Arrr....

Suspend my disbelief...

Right, there will be space travel one day. We have it now of course, but travel between the stars will happen, even if it is only generational ships.

But very large, Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter size bunnies, cognizant and able to act as a ship's Engineer?

No...

This is not a great tale. First because of the bunnie issue, which is a euphemism for race relations around the era of WWII in the US Navy. Blacks could only be stewards in the mess, and peel potatoes. They were not to be anywhere else.

Then we have the issue of death and how a son reacts to their father's demise. The hero of this story really does not react at all. He is on the hop, as it were all the time and so does not think of that, yet has a great deal of character development time to think of everything else, such as the issue of society and class.

And just to grease the wheels, the little bunny that could, saves the next King so he can become the richest bunny their ever was, and get all he wants as well. I said this was a fantasy, I mean Science Fiction... Amazon's recommendation system kept throwing this at me, since I buy and read many Sci-Fi's.

If the author had thought a little more about what he presented, for instance an older protagonist who would have enough knowledge to survive, instead of presenting one who had barely any training, as well as one who had the emotions of loss, it might be a compelling tale. As it is, I can't suspend my disbelief to read any more in the series. ( )