PositiveChicago Review of BooksLeicht goes to great length to give us a wide array of characters with diverse gender identities, different planets of birth, and varying shades of humanity (or lack thereof) ... Though it can feel challenging to work through the sometimes muddled initial exposition, the eventual star of this novel is its worldbuilding. Leicht creates a fascinating, compelling universe that combines the violent, human-settled frontier with the strange, unique beauty and alluring intricacies of diverse life forms across the galaxy ... The book is a sobering, allegorical view on the grisly business of expansion, and who gets displaced, or worse, in that process ... Leicht’s novel feels important now, as exploitation and violence continue on our planet. It feels empowering to read of characters on interplanetary adventures fighting for the underdog.
