It's Mary Gentle's Grunts! with more of a techno-thriller bent and a more sympathetic protagonist faction, basically. If you liked Grunts!, how you feel about this one will probably depend on how you weigh gun porn against psychopath jokes.
I'm finding it readable but not exceptional.
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