Reception Įric Brown of The Guardian praises Reynolds's world building for the novel, and his ability to populate the far-future technological societies with well rounded characters. Leading the movement to secede is the mysterious Julius Devon Garlin Voi, who seems to have inside knowledge of what has been happening. As the meltings are happening, several habitats in the Glitter Band, unhappy with the decisions made by Panoply at the end of Aurora Rising, begin seceding from the Glitter Band and thus no longer fall under the authority of Panoply. The meltings begin to occur at an increasing rate, and the Prefects have no idea where to start the investigation. Random, unconnected citizens in the Glitter Band are 'melting'-the neural implants in their heads rapidly overheating and frying their brains. Senior Prefect Tom Dreyfus and Field Prefect Thalia Ng are investigating a series of strange deaths. Īurora Rising and Elysium Fire comprise the Prefect Dreyfus Emergency series.Įlysium Fire begins two years after the events of Aurora Rising. Reynolds has stated that the novel requires no previous knowledge of Aurora Rising, functioning as a standalone work. It is a direct sequel to Aurora Rising, taking place in the Revelation Space universe. Is it a window into the past, a simulation, or something else entirely? CENTURY RAIN is a jaw-droppingly good SF thriller, packed with pace, adventure, brilliant storytelling and with twists that will keep you guessing to the end.Elysium Fire is a 2018 hard science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. Using a back door into an unstable alien transit system, Auger's faction has discovered something astonishing at the far end of a wormhole: mid twentieth-century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber.

After a field-trip goes badly wrong, Verity is forced to redeem herself by participating in a dangerous mission, for which her expertise in invaluable. Part SF thriller, part interstellar adventure, part noir crime, CENTURY RAIN is as astonishing bestseller from Alastair Reynolds Three hundred years in the future, Verity Auger is a specialist in the archaeological exploration of Earth, rendered uninhabitable after the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Using a back door into an unstable alien transit system.

Century rain by alastair reynolds