384 pages
English language
Published 2020 by Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated.
This entry to the series is still strong. Exploration of places and gripping turns. I felt emotionally attached to the group's outcomes.
Much less world- and character-building than the first book, and the book really drags in the 3rd act.
Martha Wells is an excellent world builder. This is a fun setting (a world, on a leviathan!) and some interesting cultural clashes between the different groups in their world and a very nice metaphor about what different communities need to be sustainable and thrive. The Rift plot didn't work that well for me, and I wish there were more development of many of the metaplot questions raised in the first book. Solid 3.5 stars
Really enjoyed a world where the populations are diverse as heck, and the stories were excellent as well.
