The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home is the first book I have read by Sabrina Chase, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It provides a rollicking good story with a nice mix of mystery, action, and suspense. It is a good example of what is being called human-wave science fiction. (Human-wave stories are not like the recently fashionable dystopian tales. They are often more space operatic, and, I would say, are restoring the sense of wonder to SF.)
The book ends on a hopeful note, but with a lot of mysteries unsolved. That is alright, however, because the story continues for two more books in which I expect all will be revealed (Raven's Children and Queen of Chaos, both now available).
Who would like this book? Well, if you liked Elizabeth Moon's Serrano Legacy and Vatta's War books or David Weber's Honor Harrington books, this might be a good book for you.