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So far, this novel is something different than a power fantasy. It's almost like an "average everydude" fantasy, space mercenary edition. Sure, John Uzos has been in the mercenary game a while and knows what he's doing, but there are certainly other mercs with much better skills, experience, and equipment than him, so he tends to get by taking the safer jobs (Which, don't get me wrong, are still dangerous because it's mercenary work.) However, it gives a feeling of someone who graduated college but then in the workforce kinda gets stuck in a mid level role but isn't too unhappy about it so long as he's getting paid, which is HUGELY relatable to me.He does have higher luck in the sense that protagonist-esque events arrive at his doorstep, but as a seasoned mercenary he knows that they're just bad news so he puts his all into dodging them like he dodges lasers in his beater of a spaceship. In between occurrences, we get to see what his daily life is like both on and off the jobs. I'd love if the author did more to delve into those aspects, but given the synopsis, I think the story will eventually throw something at the MC that he can't dodge and we'll be back in cliche world.So far though, it's worth a read.