2005: Cagebird by Karin Lowachee. Book 3 in the Warchild series. Imprisoned (queer) space pirate Yuri pressed into spying by black ops team. A lot of interesting, nuanced stuff on trauma & trust; also just an A+ space opera. Hugely underrated. Whole series has been reissued & new books forthcoming!

Oh hey look at that, my library has an ebook available!

2006: Carnival by @matociquala.bsky.social. Estranged gay couple forcibly reunited by the homophobic ecofascist govt they work for to go do sus diplomacy/spying on matriarchal planet. Read this on release & had never read anything like it. Interesting stuff w/ intrigue, gender politics, & trust.

You are single-handedly busting my annual book allowance.