This is proving a lot harder to get through than my love for Nix's other books (namely his Sabriel trilogy) would have indicated. Khemri is an extremely difficult protagonist to root for, although he at least does you a favor and acknowledges his own dickishness like, 75% of the time. Also, I'm probably just not cut out for hard sci-fi, but some sentences with too much ~lingo~ just read like word vomit to me. Almost done though, so we'll see if the ending redeems the novel. 
 Update: Finished. The ending is okay. Er... a bit disappointing from Nix, but I do appreciate his effort writing in different genres.