[Glencook-fans] Dread Empire's Fall?

So the other day I stumbled over a three book series called "Dread Empire's Fall". No, it wasn't by Cook, but on the off chance it was licensed or something I picked it. It's a space opera. Oh, the books are nice - plenty of character development mixed in with fleets going boom, but it's closer to the Sten books than anything written by Cook. Lots of twists and interesting setup, but not what I was looking for. Then I did a search and found a wiki page devoted to the series. It's at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_Empire%27s_Fall and doesn't give that many spoilers. A nice read (it would have to be, considering I finished the series knowing it had nothing to do with Cook), but not quite to Cook's standard. Richard