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Human refugees to an alien planet discovered an unexpected form of sapience. This has a great central concept--alien sapience; consent within symbiotic relationships; the relationship between personhood, body, and community; definitions of first contact and communication--and the extended timescale and diversity of PoVs compliments it well. The secondary thought experiment about community/utopia building is less interesting and compounded by weak dialog (especially glaring in audio). Occasionally, a high concept is sufficiently engaging that the narrative doesn't need to be particularly good--which isn't to say that this is bad (it's fine; overambitious, sometimes, but fine), but I was absolutely here just for the premise and it delivers--it's pulpy, engaging, creative; surprisingly fun, given the political content and darker moments.