Contact with Chaos

I picked up Contact with Chaos; the title seems to go well with my plumbing project.When I saw this in the shop, I thought "I'm not sure I'm going to like this"--as far as First Contact novels go, it'd be hard to top A Mote in God's Eye--"but you know, Mike Williamson deserves the support, so I'm going to buy it anyway."

The book is set some years after the Freehold/UN war described in Freehold and The Weapon, and tells the story of what happens when a Freehold ship discovers a planet inhabited by non-humans--apparently with a lower tech level, but I suspect some surprises are in store. I'm about two chapters in, and enjoying it.