I really hated this book. I have read S.M. Stirling before and enjoyed more than one of his books. This piece of trash I grudgingly finished in audio and almost lost my cookies a few times. This gets two stars due to Harvey's character who deserved much more face time. I kept hoping it would get better... It didn't. Personally the author comes across sexist. A woman going through so much would not just shrug it off and be able to stay sane. I'm sure he thought he was being clever to make her so strong. Not realistic and just plain disturbing that the author can write this with a straight face. Besides that the characters, save for harvey, were boring and one dimensional. I will scream at people to stay away from this book. Thankfully I didn't lose much of my life on this since you can multi task with audio.