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iffer's review
3.0
I loved Vatta's War for featuring strong female characters and being fun, relatively light military/space sci-fi. I enjoyed this, and I was glad to revisit the characters, but I didn't love it, mostly because I'm not generally a fan of survival-type stories.
annaswan's review against another edition
3.0
Far too much plot depended on the whens and whys of the security of various communication technologies, and it ended up feeling contrived.
wildflowerz76's review against another edition
1.0
DNF. This just isn't my kind of book. I got about 75 pages in and I just didn't care what was going on. Things moved too slowly and there was no personal connection with any of the characters for me.
janettedv's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this but not as much as the original Vatta's War series. I think possibly because it took me a long while to get back into the story line and multiple view points.
travelgirlut's review against another edition
2.0
This was entertaining enough to get me through a boring day or two, but it wasn't spectacular. The story dragged in the middle, and the end built up to this huge conflict...which never happened. The very end was meant to be a cliff hanger, but it just annoyed me. Not sure I'll read the next one.
kmpuzzled's review against another edition
4.0
I forgot how much I liked Elizabeth Moon's sci-fi books but am very glad I picked up this one. I'll leave the summarizing to the professionals, but basically this is a space opera that takes place primarily on a planet. There's enough description of relevant past adventures that it's OK to read without the earlier Vatta books (although they're great too) and should appeal to those who enjoy Tanya Huff's Valor/Confederation series.
courtneyreading's review against another edition
4.0
This makes me want to go back and read the first Vatta series again.
tyrshand's review against another edition
4.0
A good return to Vatta's universe. It in life's all the elements expected from a Moon sci-fi novel and doesn't spend too much time explaining the events of past novels. In some ways this makes it not a great entry point for new readers, but mostly I don't think anyone would be too confused if they started here. They'd just miss out on the character development, as this novel doesn't focus on that at all. I'm excited about the next book -- particularly if it follows one lead more than the other.
lauralauralaura's review
4.0
Oh, I love a space opera where the odds are so stacked against the shockingly competent and composed female protagonist, especially if she's military or military-adjacent. I can't explain it. So when the aforementioned protagonist's shuttle crashes into icy waters under mysterious circumstances and she has to lead a rag tag bunch of survivors through a situation whose fraughtness only becomes clear over several dozen pages? I will stay up all night reading.