The elevator pitch is just funny: "Jesuits in Outer Space!" but this book is actually really interesting and smart. It makes a lot of sense to me to look at what happens to religious seekers when confronted with sentient life on other planets. The novel is more about trauma and recovery than it is about the alien culture, which was somewhat disappointing to me but made sense. I heard there's a sequel, which I'm excited about. So that tells you something.