Michael P reviewed The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
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5 stars
Great Sci-Fi detective story.
Hardcover, 512 pages
English language
Published Feb. 4, 2007 by Gollancz.
The Prefect
Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a policeman of sorts, and one of the best. His force is Panoply, and his beat is the multi-faceted utopian society of the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone. These days, his job is his life. A murderous attack against a Glitter Band habitat is nasty, but it looks to be an open-and-shut case - until Dreyfus starts looking under some stones that some very powerful people would really rather stayed unturned. What he uncovers is far more serious than mere gruesome murder: a covert takeover bid by a shadowy figure, Aurora (who may once have been human but certainly isn't now), who believes the people of the Glitter Band should no longer be in charge of their own destiny. Dreyfus discovers that to save something precious, you may have to destroy part of it.
Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a policeman of sorts, and one of the best. His force is Panoply, and his beat is the multi-faceted utopian society of the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone. These days, his job is his life. A murderous attack against a Glitter Band habitat is nasty, but it looks to be an open-and-shut case - until Dreyfus starts looking under some stones that some very powerful people would really rather stayed unturned. What he uncovers is far more serious than mere gruesome murder: a covert takeover bid by a shadowy figure, Aurora (who may once have been human but certainly isn't now), who believes the people of the Glitter Band should no longer be in charge of their own destiny. Dreyfus discovers that to save something precious, you may have to destroy part of it.
Bob Irving reviewed The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
Review of 'The Prefect' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Fabulous space opera police procedural with cyberpunk overtones.
Zivan reviewed The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
Review of 'The Prefect' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Raynolds is fascinating as usual.
I love books that are set in a universe I like but not necessarily as sequels.
As in [b:Chasm City|89185|Chasm City (Revelation Space, Standalone)|Alastair Reynolds|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309203334s/89185.jpg|2926628] we are treated to a different viewpoint on Yellow Stone. This time before the plague.
I reccomend this book to anyone that enjoyed any of the [b:Revelation Space|89187|Revelation Space|Alastair Reynolds|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1306807253s/89187.jpg|219037] universe books.
Subjects
- Science fiction