Honestly the first book in this series was like Predators #1, a glorified war-action film with a larger anti-war and anti-authoritarian narrative. I enjoyed it but war is so vile that even a well written war novel is hard to focus on.

but this sequel, with the development of far-right politicians, aging, and uploaded consciences was fun. It all takes place on mars which is consistently a great setting for a sci-fi novel and probably boasted the my rating by 1/2 star alone.

if you are tchaikovsky pilled, read it. if no I got other books of his to recommend to you.