Good writing, but the story did not fill me with excitement.

I read this because I believe it's a prequel to [b:Edge of Dark|22822946|Edge of Dark (The Glittering Edge, #1)|Brenda Cooper|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1413850230s/22822946.jpg|42375792].

Unlike Edge of Dark, there's no robots and the only spaceship is the one that everyone lives on in a repressive society. My main problem was that the repressive society didn't feel believable to me.

Still, I imagine I'll read the next book in the series, [b:The Diamond Deep|17737089|The Diamond Deep (Ruby's Song, #2)|Brenda Cooper|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1375366469s/17737089.jpg|24815748].