Stardust Wake

SI's writing style continues to evolve with each work and I'm looking forward to the series attached to this story.

I feel like this story relies pretty heavily on knowing Devon already, which will make this good for newer readers and perhaps harder to penetrate for newer ones. It serves as a good glimpse into Devon's personal life and stuff before her adventures to Mars, while introducing readers to Lem.

Nerys was clearly the antagonist here and while there are definitely people in real life that suck like Nerys, the character still feels like a composite of the “well-intentioned liberal” that considers “wokeness” to be a passing trend and will follow along with a wink and a nudge and can't see people for who they really are.