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Another social/political novel as much as sci-fi. In fact, the weird science doesn't come in until much later, to resolve the theological debates throughout the book. It starts with Tighe's life in a small village as he nears puberty and continues through his life as he is conscripted into a war and has further misadventures that I won't go into as they would be spoilers. I did find it a page turner, to find out what happens next, but not quite as good as his first book, [b:Salt|950129|Salt|Adam Roberts|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1179733267s/950129.jpg|935053] because it had less focus on two social structures in conflict but went through several with more focus on the one character, with a weak ending.