Terminal alliance

This was funny space-opera stuff. After a plague turns them into zombies, healthy humans are an endangered species, our heroes are among the last survivors, working as janitors on an alien spaceship that they suddenly find themselves in control of. There are plenty of alien races with their own agendas, space battles to win, and a conspiracy to uncover.

I liked this book, but there was one aspect that spoiled my overall great impression: The "movie in your mind" dramatization of the audio book version. You wouldn't believe how much noise there is in space! At times it's hard to hear the characters speak over it, especially when there's dramatic music in the mix during the many action sequences.

Mops and her crew of space-janitors are dealing with a sanitation emergency aboard the starship Pufferfish when something takes out the entire rest of the crew. As the sole survivors of the attack (sort of), they must find out who attacked their ship, why, and what the grand plan is.

Science fiction too often ignores the so-called lower decks: the little guys there to do a day's work for a day's pay. But aren't their stories just as valid as the bridge crews'?

John Scalzi's Redshirts meets Tanya Huff's Confederation series in this light-hearted take on military science fiction.

4.5 stars as it did lag a bit in the middle.