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I read this expecting it to be very similar to its prequel: a cyberpunk noire novel with lots of violence. The latter part still features prominently but the plot revolves around an alien artifact excavation this time. It's still fun and all but not really what I was looking for.

@tfb@functional.cafe @abs@ihatebeinga.live Didn't end up liking it. Might be just a me thing, though. I can't get into military SciFi where you need tons of IRL military knowledge to really parse what's going on.

This book shines with its very interesting world. The coolest aspect to me was the mathematics-based space travelling (with sometimes somewhat wonky pseudo-mathematics, admittedly). This book only scratched the surface of what there is to know about the world of Neverness. It seems there are 3 more sequels to this book but they've been out of print for a long time so it may be tricky to get my hands on them. I'll still try, though.

The best aspect of this book is that it is often very funny. However, I've seen the plot of jumping through different time periods a bunch of times done better. It is especially sad that only one, maybe two, of the future time periods is explored in any detail. Also, the book is often weirdly horny?

Looks kind of schlocky, which should make it perfect to listen to as an audio book.

In my experience, the third part of trilogies usually sort of tapers off. This is also true here but not as bad as in many other series. Overall, this was still a pleasant read.

Without spoiling too much, this book delves deeper into the faction the previous two volumes sort of left unexplored. That means that the series closes without leaving you with any burning questions about the world building, which is quite nice.