457 pages
English language
Published Nov. 11, 2006 by Ace Books.
In 2057, Bella Lind and the crew of the Rockhopper mine comets for their ice, but when Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, inexplicably leaves its orbit and heads out of the solar system at high speed, Bella is assigned to follow it.
Some parts dragged on.
I didn't really care so much about the conflict between the two main characters.
I liked 'Chasm City' more.
I had some problems to get into this book, but fortunately that only lasted 50 pages or so. By then the book had sunk its teeth deep into me and wouldn't let go. Very entertaining and fast read. The central conflict was extremely frustrating at times and felt a bit forced. On the other hand, humans are extremely petty and vindictive at times.
Highly recommended as an entertaining standalone novel.
This was great, a real return to hard sci-fi. This one was a lot more easy to get into than the Revelation space series. Brings to mind Arthur C. Clarke's Ranma series, but much more complete and humanly compelling.
