I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. This is the first in a fairly long series featuring the character "Sten". The writing is very masculin, but not too raunchy or grunty. There was some fairly good character development, although there is definitely room for more of that in the other books. If I'm in a military sci-fi action type mood again, I'll probably pick up the others.
I remember it being decent space opera.