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While it's not perfect, I have to give it 5 stars for quickly igniting the Gaiman Theory of Great Stories: “... and then what happened?”

If you like weird fiction, definitely check this out. Its mysteries are often more mysterious to the characters than the savvy reader, but glimpsing where things were going didn't dull my enjoyment at all. In fact, it had me marveling, “If we know all this at 30% in, what's going to happen NEXT?”

I'm definitely going to check out more of Bennett's work after this. He created some amazing characters and a lot of engaging ideas. At its heart, this is an emotional story, despite sci-fi trappings and action sequences, and he absolutely nailed it.