Evening's Empires (The Quiet War), by Paul McAuley
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In the far future, a young man stands on a barren asteroid. His ship has been stolen, his family kidnapped or worse, and all he has on his side is a semi-intelligent spacesuit. The only member of the crew to escape, Hari has barely been off his ship before. It was his birthplace, his home and his future.He's going to get it back.McAuley's latest novel is set in the same far-flung future as his last few novels, but this time he takes on a much more personal story. This is a tale of revenge, of murder and morality, of growing up and discovering the world around you. Throughout the novel we follow Hari's viewpoint, and as he unravels the mysteries that led to his stranding, we discover them alongside him. But throughout his journeys, Hari must always bear one thing in mind.Nobody is to be trusted.
Evening's Empires (The Quiet War), by Paul McAuley- Amazon Sales Rank: #1232571 in Books
- Brand: McAuley, Paul
- Published on: 2014-06-10
- Released on: 2014-06-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.75" h x 1.00" w x 5.13" l, .60 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 376 pages
Review "McAuley has created a vivid, hard-SF space opera filled with plausible technology... while this is the fourth book in the series, readers who begin the saga here will find an immersive, complex, and exciting story that will pique interest in the earlier novels." —Booklist
About the Author Paul McAuley won the PHILIP K. DICK AWARD for his first novel and has gone on to win the ARTHUR C. CLARKE, BRITISH FANTASY, SIDEWISE and JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARDs. He gave up his position as a research biologist to write full-time. He lives in London. You can find his blog at: http://www.unlikelyworlds.blogspot.com
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Solid sf with a touch of Vance By DJL Partway through my reading of this very good novel by one of sf's excellent writers, I felt the aura of Jack Vance with his wry humor and character descriptions. I've read McAuley's other novels in his Quiet War sequence and have enjoyed all of them. To me, it appeared that McAuley stretched out the ending, making that the weak point of this book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Evening's Empires left me disappointed By Charlie Watanabe First, Paul McAuley is one of my favorite authors, and 'The Quiet War' is one of my favorite contemporary space operas. However, Evening's Empires left me disappointed.I have read only the first two ('The Quiet War' and 'Gardens of the Sun'). This story is set in the richly woven 'Quiet War' universe, about 15 centuries after The Quiet War. Its a bit of a coming-of-age story for the main character Hari, a young man in the asteroid belt and Saturn orbit; part of a down-on-its-heels solar civilization.The beginning of the story starts strong. It vaguely reminded me of 'True Grit', by Charles Portis.However, I missed something, like a whole novel or maybe as many as three novels. Major plot elements of a story or stories I'm not aware of intrude into this novel. This leads to digressions and repetitions that drag heavily on the story.A major premise also broke-down early for me. When I first started reading, I thought only about a century had passed since The Quiet War. The story postulates that more than a millennium had passed. As rich as the Quiet War universe is, this story did support that. For example, technologically things had not changed much at all since The Quiet War, despite at least two 'Golden Ages'. The author's imagination failed to span the centuries to my mind. It was just too 22nd Century.Finally, characters also had a strange way of appearing and disappearing in the story. Some of them, quiet likeable and worthy of development have the longevity of a Mayfly in spring.So, I was left disappointed. This story would have been a great novella, set about a century after The Quiet War. As a chase across the solar system amongst the ruins of a centuries old solar civilization, it fall flat.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Another fine romp By DickStanley. McAuley's whole Quiet War series has been an entertaining exercise in world-building that just might come true someday in the outer solar system. Far more likely than journeys to the stars at slower-than-light-speed. Or FTL via magical means. The young Hari of Evening's Empires is an engaging protagonist for a space opera blended with hard science, and his digital world, for all its problems with piracy, religious fanaticism and recession, is an appealing one. We can hope this latest tale, with its multiple references to the previous In The Mouth of The Whale, is not the end of the series. As, indeed, the last few lines indicate it will not be.
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