English language
Published Nov. 17, 2022
After eighty years of fragile peace, the Architects are back, wreaking havoc as they consume entire planets. In the past, Originator artefacts – vestiges of a long-vanished civilization – could save a world from annihilation. Yet the Architects have discovered a way to circumvent these protective relics. Suddenly, no planet is safe.
Facing impending extinction, the Human Colonies are in turmoil. While some believe a unified front is the only way to stop the Architects, others insist humanity should fight alone. And there are those who would seek to benefit from the fractured politics of war – even as the Architects loom ever closer.
Idris, who has spent decades running from the horrors of his past, finds himself thrust back onto the battlefront. As an Intermediary, he could be one of the few to turn the tide of war. With a handful of allies, he searches for a …
After eighty years of fragile peace, the Architects are back, wreaking havoc as they consume entire planets. In the past, Originator artefacts – vestiges of a long-vanished civilization – could save a world from annihilation. Yet the Architects have discovered a way to circumvent these protective relics. Suddenly, no planet is safe.
Facing impending extinction, the Human Colonies are in turmoil. While some believe a unified front is the only way to stop the Architects, others insist humanity should fight alone. And there are those who would seek to benefit from the fractured politics of war – even as the Architects loom ever closer.
Idris, who has spent decades running from the horrors of his past, finds himself thrust back onto the battlefront. As an Intermediary, he could be one of the few to turn the tide of war. With a handful of allies, he searches for a weapon that could push back the Architects and save the galaxy. But to do so, he must return to the nightmarish unspace, where his mind was broken and remade.
What Idris discovers there will change everything.
I really liked the adventure feel of the story. New Worlds, new foes and some expansion of the unspace lore. I also really like the Essiel, they are somewhat mysterious and powerful, but also in a strange way very clumsy. Can recommend
a good expansion of the story and ended with me wanting resolution from the next book, and feeling very impatient for it.
did not finish. unbearable. i don't know what it is about trilogies that makes tchaikovsky so much less interesting an author - some of his standalone novels are the best contemporary science fiction.
did not finish. unbearable. i don't know what it is about trilogies that makes tchaikovsky so much less interesting an author - some of his standalone novels are the best contemporary science fiction.
This was a good continuation of The Final Architecture series. But as others have mentioned nothing really stuck or stood out as excellent like the first book. I still look forward to the third book to see where the story leads.
This was a good continuation of The Final Architecture series. But as others have mentioned nothing really stuck or stood out as excellent like the first book. I still look forward to the third book to see where the story leads.
Still satisfying as a series. This book develops Kris--her dueling and role as negotiator. Olli also gets more time in the spotlight.
Very gory death of a gangster clam! Will def read next book.
This was okay. I won't rush to read the third one but I am curious as to what happens. But I think I'll have forgotten what's happened in this quickly.
There's some really interesting ideas, I don't know, just felt like one book was enough for me.
This was okay. I won't rush to read the third one but I am curious as to what happens. But I think I'll have forgotten what's happened in this quickly.
There's some really interesting ideas, I don't know, just felt like one book was enough for me.
A wonderful continuation of the architects, I profoundly enjoyed this one
A well-written bloody good story.
