Darrien was an interesting main character, I enjoyed going on this journey with him. I liked him as a character and he felt like a real person to me.

Something about this just didn't click with me, and I ended up not finishing it.  I quit after just a few chapters.  Maybe I just wasn't the intended audience.

The premise behind this science fiction novel is that an engineer is sent to a distant planet to repair some equipment, and along the way he is drawn out of the vortex that speeds them along and crash lands on a planet.  However, there is initially some confusing dialogue implying that his appearance on an alien world has been carefully contrived.  He then is taken to a prison planet, where he meets other beings and they plan their escape.

I liked the way the aliens were not described - there was enough to tell the reader they were different, but we were left to form our own mental images.

I found the back story to the events confusing and not presented very well.

Overall a reasonably entertaining middle, with dry patches at either end.  I kept expecting some twist or revelation and felt the ending left too much to a sequel.

Thank you to NetGalley and BHC Press for allowing me access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

It's an interesting book.  The plot was intricately woven.  One does not understand until the ending why people are acting as they do.

Pretty good. The author creates a good amount of suspense, and does a pretty good job of creating interesting characters. I like hard scifi and this belong in that category. I have to check out the next the series.

I really appreciate the copy for review!!