I'm out.

I thought the first book was well-written, but making rape a central part of the story made it difficult for me to recommend. I thought the second book might move on, and we get more science fiction.

I was wrong.

Rape is the central theme of the first half of this book. Add on chapter after chapter of internal monologuing that does the opposite of "show, don't tell", and entire chapters that interrupt the story in order to deliver a Wikipedia-style background on concepts that haven't been explained.

I don't understand how this book has any fans. Do yourself a favor - don't read this.

And seriously - deciding to make Morn pregnant, and then focusing an entire subplot on the kid that happens to look exactly like the rapist? Any hope I had that the author would stop focusing on rape went right out the window. I can see that the rest of the books will be about the kid's angst about being the child of rape.

Which is too bad because the Police plot along with Angus's rebirth is actually really interesting, as well as the incredibly biological aliens within Forbidden space. Oh well.