At first glance along the inside cover, one might form the opinion that this is one of those supposedly humorous books that pointedly fail to deliver on the laughs. Au contraire! The humour is, thankfully, secondary; this is an action-packed novel with an actual plot, along with political intrigue, shoot-outs, and escapes from impossible situations. The jokes are there as icing on the cake, and to make the highly improbable seem like the setup for a well-timed joke.

There are a couple problems with the text; for one, the editing is sadly slipshod (misspelled words are woefully abundant). The author also makes the mistake of giving away the ending at the last second, literally five pages away from where the events would unfold anyway, squeezing almost all the air and triumph out of the moment.

That said, the dialog is well-written, and though there are clear influences of Douglas Adams in the asides to the audience, they are (for the most part) cleverly done while also imparting critical information. Some of the action scenes read a tad stilted, but there is absolutely no doubt who is about to bash who over the head with a baseball bat, nor why, nor how.

Overall, it's fun read. Clearly inspired by various semi-recent events (including but not limited to: the cloning of sheep, the attempted cloning of Jesus) and issues that affect our lives (the prolific nature of distributed networks, vegetarian-approved meat products, politics), the author ties everything together into a fun jaunt through an intergalactic sphere that teeters on the very brink of war for the want of a single but very special sheep.