Nice.
This is Tchaikovsky going a little more traditional space opera with an all action story of enigmatic, overpowering Alien apocalypse. This one had its bones in the Revenger trilogy and strangely, Mass Effect 3.
The usual motley crew dynamic is given a fresh spin and these characters are engaging and things don't exactly go as you think they might with them. There is still a little room for Tchaikovsky's signature zoological weirdness as well.
Recommended and I will be buying these as they come out.