Worlds of the Golden Queen Book

These books (they were originally published separately) are good old fashioned hero literature, infused with some interesting science fiction concepts, and interesting interactions with a society of beings that actually deserves the term 'alien.' It seems to me in most science fiction, the aliens are very human like. They are humans, but angrier. They are humans, but with a matriarchal society, gills, and most of them act like they are Buddhist... that sort of thing. The Dronon are actually quite an alien society, and therefore more interesting than average to read about.