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** spoiler alert ** A denser, more complex novel than I typically read, this sf novel published nearly 20 years ago is about Dominic Emrys Ieuan Glynwr, Viscount Harlech, Prince of Cymru, who was second in line to the throne of this Welsh- governed planet. But all of Niki’s family was assassinated and he got away.

Years later, we meet him again as Niki Falcon, the longest- living gestalt pilot in the verse. Gestalt pilots have implants and take drugs to become one with/ navigate their ships, which are capable of amazing feats. But gestalt pilots have a man- made degenerative disease. As Prince, Niki tried to save the Cymru, as a pilot he is also capable of great things.