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Firstly, I love the book. It was dense but written well to cope with denseness, and interesting. I particularly liked how information about the Carryx wasn't just mass exposed. We could have gotten a cultural info-dump but instead we still have a lot to learn and that keeps me wanting more.
However, I thought the Rak-Hund were an odd choice. Deadly, yes, but also easily killed. Honestly, the Carryx seemed just as efficiently deadly. In all those conquered worlds, the Carryx couldn't find an executioner with more utility? A species that also flies, or with near unpiercable armour, or one that doesn't leave a mess behind?
I think the point of them is the sickness they spread when they die and the fact that they're easily expendable and I would wager they don't really care about dying, which makes them fearless.
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Maybe I'm misremembering but I thought it was the Rak-hund that cause sickness when they died not the soft lotharks