Title: Haze
Description: Haze, a mysterious planet that lives up to its name in more than one way.  Set far in the future after a war with Asia that America lost, there is an American who is a Security Agent for the Federation that controls everything and everyone.  We get to share a very few of his previous assignments and the personal cost to him of each one.  Then comes his assignment to scope out the planet Haze, where he encounters a world and people he never imagined.  While I generally dislike books where separate stories are intertwined, Mr. Modesitt manages it seamlessly.  A very good read.
Subjects: Fiction, science fiction, general, Science fiction, Fantasy fiction