Harmony is a classic 'reluctant hero becomes a very important person' novel with a dash of action, humor and romance. For some odd reason, these kinds of stories are my kind of thing, along with books, movies and other media that have women as their protagonists. Don't get me wrong, but there's always something...different in having a female protagonist than a male one. It's probably just me, because I've been seeing media that has male protagonists for my entire life and having one that is of the other gender is refreshing.
On to the story itself, the book takes place in the future (as does 90% of sci-fi media out there) where humans have colonized the galaxy. Of course, in almost any sci-fi media that you could find in mainstream, there's always a war or a threat of a war that would occur in the entire story itself; nobody can satisfy everybody and humanity found themselves at odds against the avian race called the Marils.
Of course, again, in every war, there would be neutral parties. The most prominent of which is the Harmonic Empire, a system of 7 planets (Harmony Prime and H1-6) that have closed off their borders from all outside contact due to their reputation of being the only source of Badger metal, a type of metal that can be used to protect starfighters and starships from severe damage against ship-to-ship weapons.
In a nutshell, the story mixes political intrigue, love for the family, military action and witty humor and comes out with a beautiful space opera that would make you fall in love with it when you finish the story. The characters are lovable, especially Sissy, and you would yearn for more of it when the story ends, because it clearly marks that the end of the story is simply the beginning.
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