I think one of the (many!) remarkable things about the book is that it is impossible to put down after simply reading the first page, a mere three paragraphs. Lansing was a masterful writer, for sure.
Agreed. I'm not much of a reader but the flash forward to the destruction of the ship opened up so many questions going forward and back... how did this come about? Who are these people? What happened next? How do we even know these details? I couldn't stop. And the writing really conveys the events and the mood of the crew.
