Some aliens want to destroy the universe, there is a telepathic tree network, chicks with katanas, and, umm, killer robots and stuff...

Tor, 2014, 672 pages
( Space opera. It's very space opera-y. Yup, this sure is a space opera. )
Also by Kevin J. Anderson: My review of Tau Ceti.
My complete list of book reviews.

Tor, 2014, 672 pages
Twenty years after the elemental conflict that nearly tore apart the cosmos in The Saga of Seven Suns, a new threat emerges from the darkness. The human race must set aside its own inner conflicts to rebuild their alliance with the Ildiran Empire for the survival of the galaxy.
In Kevin J. Anderson's The Dark Between the Stars, galactic empires clash, elemental beings devastate whole planetary systems, and factions of humanity are pitted against one another. Heroes rise and enemies make their last stands in the climax of an epic tale seven years in the making.
( Space opera. It's very space opera-y. Yup, this sure is a space opera. )
Also by Kevin J. Anderson: My review of Tau Ceti.
My complete list of book reviews.