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A very interesting debut novel. The rotating first person is nearly all between two characters representing two different societal groups which land together to colonise a planet ('Salt').
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The huge divide in views and opinions eventually lead to a war, for which neither side is totally at fault.
A good book about a war with an interesting political/society based edge.
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Plot & Themes

Tone of book    -   depressing/sad FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?    -   science fiction story Explore/1st contact/ enviro story    -   Yes Explore:    -   colonizing/homesteading another planet Political power play    -   Yes Political plotlets    -   preventing/managing clash/war between govts/kingdoms War or Invasion    -   Yes Major kinds of combat:    -   guns    -   air battles Is this an adult or child's book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   engineer Age:    -   20's-30's

Setting

Terrain    -   Desert    -   Mountains Spaceship setting:    -   futuristic human freighter/transport A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:    -   empty, or nearly empty world Planet outside solar system?    -   Yes Takes place in spaceship?    -   Yes

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   moderately detailed references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only)    -   some scientific explanation How much dialogue?    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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