

Mark Yon of describes the novel as "an entertaining pirate romp . Reynolds addresses this on his blog, saying he hopes the novel "is a straightforward SF novel that also happens to be accessible, and perhaps accessible to somewhat younger readers."

Revenger has been labelled by some reviews as a young adult novel, although it has not been marketed as such by the publisher. Revenger won the 2017 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book, and was a finalist for the 2018 Philip K. A sequel, entitled Shadow Captain was published on 10 January 2019, and a third and final book in the trilogy, Bone Silence, was published in 2020.

It is unconnected to any of Reynolds's previous works, and is the first book in the Revenger Trilogy. Revenger is a 2016 science fiction novel by British author Alastair Reynolds.
