😂 I got my next negative review from a friend today, disappointed the book wasn't *really* space opera - which I take to mean, because it's not all epic battles - despite involving aliens, a murdered world, a mutiny, a spaceship, and an intrigue that will unravel a whole society.

But I find it amusing that all my reminders that this is Dostoevsky in space didn't sink in. I think folks don't expect me to write challenging work - but I cannot fathom why anyone thinks I write nice, simple fiction.