Elysium Fire

Paul J reviewed Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds

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4 stars

This book follows soon after the first Tom Dreyfus story. By this time, you're more familiar with the main characters, so you can explore their personalities a little further through the story. The story focuses on a new crisis that grips the Glitter Band, with a seemingly unrelated side story.

The emphasis in this story seemed to be more on Dreyfus, his two deputies, and the Supreme Prefect, than the underlying crisis. It felt like a bit of a reverse of the first Tom Dreyfus story in this respect, and made this book a little more sentimental than the first.

I like how Reynolds' books are a little edgier than other popular sci-fi books that I've read (not exactly a fair representation of sci-fi generally, though). This one didn't feel as edgy. Still, I enjoyed the book and was a little surprised to see that I finished it in about …

AndySoc1al reviewed Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2)

Another solid entry in the Revelation Space universe, Elysium Fire lets the reader feel clever for figuring things out before the protagonists do, and then spins a little twist on top that nobody would have seen coming.

Part police procedural, part horror story, and all mind-bending, the story of Prefect Dreyfus and his acquaintances remains an interesting and intriguing one.