Paperback, 288 pages
Published July 10, 2006 by Gollancz.
Scifi/cyborg mixed with elves, parallel universes etc...
Pretty cool.
If you like this sort of thing, then this is the sort of thing you'll like. Nice mix of science and magic, tilted slightly toward science. The premise is that a quantum accident has shifted history and space time, fracturing Earth into multiples on which parallel races live/have always lived, only one of which is actually human. The Earth most like "our" earth is still not quite ours.
The cyborg protagonist, Lila Black, has a slightly sue-ish name but is, nuclear powered lower half aside, wholly human. The elves are a touch too human for my taste, but that's mostly personal preference.
My one more substantial criticism is that you cannot name a race "demons" and then tell me they're mirror aspects of the elves unless you're willing to give me some theology to work with, I'm sorry.
That aside, a nice, fast paced book, plenty of gun fights, a …
If you like this sort of thing, then this is the sort of thing you'll like. Nice mix of science and magic, tilted slightly toward science. The premise is that a quantum accident has shifted history and space time, fracturing Earth into multiples on which parallel races live/have always lived, only one of which is actually human. The Earth most like "our" earth is still not quite ours.
The cyborg protagonist, Lila Black, has a slightly sue-ish name but is, nuclear powered lower half aside, wholly human. The elves are a touch too human for my taste, but that's mostly personal preference.
My one more substantial criticism is that you cannot name a race "demons" and then tell me they're mirror aspects of the elves unless you're willing to give me some theology to work with, I'm sorry.
That aside, a nice, fast paced book, plenty of gun fights, a wee bit of sexin' and enjoyable characters. Quite readable, I finished it in an afternoon.
