Review: Very good!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 30, 2013
Don't pay too much attention to the blurb.  It emphasizes the wrong stuff.This is (thankfully) not another coming of age story.  Characters are mature and act like it.  There are none of those behaviors breaks that some authors use to drive the plot along.  These folks act like people, not puppets.The writing is very smooth.  There is a little initial confusion while the story gets rolling and then it was a couple of hours until I noticed how much time had passed. Good editing and good writing!I liked the story.  I've been doing a Norton binge lately to catch up on some things I haven't read in a while and this is similar in level of complexity.  You are not forced to deal with heavy science just to get through the book, it's just a framework for the story.  Actually more like a cross between Norton and Moon.  Think Vatta universe with telepathy...All-in-all, I'd say 4-4.5, but for the initial story-line clumsiness and the main protagonist getting really extreme in the end.  Conceivably within character, but it hit my limits. That and pushing the science and engineering somewhat.  I'll buy a standard ship getting some engines that can get 200% of a similar ship of that class, but 400%.  Physics has consequences, and size tends to be one of them. You just took all of your cargo space for your engine boost and the fuel to support it.Get the sample if you are nervous.  I bought the book right after finishing the sample.