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Archivist Luc Gabion has finally achieved his life's goal — of bringing down Winchell Antonov, head of the Black Lotus terrorist organisation, and the scourge of the Tian Di’s stellar empire for countless years. But instead of feeling victorious, the encounter has left him scarred. Forcibly implanted with a technology far in advance of anything he's encountered before, Luc sees and hears things he knows he's not supposed to. Worse, the technology is killing him, slowly. So when he finds himself investigating the murder of one of the Tian Di’s ruling clique, the Thousand Emperors, he knows he's in real trouble. Any one of them could be the killer, and any one of them could have him put to death on a whim. Worse, the dead man is the architect of the coming Reunification: two great civilisations, separated for centuries by old enmities, are about to reunite in a new age of peace and prosperity. But it soon becomes clear that someone out there is willing to do anything to make sure that day never comes. Praise for Gary Gibson: ‘High-octane action, terrific future tech and a superbly imagined alien civilisation …a page-turning belter’ Daily Mail, ‘A violent, inventive, relentlessly gripping adventure’ The Times, ‘Gibson has produced a seriously entertaining sci-fi page turner’ SFX
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Gary Gibson, who has worked as a graphic designer and magazine editor in his home town of Glasgow, began writing at the age of fourteen. He lives in Glasgow. His previous novels include the Shoal series (Stealing Light, Nova War, Empire of Light) plus the stand-alone books Angel Stations, Against Gravity and Final Days.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Better than Final Days, not improvement in characters, but in balance between investigative and action parts. Previous book had focus on more in action parts.
Things that tickled my imagination in Final Days was the Founder Network and i was curious the know more of them, which i did, but not enough, so please Mr. Gibson, i need one or more book heavy on Founders stuff. I got sucked in the plot, kept me guessing almost to end, just right amount of twist and turns.
World building was good and keeping mind that this is only 350 or so pages, that's something, you don't necessary need 1000 + pages like Peter F. Hamilton and hundreds of characters to make it work, though Hamilton is still master at epic-sci-fi.
Style of writing in sci-fi tends to be sometimes heavy on technobabble side and all those fancy future stuff overshadow story and characters, for example like in The Quantum Thief, not in Gibson writing, you get your tech stuff, but they serve the story.
There are some loose ends, like Inimicals and once again Founder Network get's only teasing, come on! I need my Founder trilogy or something! All the Lovecraftian glimpses of ancient aliens got me going so there is no excuse to not to tell more. Fine book, and i really need to read Shoal trilogy
Things that tickled my imagination in Final Days was the Founder Network and i was curious the know more of them, which i did, but not enough, so please Mr. Gibson, i need one or more book heavy on Founders stuff. I got sucked in the plot, kept me guessing almost to end, just right amount of twist and turns.
World building was good and keeping mind that this is only 350 or so pages, that's something, you don't necessary need 1000 + pages like Peter F. Hamilton and hundreds of characters to make it work, though Hamilton is still master at epic-sci-fi.
Style of writing in sci-fi tends to be sometimes heavy on technobabble side and all those fancy future stuff overshadow story and characters, for example like in The Quantum Thief, not in Gibson writing, you get your tech stuff, but they serve the story.
There are some loose ends, like Inimicals and once again Founder Network get's only teasing, come on! I need my Founder trilogy or something! All the Lovecraftian glimpses of ancient aliens got me going so there is no excuse to not to tell more. Fine book, and i really need to read Shoal trilogy
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Once again, Gibson delivers some very high-quality science fiction.
This novel is set in the same "Final Days" universe as Gibson's previous novel, but is entirely self-contained. It's essentially a detective story set several centuries from now, where the protagonist, Luc Gabion, gets involved in a web of intrigue in the upper echelons of his civilisation, the "Tian Di" as it prepares to reunite with the Posthuman Coalition after decades of isolation- brought about by the severing of the wormhole connections between the two.
The plot is constantly engaging and gripping, building up to a satisfying conclusion. Each of the characters is well-drawn and believable. Apart from the protagonist, they aren't all that likeable, but nevertheless I enjoyed their web of politics and in-fighting.
The only problem (and it is a minor one) was the subplot revolving around the spy Jacob Moreland, who inflitrates the Coalition on behalf of the Tian Di. His story was the only part of the novel that didn't follow Luc's investigation, and it didn't really go anywhere in the end, despite a bit of buildup.
Apart from that though, a very good scifi novel, and highly recommended for any Gibson fans, as well as any other fans of science fiction.
This novel is set in the same "Final Days" universe as Gibson's previous novel, but is entirely self-contained. It's essentially a detective story set several centuries from now, where the protagonist, Luc Gabion, gets involved in a web of intrigue in the upper echelons of his civilisation, the "Tian Di" as it prepares to reunite with the Posthuman Coalition after decades of isolation- brought about by the severing of the wormhole connections between the two.
The plot is constantly engaging and gripping, building up to a satisfying conclusion. Each of the characters is well-drawn and believable. Apart from the protagonist, they aren't all that likeable, but nevertheless I enjoyed their web of politics and in-fighting.
The only problem (and it is a minor one) was the subplot revolving around the spy Jacob Moreland, who inflitrates the Coalition on behalf of the Tian Di. His story was the only part of the novel that didn't follow Luc's investigation, and it didn't really go anywhere in the end, despite a bit of buildup.
Apart from that though, a very good scifi novel, and highly recommended for any Gibson fans, as well as any other fans of science fiction.
By Rem Collier
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I really enjoyed reading this story. It is a good follow on to Final Days. Lots of opportunities for further stories.
5 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I like Gibson's crisp writing and his engaging storytelling,reminding you of the best Asimov,Vance and Silverberg's. I doesn'need a doorstopper trilogy to tell a good story! Loved it, expecially the way Gibson utilzes the latest exoplanet discoveries (first time I read of "hot jupiters"in a SF novel).
1 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By steve
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as far as i am concerned gary gibson can do no wrong.he spins an engaging yarn.i eagerly await his next book.i liked this one very much.
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