![]() ![]() This will best be enjoyed by Reynolds’s diehard fans. Suspension of disbelief becomes difficult with the introduction of hyperpigs and contrived technological problems on the way to an underwhelming close. However, some of the science presented as fact makes the fiction implausible after Glass coerces Miguel into accompanying her to the ruins of the Yellowstone system in search of an arcane object with the potential to turn the tide in the fight against the Inhibitors. Threads of well-layered intrigue spiderweb throughout, occasionally linking to events and characters from previous Revelation Space novels in ways that will delight existing fans without being overly confusing to newcomers. ![]() ![]() Glass reveals that she’s come to Sun Hollow purposefully to recruit Miguel for a dangerous mission. Reynolds’s precise, poetic prose provides elegant characterization of his desperate hero as Miguel’s plan goes awry and one of the ship’s passengers, Glass, survives. Miguel de Ruyter, Sun Hollow’s leader, sets out to destroy the ship before it can draw unwanted attention to the area. The reading order isn’t that critical, in my view, but it probably improves things to read REVELATION SPACE, REDEMPTION ARK and ABSOLUTION GAP in that sequence. ![]() A human ship passing through the Michaelmas system threatens to draw Inhibitors, a ruthless alien threat, to the hidden community of Sun Hollow in this uneven standalone adventure set in Reynolds’s Revelation Space universe (last visited in Chasm City). Of my books to date, six are set in the same Revelation Space universe. ![]()
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