Venerable Marcus is the story of a dilapidated smuggler just trying to make it in the big empty nothing of space. Sick of the smell of cabbage and in need of money Marcus is forced into a different trade. Hilarity ensues for no one. This is Matt Swanson's first novel and for the sake of literature, we all pray it will be his last.
Not only is this book well thought out, clearly planned from the beginning, and painstakingly edited, the author is a damn handsome man with little to no character flaws. 5 stars would write again.