Four thrill seeking people travel the universe to look for new experiences. The world they visit, Sidri Akrak, is dismal, filled with grumpy anti-social residents, ferocious animals, and gray weather. In short, not such a thrill. But one of the band, the youngest, Nikomastir, reveals this is where he was born and raised. The others don’t believe him. As with other stories, the story had some distance between the text and the characters that made it not so enjoyable. It’s even told in first person and I still didn’t connect. ( )