The Children of the Sky (Vernor Vinge)

This is a sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep, which I really loved. This one wasn't as much to my liking. The first story had a huge galactic sweep and some really amazing, mind-blowing ideas for science and alien species. This one had no actual new ideas, and the action was limited to a small portion of one world. The story focused on the political treacheries and manipulations of several factions of Humans and Tines (the pack intelligences native to the world), which is not as much of interest to me. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either.