Transcendental

Old-school, high-concept space opera. Really dug it, but as a lot of people remark, the stories of the aliens get a little redundant after a while. I wonder if the time spent on telling their tales couldn't have been better spent on exploration of the planet and its deadly inhabitants in the latter half of the book. Looking forward to the second and third books, but not without slight trepidation that they might not live up to expectation (as this book did not for some).