I got this book from the library to decide whether to purchase the latest David Weber book “War of Honor”, since it comes with a CD-ROM with twenty-some novels from Baen Books in it.

I did Lois McMaster Bujold, and Weber’s stories are somewhat in the same vein, though I can’t vouch for the ongoing quality. Having read most of the Vorkosigan books by Bujold, I’m prejudiced that she is the better writer, but ‘On Basilisk Station’ is after all Weber’s first book.

Short version: I bought the book with the CD-ROM.