A lot of pure fun to read, and a great example of how a simple plot and fairly straightforward storyline can be engrossing as long as the characters are enjoyable enough to want to spend time with. A group of survivors wake from suspended hibernation on a crashed ship on an alien planet. Among them is our narrator, the Admiral... a rank which immediately becomes suspect to the suspicious military crew on the ship. Together, this motley bunch has to solve the mystery of what happened to them, face the dangers of an alien world, and decide if they're going to trust their mysterious leader, the maybe-Admiral, whose amusing and cynical commentary on events could be right out of a Zelazny book.