It really bothers me that there is a white chick on the cover when the protagonist is obviously a woman of color. But I suppose this cover is from the '80s. Anyhow, it's just incredibly awesome to read a great sci-fi book that does not focus on a white dude. I kind of feel like the pace was a bit rushed, especially in the end, but at the same time I was dying to find out what would happen next. This was definitely a book that was hard to put down.