I'm enjoying this series. These aliens are so deliciously alien. They really don't feel like humans in costume. Rusch is really trying to give us a sense of sentient beings that think other, and don't rate humans too much either... More explorations of how the laws and cultures clash, and more problems for Miles Flint and his friend and ex partner Noelle DiRicci. This time a mass grave is found on Mars and this drives the Disty (which I persist as reading ditsy!) mad, and a total panic ensues. Flint works to save the day but watching how the various politicians interact is even more interesting. I'm hunting up more of her books! ( )