To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

Hovered long over 4 or 3 stars on this one. It won the GR SciFi category for 2020 but this did not blow me out of the water. Paolini gets the nudge to four out of sheer hard work put into it (especially the Science appendix that demonstrates diligence to cover what is not his background, which was the “hat tip” moment I got for non-historians like Follet attempting Historical Novels)
the 3 star part is that it is hardly an original topic, nor plot., but it was a fun ride and I do, again, give a nod for him deciding to keep it all in one book instead of splitting it into two.