Devon's Island

Wow. Many of the developments that lead to the mission are hitting closer and closer to home, so this was not a comfortable leave-reality-behind-and-escape-into-a-story read for me. It made me wish for an option to leave this messy planet behind and start again from scratch somewhere far, far away.

I thoroughly enjoyed all the sciency little details that went into the mission planning, but I had trouble keeping track of who was who in the huge cast of characters.
Would I like to read the next book in the series? Yes. Do I hope that the next story focuses more on fewer people? Also yes.