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However the CDF is not necessarily evil, but they aren't shy with genocide either.
The Terran Empire of the Honorverseis pretty evil. No real genocide but lots of economic slavery and exploitation. And no aliens.
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I love Space Opera genre and I know Honorverse is one of the best and well known series in the genre, but I'm still haven't read it yet. Mostly I'm intimidated by the huge number of books. And I'm still scarred by David Weber Safehold series. Haha
So Honerverse is still in my "Want To Read" list, maybe one day I'll manage to soldier up and start reading it. And is the protagonist, Honor Harrington in The Terran Empire faction?
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Hopefully you can finish your book soon.
Hate to drop a plug here, but my 2nd novel, To Summon The Blackbird, is exactly that, but a stand-alone book, not a series.
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Simple answer - no.
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Dark Mirror
Shards and Shadows
Rise Like Lions
Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Saga
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I haven't watch or read any from the Star Trek franchise, can I just dive in straight reading these books you suggested. Or do I need other books first to understand the Star Trek world.
Possibly relevant: the
Family Law series by Mackey Chandler. It’s not an exact match, and the main character is a good human. The human confederation or whatever the heck it is still has separate countries on Earth and USNA is a real bully. At least one of the alien planets they discovered is treated as slaves, and another one has its treaty flagrantly abused to the point where they declare war (and the human bureaucrats think it’s a joke).
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I haven’t read those specific Trek books, so I don’t know if you need the background from the show.
I would definitely recommend watching the episode “Mirror, Mirror” from the original series, which is the origin of the Mirror Universe. I also quite liked the two episodes from Enterprise, which tied into the original series. I didn’t care for Enterprise, so those were the only ones I watched beyond the first few in the series, and I had no trouble following what was happening,
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I'm looking for a series which the human empire are evil where they conquer and may even enslave or genocide other alien races. But not evil for evil sake. Maybe the protagonist/Human required to enslave others for survival or whatever valid reason.