Bear Head

I loved the first book in this series so much that it was going to be difficult to stand up against it. But reading Bear Head made me realise that my love for the first was bolstered by my love for Rex and that the sequel could be just as good in very different ways.

Instead of loving a character and enjoying the plot as a secondary element, the sequel takes the concept I was enjoying and brought it to the forefront of the story. The new point of view character was less lovable (while still being enjoyable to read), so the plot and the wider concepts had more room to shine.

On Mars, our POV character is a low class worker who resents his life. He doesn???t have much, doesn???t get paid much at all and there???s barely anything to do between shifts. He even rents out storage space in his memory for cash. And then he stumbles into a fight for power that he absolutely doesn???t want any part in. This felt fun, like an action packed science fiction comedy, but also managed to discuss deeper topics and make me think all without taking a break from the enjoyment.

This was my first books by Tchaikovsky, but I???m absolutely intending on reading everything else he has released. A stand out series.