Theft of Fire

It's always weird when I review a book by a friend (or in this case the husband of a parasocial Twitter friend) ‘cause I know I'm supposed to give five stars. But I recently read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and gave that four stars, so understand my rating in that context: it was very good, I enjoyed it a lot, but it was “only” Heinlein-level quality.

This is a sort of Firefly-esque universe, with a good “classic sci-fi” feel. The author clearly knows actual science, but uses it merely to make the technical aspects accurate. It's engaging and keeps up a good fast-but-not-hectic pace throughout.

Highly enjoyable. Impatiently awaiting the eventual sequels.