New all time favorite book alert!

So, I obviously don’t know what the reading experience would have been like had I read the prior books in this trilogy, but it was an understandable and exciting read on its own. 200 years after the Communist Federation defeated the capitalist Empire, capsules of sleeper agents preserved through time awaken. Their plan to wait out the destabilization they expect time to produce in the new Federation is set in motion, but they don’t know that there are double agents in their midst, and a thrilling struggle for the future of humanity unfolds.

This book is a richly detailed vision of the future, full to bursting with interesting technology and social structures. I could read many more novels exploring the ideas of the cybernetically enhanced “cybos,” and the “groups,” tightly knit groups of people selected for compatibility, which allows them to work together towards new technologies and space travel. The action never lets up, de Rojas constantly throws the reader into new situations and easily establishes the world and huge cast of characters. While I did find the ending somewhat cliche, it was also AMAZING, and I fully delighted in reading this smart, thought-provoking, tense and fast-paced novel.