I still like the war theme in this duology, I think it was done very cleverly with Gods, a focus of the media communications and the importance of reporting the true and sharing the true with people. I enjoyed the politics behind everything, the schemes and the spying.
The writing is impeccable and will keep you grounded and interested. I though the ending was a bit bittersweet but I could understand it - there are no winners in a war, just less or more destruction in every level.