A long con involving three dispirit divergent homo sub-species, a self described divine AI, a dishinged bomb maker, a delinquent geneticist, a dying con man, and a démodé fleet leapfrogging technology with an eleven year cycled paired time traveling wormhole.

Hard science fiction that starts as a slow read until the brain can wrap around the nuances, then it pops big time. I absolutely loved it.

Enough detailed science for the geek at heart to sift through; exquisite characters; the requisite divergence, subjugation and domination of the different factions; and cringingly: The Puppets.

I received an Advance Reader Copy from NetGalley and Rebellion Publishing in exchange for an honest review.