Great follow up. It shifts gears into a slower instalment after the action packed previous book, and that was a great choice. Slower parts are handled better, punctuated with a lot of noticeable quiet, human moments that accented a lot of the character arcs.

Also loved bringing Pa back into the fold; the pirate queen and her life situation with her poly partners and moral conundrum in tandem with Filips perspective of Marcus ratchet up the tension throughout.

The authors have a knack for ending conflicts in interesting ways, too. There’s some awesome space dog fight sequences and there’s also huge resolutions handled in few page counts but as impactful.

Very impressed. It’s inclusive fiction peppered with science when it can explain what’s happening. There’s believable psychology with all of the characters. Feels like they’re only getting better at writing the series as it goes along.