I have enjoyed the low stress of the previous three books in the series, where the plot focused on the protagonist adapting to the new life of a spacer and the ship is a place where women and men are on an equal footing with mutual respect all around. In this book, Ish finds himself on a ship where the female crew is harassed, abused and raped on a daily basis. Ish helps to fix the problem. Told in the same time and level of detail as the other books, one’s imagination supplies the horrific situation for the women of the ship.