7/10

Almost a great novel. I felt this book had a great beginning and middle but once the Artifact is found I was kind of getting disappointed as to what it was and what it stood for. I liked the different character view points, the vividness of the Planet as well, and it had just the right amount of relationship b.s. you'd expect from a hard sci-fi. All in all I'm glad this is just a stand alone novel but I wish the ending had been just as exciting as the the first 350+ pages.

7/10