Freeheads, book 3 in the Dark Trench Saga, by Kerry Nietz, the cool conclusion to the wonderful story started in A Star Curiously Singing.

Hmm.  What to say?  Kerry Nietz created a terrifying world of future slavery on earth, that unfortunately seems plausible by man's current bent toward comfort. The plot is not simply summed, but I'll give some highlights to tweak your interest.  In book 2, Sandfly and Hardcandy, two escaped debuggers, have traveled to the Star that sang in book 1, met the Superlative Stream, and as book 3 begins are re-approaching earth. They plan to share the good news of the truth of A-A cubed with all peoples. But the evil Jinn of book 2 have sabotaged their space ship, Dark Trench, and they arrive back nearly forty years later, rather than the two weeks they have been gone. And the earth is much changed. There is a side trip to the moon, and the plot continues to build from there.

I love the spiritual depth in these books.  I love how so much of the details of story must be delved for.  What you as the reader bring to the table is definitely a plus in this series. Not bringing a lot of science fiction knowledge with me, I was never sure what was creative Nietz and what he was building on from other scifi worlds, but the tech was even interesting to this non-tech thinker. Of course the romance writer in me enjoyed watching Sandfly and Hardcandy's relationship develop, the unexpected, and never named, jealousy, and the unity of their working together.

The new kid, Flit, was interesting and an added dimension. Even GrimJack has so many layers, the reader is kept in wonder of all his motives.

And the bad guys.  A story needs an evil bad guy to see the grace and power of God come shining through, and Kerry doesn't let us down in this aspect either. I dare not offer more details, but I can't imagine why you wouldn't love the ending.

The spiritual themes summed up so succinctly:  He stoops. Touch the stream. Be a one.

Be a one, not a zero. That's for the computer geeks. Be turned on so that the energy flows through you. Who am I kidding?  That's for all of us. Who, on some level, wouldn't understand be a one, not a zero? Say "yes" to Christ. That is actually one of my favorite spiritual themes.  Say "yes" to Christ.  Be turned on for Christ. Don't fight His plan for you because God has the best life for you all planned out. Join Him in the journey. Allow the Holy Spirit to set the pace and the heading. And above all remember that we have a God who loves us to death … and beyond. He stoops for us.

The Dark Trench Saga from Marcher Lord Press by Kerry Nietz. I recommend them all. Especially if you like speculative fiction packed full of Truth.