The overall story is exceedingly episodic. Of course, that could have been the intention, given the random and confusing predicament the protagonist Sirantha Jax finds her self in at book's beginning.so who knows. It took a little while for me to not feel lost in the world created. There was a lot of specialized jargon thrown in (though most was easy enough to deduce) characters or themes introduced without explanation. …but whilst on the subject of 'those first few scenes' (the first 15%, I'd say): they were fast and furious. Indeed, it took some getting used to but eventually melted into the background, especially after the first few scenes after a while I honestly didn't think about it. There's nothing inherently bad about that particular narrative mode, but it's just so rare (in the UF/SF/F books I read, anyway) as to feel…weird. I'm not going to lie I was a bit hesitant about reading this book when I realized that the narration is carried out in first-person-present. But this first installment in the Sirantha Jax series is quickly reminding me what I loved so much about the limitless-and imminently enjoyable-possibilities that sci-fi can offer. Though historically science fiction has been one of my favorite genres (and my longtime co-favorite book is evidence of that), I've read embarassingly few (read: next to zero) such books in the last few years. A group of rogue fighters frees her.for a price: her help in overthrowing the established order. Then a crash landing kills everyone on board, leaving Jax in a jail cell with no memory of the crash.

As the carrier of a rare gene, Sirantha Jax has the ability to jump ships through grimspace-a talent which makes her a highly prized navigator for the Corp.

Grimspace by Ann Aguirre