If the way Ambassador Ode Abumwe’s team kept getting undercut by hidden players during the Conclave peace gambits hooked you, you’ll love how Ambassador Mahit Dzmare navigates the glittering, treacherous court of Teixcalaan. As Mahit and her liaison Three Seagrass unravel plots within plots—much like the B-Team chasing the faction sabotaging talks—you get razor-edged political maneuvering, cultural brinkmanship, and a conspiracy that threatens an empire. It’s the same charge you felt when Harry Wilson had to outthink enemies in the middle of a diplomatic firestorm, just in a different imperial labyrinth.

Loved Harry Wilson’s quips and the B-Team’s deadpan humor when missions went sideways? Bujold delivers that sparkling wit in spades. In A Civil Campaign, Miles Vorkosigan tries to woo Ekaterin while navigating elections, scandals, and dinner-party disasters that spiral with Scalzi-esque comedic timing. The tone mirrors the laugh-out-loud exchanges you enjoyed during tense CDF–Conclave standoffs—only here the battles are fought with etiquette, stratagems, and outrageous faux pas.

If hopping between Harry Wilson’s field fixes, Ambassador Abumwe’s briefings, and other perspectives kept you glued, the dual narrative of Holden and Detective Miller will feel right at home. As their threads converge—from the Canterbury’s destruction to the horrors on Eros—the mosaic reveals a conspiracy with the same "big picture emerging from many angles" energy that drove the B-Team’s serialized missions toward that jaw-dropping finale.

If the camaraderie of Abumwe’s diplomatic unit—and the way each person’s niche skill saves the day, from Hart Schmidt’s savvy to Wilson’s BrainPal hacks—made you care, you’ll click with the Wayfarer crew. Rosemary, Sissix, Dr. Chef, and the rest form a found family whose interpersonal sparks and cultural clashes echo the B-Team’s teamwork, just with more downtime in galactic backroads between crises. It’s that same ensemble heartbeat, tuned for character warmth and curiosity.

Did the serialized ‘case-of-the-week’ feel of the B-Team—each mission a sharp little puzzle feeding a bigger mystery—totally work for you? Adams channels that vibe as Arthur Dent ricochets from one absurd galactic incident to another with Ford, Zaphod, Trillian, and Marvin. The brisk, vignette-like adventures and dry asides echo the tone of briefings-turned-firefights and snappy mid-mission detours you enjoyed—only cranked to gleefully anarchic heights.