The Phoenix in Flight | 
Took me a while to get into this, mainly because I was distracted by the World Cup and didn‘t pay attention to the second chapter but now I can‘t put it down. Epic space battles! - but I wish I had a bit more sense of the distances between planets.
20 years ago the Dol‘jhar were foiled in an attack on the Thousand Suns, the systems ruled by the Panarchy and now Eusabian, Avatar of Dol and Lord of the Kingdom of Vengeance, is mounting his revenge
humouress We get lots of viewpoints, including from incidental characters, but the main POV is Brandon's - the Panarch's 3rd son (and those around him). 10 years ago his eldest brother engineered his disgrace and dismissal from the Naval Academy and has controlled his life since. Now, on the eve of the ceremony as one of the Panarch's heirs, he decides to walk away. But this coincides with Eusabian's attack. 1y
humouress There is some 3 Stooges-type slapstick but it‘s easy enough to ignore it 1y