The book follows the maiden voyage of the station/ship Plenty, now under the control of Tabitha Jute. The very long hyperspace journey and the strange computer now controlled by the personality from Jutes old ship make for a surreal trip, especially when the route changes. The huge distances combined with time warps within the ship mean for some the journey takes not only years, but decades.
Unfortunately, the journey is really not that interesting. The book has various ideas, but is overlong and contains what feels like plenty of padding, trying too hard for style when some more story would be better.It has it's moments, but is quite a disappointment after Take Back Plenty.
Review by Paul Silver, 2004
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