Machine Vendetta
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4.8 • 37 Ratings
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city states orbiting the planet Yellowstone.
Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply's most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and virtually unarmed into a habitat with a vicious grudge against her organisation?
As his colleagues pick up the pieces, Dreyfus must face his conscience. Four years ago, when an investigation linked to one of his most dangerous adversaries got a little too personal, Dreyfus arranged for Tench to continue the enquiry by proxy.
In using her - even though he had his reasons - did Dreyfus also put her in the line of fire?
And what does Tench's misadventure tell him about an enemy he had hoped was dormant?
Praise for Alastair Reynolds:
'A leading light of the new British space opera' Los Angeles Review of Books on Alastair Reynolds
'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
'[Reynolds] is the most gifted hard SF writers working today' Publishers Weekly on Beyond the Aquila Rift
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Reynolds returns to his Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies universe (after Elysium Fire) for a touching and spectacularly intricate sequel that also functions well as a standalone. Dreyfus is a seasoned prefect of Panoply, the agency tasked with safeguarding democracy across the 10,000 habitats of the galaxy's Glitter Band. When his trusted subordinate Ingvar Tench enters a dangerous, watchlisted habitat without permission and meets a grisly end, Dreyfus and fellow operative Sparver Bancal investigate, hoping to uncover both Ingvar's motive for entering the territory and her murderer. Along the way, two warring artificial intelligences individually reach out to Dreyfus with dire warnings. Meanwhile, Prefect Thalia Ng looks into a suicide attack led by a Panoply turncoat and finds an unexpected connection between the two cases, evidence of a larger conspiracy originating from within Panoply's ranks. Every chapter reveals another layer to the far-reaching mystery, all the while building to a stunning crescendo in which characters old and new band together to face a long-dreaded scenario. Fans of hard science fiction, noir, and space opera alike will be sucked in.
Customer Reviews
Master at work
A detective playing and being played by malicious artificial intelligences, all in a day’s work within the glitter band!
Brilliant
A remarkable conclusion to this story, captivating in its twisted and turns
Another stroke of genius …
Every book with Dreyfus has been, for me, totally immersive.