The question is whether to go somewhere new or just play on greatest hits. It is always a risk revisiting or rebooting old franchises. Along the way he will face ridiculously painful challenges, find out who he really is, gather allies (some of whom will be familiar to series fans) and make some peace with his past.
But Miguel is not all that he seems and soon he is hijacked and taken on a quest to save the universe from the Inhibitors.
Living a hand to mouth existence on a small out of the way rock is one of the last vestiges of human civilisation led by a man called Miguel de Ruyter. The Inhibitors, also known as wolves, have all but wiped out humanity. Inhibitor Phase opens some time after the events of the Revelation Space trilogy. That series introduced a storied and complex universe, complete with massive structures, inscrutable aliens and an existential threat to humanity. This book became the first in what would be called the Revelation Space series which included the sequels Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap, the adjacent book Chasm City along with a bunch of short stories, and his Prefect books ( Aurora Rising and Elysium Fire) set in an earlier time. Ranging from the depths of space to the deeps of Pattern Juggler waters, from nervous, isolated communities to the ruins of empire, this is a stealthy space opera from an author at the top of his game.Alastair Reynolds burst onto the science fiction world with his debut novel Revelation Space back in 2000. Which is how Miguel finds himself on a one-way mission with his own destructive mandate: to eliminate a passing ship, before it can bring unwanted attention down on them.Īnd she knows far more about Miguel than she’s letting on. The slightest hint of human activity could draw the wolves to their home, to destroy everything … utterly.
If life is to survive, then the Inhibitors will have to be faced at last.įleeing the ‘wolves’ – the xenocidal alien machines known as Inhibitors – he has protected his family and community from attack for forty years, sheltering in the caves of an airless, battered world called Michaelmas. The Inhibitors, who are determined to exterminate it. In Revelation Space there is one great danger to life. Meantime, feast upon its glorious cover, designed by the ever-talented Blacksheep. Out 26 August, it’s only a few short months to wait. We are so, so ready for it, and can’t wait for you to get your hands on it. Alastair Reynolds is back with a brand-new novel, Inhibitor Phase, an epic space opera set in the Revelation Space universe.
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