Absolution Gap
Ratings50
Average rating3.8
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Ratings50
Average rating3.8
Alastair Reynolds continues his Revelation Space series with this “first-rate work of science fiction, a thoroughly modern space opera full of dangers and marvels to match”(SF Site). The Inhibitors were designed to eliminate any life form reaching a certain level of intelligence—and they’ve targeted Humanity. War veteran Clavain and a ragtag group of refugees have fled into hiding. Their leadership is faltering, and their situation is growing more desperate. But their little colony has just received an unexpected visitor: an avenging angel with the power to lead mankind to safety—or draw down its darkest enemy. And as she leads them to an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, it begins to dawn on Clavain and his companions that to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much worse...
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As with the previous two books the scale and imagination of this story is truly impressive. It is rare for me not to see the conclusion coming but even with 10 pages to go I couldn't guess its resolution.
With a slightly stronger ending it could have been 5 stars.
I highly recommend this trilogy of books and as with all great books am sad that it is finished, despite each book being 700 pages long.
2/5
If you are looking for answers, look somewhere else because this book does not give you any. Most threads stay unresolved, the book has no ending, it just stops mid story.
There are a few great ideas in the book and the series but are just not explored while it focuses on mundane tasks and human bs.
Read book 1, skip 2 and 3.
I hope inhibitor phase is not such a slog.
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4 primary books12 released booksRevelation Space is a 15-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Alastair Reynolds, Piotr Staniewski, and Grażyna Grygier.
