Book Round Up

27 Feb

Absolution Gap book cover

First up Absolution Gap by Alistair Reynolds.

This is part 3 of the Revelation Space trilogy and thus the concluding volume in what has been a truly epic Space Opera in the grand tradition of Sci-Fi. It wraps the existing storyline up very neatly, gives us a few nasty surprises along the way (but no spoilers here!) and introduces another level of desirable complexity on what was already a pleasingly complex (but not overly complex) storyline. If you like your Sci-Fi grand, epic and story-driven then this series is for you.

Next up is The Way The Crow Flies by Anne-Marie McDonald (please note: link goes to Amazon.com not .co.uk).

This is an exceptionally well written book revolving around (at first) eight year old Madeline whos Dad (a Canadian Air Force officer) has just been posted back to Canada. By turns funny, touching, horrifying and tense this is a book that reminded me very much of Peter Straubs Koko which is another novel with really well drawn characters and a sad yet always engaging plot.

I’ve never read anything by the author before but I’ll be looking out for her back catalogue from now on!