“Once you‘ve got wings, you‘re having too much fun to bother with sentience.”
Werst nodded thoughtfully. “That explains most of the pilots I know.”

Excellent wrap up to the series. I'll miss Gunny Sergeant Torin and Craig and the gang. Especially Alamber. ( )

At the midway point of this book, I was a bit confused at how disjointed the narrative was -- it almost felt like a series of interconnected short stories -- but by the end I was wishing for twice as many stories. While most of the loose ends are resolved, there's plenty of opportunity for more; however, given that the author calls this a trilogy, I wonder if this is in fact the end of Torin's story. Maybe a chance for another spin-off featuring Alamber? ( )

Tanya Huff says "The Privilege of Peace".will be the last Torin Kerr book,  I've followed Torin Kerr through the five Confederation novels, which I think are some of the best and most innovative military SF novels ever written and then on to the three Peacekeeper novels, which show how Torin, having helped end a galactic war hundreds of years long, handles the peace.

"The Privilege of Peace" was the perfect goodbye to the series. It moved the story arc on, engaging most of my favourite characters but didn't make the mistake of tidying everything up.

As I left the book, I could see that Torin had grown and, in the process, had helped me understand how much more difficult the maintenance of peace can be than the fighting of a war.

I'd love there to be another Torin Kerr book, but if there isn't I'll look on this as nine great novels, set in a universe I believe in, with people I care about, which never took the most obvious path and always placed accountability above expedience. I real life was like that, I'd enjoy living there. It isn't, but at least I have Tanya Huff to show me that it could be.

Margurite Gavin's narration has always increased my enjoyment of the Torin Kerr books.   Her voices are so well thought through that I could immediately recognise who was speaking, regardless of sex or species.
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This book pretty much continues right after the previous one so may not be the best place to start. The Peacekeepers at the Dept of Justice seem to be fighting Humans First on all fronts including in their own ranks. The piece of Big Yellow that was found in the previous book is going to be shown publicly before it is locked away. Torin, Craig and Presit are there to touch it to see if they can get a reaction that the scientists couldn’t get. They do get a response by the way of the data sheet sending a signal to the rest of the Big Yellow and of course Torin and crew are needed to be there when Big Yellow arrives. The ending is good, but I certainly want more stories in this setting.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley
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Good story, as usual. Torin and her Strike Team (and a newly established team, just to round out the numbers) runs into problems old and new. Humans First is being more of a pain, a data sheet of plastic is discovered to be more than just a data sheet, Presit is running for election, someone tried to shoot Torin (and succeeded, more or less), the Silviss are attacking... The return of Big Yellow and some very interesting interactions on site rounds things off nicely. There will be some major changes soon - hope we get at least some short stories dealing with the fallout. ( )