Yeah. This is the only book of the trilogy that I actually own - bad fan, I know - and I started looking through it for the next post, and... well. This imitation has pretty art, but the book is so much more compelling. All the comics feel rushed, and they all leave things out, and not just worldbuilding details.
Well, the Katana fleet stuff is multiple plotlines by itself. I love this novel. Got sucked in by the stuff near the end.