This is proper science fiction, in that it contains both good solid science and good strong fiction.
Set in the far future, when humans have long abandoned the Earth they have wrecked, our species is divided into the descendants of the wealthy who colonised Mars and the remainder who left on a fleet of great homestead ships.
But there are many other species in the universe: some humanoid, some not; some friendly, some decidedly not.
A daughter of Mars escaping her past, Rosemary Harper joins a diverse deep space crew of wormhole tunnellers aboard the Wayfarer, where she makes friends, grows up and has the adventure of a lifetime.
This ambitious novel achieves a lot via its imaginative world building and depth of character development. The road trip the Wayfarer embarks on for a dangerous contract enables multiple stops that add to the picture of the state of the universe and its various inhabitants.
Believable relationships, exciting action, geopolitics, the story has it all, along with a reassurance that the good guys are those with tolerance, empathy and loyalty, regardless of their planet of origin.
Thanks goodness there is a sequel so we can find out what the crew of the ramshackle Wayfarer gets up to next.
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