Along with a crew of various scientists, she is on a mission to explore a few planets that may have life, fourteen or fifteen light years away from Earth. Harder than I’m used to, anyway.Īriadne is an engineer. But heartwarming, character-focused…forget it.įor one, it’s hard sci-fi. Expect discussion of the ethics of space exploration. However, I went in with entirely the wrong expectations so I will say this: don’t expect another Wayfarers. This is the exact kind of thought-provoking, insightful, ultimately deeply human sci-fi that makes up the best the genre has to offer. I know that’s a cliché line to use in a review, but I wouldn’t be surprised if in a few decades she will be remembered as one of the greats. ARC received from the publisher (Harper Voyager) on Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.Īnd Becky Chambers has done it again.
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