Emissaries from the Dead

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English language

Published Sept. 27, 2008 by HarperCollins.

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978-0-06-165825-9
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Two murders have occurred on One One One, an artificial ecosystem created by the universe's dominant AIs to house several engineered species, including a violent, sentient race of sloth-like creatures. Under order from the Diplomatic Corps, Counselor Andrea Cort has come to this cylinder world where an indentured human community hangs suspended high above a poisoned, acid atmosphere. Her assignment is to choose a suitable homicide suspect from among those who have sold their futures to escape existences even worse than this one. And no matter where the trail leads her she must do nothing to implicate the hosts, who hold the power to obliterate humankind in an instant.But Andrea Cort is not about to hold back in her hunt for a killer. For she has nothing to lose and harbors no love for her masters or fellow indentures. And she herself has felt the terrible exhilaration of taking life …

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reviewed Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro (EOS science fiction)

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This is a novel about the interaction between humanity and a god like AI taking place on a cylindrical space station / artificial world.

In places it echoes John Varley's, [b:Titan|49838|Titan (Gaea, #1)|John Varley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388244043l/49838.SY75.jpg|2777504].

It is an engaging murder investigation and no one is entirely innocent.

But ultimately it is a study of free will in an unjust universe.

reviewed Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro (EOS science fiction)

Review of 'Emissaries from the Dead' on 'Goodreads'

The prologue is golden, although the next few chapters slow down a bit. Some of the early characterization and dialogue felt a little forced to me, although there is some interesting play with the notions of [b:artificial intelligence|27543|Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach (2nd Edition)|Stuart J. Russell|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881696s/27543.jpg|1362] here, as well as using a human political structure that appears mostly to consist of indentured servants.

It is clearly the beginning to a series, and I ended the book eager to see where the series would go from here.

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