I'm a Reynolds fan, I admit.

Despite the fact that this is clearly a [b:Rendezvous with Rama|112537|Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)|Arthur C. Clarke|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A3XG7MN8L.SL75.jpg|1882772] story type and some of the paradigms feel old, it is a very well done piece of Space Opera.

Despite my usual practice of reading a number of books simultaneously, as usual with Reynolds, I couldn't put this one down and read it strait from start to finish.

It is the first Reynolds book outside the [b:Revelation Space|89187|Revelation Space (Revelation Space, Book 1)|Alastair Reynolds|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1287699211s/89187.jpg|219037] series, that felt completely right to me.