This space opera has everything--romance, mystery, interplanetary intrigue, alien bioweapons, space battles, AND vomit zombies! What else could you wish for? Perfection of its kind, with enough humanity (and post-humanity) in it to keep it haunting me for several days after. On to the sequel! 
 (NB if you own certain ebook versions--the ebook includes a whole extra free BOOK in it. So the actual story ends at the 50% point in the ebook.)