Where do I even start?
Every time I read another story of @Yeoldebard I feel like I just found a new favourite. This time I feel like I first need to take some time to gather my jaw from the floor and put it back together before I can produce anything coherent, though, as I just finished reading and I am stunned and elated and million other things.
So thinking what is the strongest point of this story... I could say it's the amazing world building, as the space ships and space stations and planets and races inhabiting them all come to life in a signature ascetic style of @Yeoldebard which always focuses our eyes on important details letting us fill in the rest.
I could also say it's the story - the plot itself full of adventures that bring about twists and turns or maybe up and downs basically every chapter, keeping us on the edge throughout most of the 40 chapters.
I could also say it's the amazing character building and development - as we get to know our heroes and a range of very vivid side characters and see them deal with problems and face challenges, many of which they encounter for the first time.
But what I really want to say is feelings - the raw emotions and the way the characters cope with them - from loss to love, from fear to trust, and from anxiety to confidence. It's quite a journey to accompany them and witness the wobbly tentative steps, as they try to stretch out of their shells and inhibitions and meet the other half way. The organic realism with which the emotional journey is depicted will leave no heart unmoved.
I think everyone should read this masterpiece even if just to experience that! ❤️