A fun sf sport novel. The football (American style) story meshed really well with a multi-alien universe. I knew next to nothing about football going into the book, but by the end felt I had had an enjoyable education on the sport. Though it doesn't try anything new, putting a sports narrative in an sf context made for a refreshing change. Set up for a lot of sequel (where oh where did the whole "I'm a orphan of uncertain origins and where are my parents" subplot go to? Probably book number 2 which I will probably download when I'm in the mood for another fun, quite enjoyably violent book, which delights in poking fun at religious extremists. Mr. Sigler does a great job reading his own stuff, and the little inserts of fake sports-shows is a clever technique to keep the reader up to speed.