I really enjoyed this book. Even though it was confusing until we learned what was going on.

Having read most of Adrian Tchaikovsky's books, I'm amazed at the breadth of styles he uses and worlds he has us inhabit.

He's also gifted at writing aliens that are truly alien and characters who don't all thing the way I imagine he thinks. Here the aliens descended from Earth animals, but they do think differently from humans and Tchaikovsky does an interesting exploration of what intelligence and sentience means.

People seem to suspect that this is the last volume in this series. It feels like this might be the case. I would be entirely happy if there is another. But then, I'd also like more volumes in other series he's written and even sequels to some of his "stand-alone" novels. So, I'm good with letting him decide where to take us next.