action sequences in Honor Harrington, then you may like this book.For a First Contact book with much less (but enough!) combat sequences, I HIGHLY recommend "Enders Game" instead.Ender's Game (The Ender Saga)