Exactly the same as the previous books, although I must say I'm finding the catty infighting between Rione and Desjani very tiresome. If Campbell wanted tension between them, the fleet/politician divide would be absolutely fine, but he's trying ot make it related to their various sexual/romantic links, which is just silly. Rione and Geary called it off ages ago, before Geary and Desjani even acknowledged their feelings to themselves, so Desjani has no reason to feel threatened; and since Rione called it off and insists she never had any real feelings for Geary, she has no reason to be catty to Desjani. Campbell has been really good on gender throughout this series; it's really disappointing to see him fall into the trope of 'women's conflicts must be about romantic rivalries', especially when the romantic rivalry is dumb and unworthy of their otherwise adult, responsible characters; and a different, much better source of tension is so easily available.