Had listen to many space audiobooks. After completing the frontier series (Ryk Broown) I was disappointed by several different authors. I wasn’t holding out hope for this one but, to my great surprise, it was awesome! It drew me in right away and kept my attention throughout. several “tips of the hat” to other authors and artists were sprinkled into the storyline which always brought a smile to my face. The character development is nice, I actually felt for each main character and missed them when the journey ended (only for now I hope). The story brings up many philosophical question about humanity and about man’s inhumanity to man irrespective of intelligence or achievemant. Highly recommend this book and look forward to the next installment.