Well, this is right up there with Janet Kagan's and Diane Duane's best work. Totally not what I expected from a friend who usually hands me hardcore military SF. Look, if an author can get me to like medical SF? Holy crap, that's scary.

It's great - and I do not use that word lightly - for all the reasons the best of Star Trek, Young Wizards, and Honor Harrington are great: Character investment and world building that includes strong mixed social elements. That it addresses the ethics of consent is the delectable cherry on top.

Holy crap.