A superb new noir/science fiction fusion from the "mastersinger of space opera" (The Times) and the creator of the beloved Revelation Space universe. Strap in for a gripping murder mystery.
Yuri Gagarin is a private investigator, who picks up small cases from his local community, runs into trouble with the local police, and generally ekes out a living as best he can. He's aboard the Halcyon - a starship, hurtling through space, carrying thousands of passengers with thousands more sleeping the journey away.
Only his usual investigative work - catching cheating spouses, and small time con artists - is about to take a turn. He's hired by a mysterious woman called Ruby Red to look into a death in one of Halcyon's most elite families . . . and then warned off the case again by a second mysterious woman called Ruby Blue. Caught between the two, he's about to be embroiled in a murder mystery in which - at any moment - he could be the latest victim.
Gripping, fast-paced funm this is a classic noir mystery with a science fiction twist, which will keep you guessing and on the edge of your seat to the end.
A fresh new masterpiece, from the master of science fiction. Alastair Reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966. He studied at Newcastle and St. Andrews Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. he stopped working as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency to become a full-time writer. Revelation Space and Pushing Ice were shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award; Revelation Space, Absolution Gap, Diamond Dogs, and Century Rain were shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Award, and Chasm City won the British Science Fiction Award. "Comparisons to Dune abound...At a time when large-scale SF is flourishing, Absolution Gap is as good as it gets, and should solidify Alastair Reynolds' reputation as one of the best hard SF writers in the field."-SF Site on Absolution Gap "Reynolds writes a lean and muscular prose where the intense action scenes are leavened with the kind of bright, shining, mind-boggling science talk that characterizes the best of post-modern space opera."-Science Fiction Weekly on Absolution Gap "Alastair Reynolds continues his rise to the top of SF...Revelation, Redemption, Absolution...Reynolds provides them all."-The Guardian (UK) on Absolution Gap "Alastair Reynolds [is] one of the leading lights of the New Space Opera Movement . . . . Revenger is tremendous fun." -Locus on Revenger "Reynolds possesses the true and awesome widescreen SF imagination...an exciting, thought-provoking novel."-Locus on Century Rain "One of the giants of the new British space opera."
-io9 on Alastair Reynolds "[Reynolds is] a mastersinger of the space opera."
-The Times (UK) on Blue Remembered Earth "Heir to writers like Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, Reynolds keeps up the tradition of forward thinking... An immensely thrilling, mind-bending piece of work."
-AV Club on House of Suns "[Reynolds] is one of the most gifted hard SF writers working today."-Publishers Weekly on Beyond the Aquila Rift
"Eversion by Alastair Reynolds is a masterful surprise in this author's work ... a finely written science fiction mystery that I could not put down."-SciFi Mind on Eversion "Reynolds packs plenty of emotion into this mind-bending plot... The result is an excellent adventure that's sure to keep readers on their toes."-Publishers Weekly on Eversion "The author of Inhibitor Phase (2019) and Permafrost (2017), among many other fine SF novels, just might have outdone himself here ... [An] utterly brilliant exploration of life, death, and consciousness ... It's his most ambitious, certainly, and at the very least, one of his best. Required reading for SF fans."-Booklist on Eversion
"This was a very clever and unique book and has single-handedly reawakened my interest in checking out more of the author's work."-BiblioSanctum on Eversion "Alastair Reynolds' Ever
