A thrilling page turner that was difficult to put down. Aaron quite deftly captures the terror and seeming insurmountable obstacles of rebellion and resistance to empire and the status quo. The nebulous and philosophical problems of capital and the modern imperial core are made very real with literal monsters, and the internal struggles of deciding how to reckon with your part in a machine of death are treated frankly and with aplomb.
I was already a fan of Aaron's work. I cannot wait to see what he does next.