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The warring kingdoms of Kainordis and Fenvarrow have fought themselves to a stalemate. Prophets on both sides have long foretold the coming of a child of power. This infant is the catalyst which will destroy the uneasy balance between the realms.
The “golden child’s” birth sees the foes battle for possession of the baby. An accident splits its soul in two. Both sides withdraw with one half of the child. This fairly orthodox scenario introduces the first volume of ‘The Broken Well Trilogy.’
Alastair Reynolds, Terminal World, Gollancz Paperback, London, March 2010
Review by Nuke
Alastair Reynolds is best known for hard galaxy-spanning "hard" science fiction that isn't bounded by limited imagination, and at first glance the steampunk-ish "Terminal World" seems to be a departure from what has been a successful formula for him. This new novel has no fast spaceships, no overt advanced nanotechnology or terraforming, and no great distances in space and time to traverse with their attendant wonders. Instead we have steam-driven humans, horses and carts and dung to wade through, airships to float in, and what seems at first to be some kind of worldwide oppressive psychic power to be dealt with.
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New Books
Heritage of the Xandim
Maggie Furey
ISBN 0575084960(978-057-508496-4) RRP $24.99 February 2010 Gollancz Paperback (198 x 129)
The warring kingdoms of Kainordis and Fenvarrow have fought themselves to a stalemate. Prophets on both sides have long foretold the coming of a child of power. This infant is the catalyst which will destroy the uneasy balance between the realms.
Alastair Reynolds is best known for hard galaxy-spanning "hard" science fiction that isn't bounded by limited imagination, and at first glance the steampunk-ish "Terminal World" seems to be a departure from what has been a successful formula for him. This new novel has no fast spaceships, no overt advanced nanotechnology or terraforming, and no great distances in space and time to traverse with their attendant wonders. Instead we have steam-driven humans, horses and carts and dung to wade through, airships to float in, and what seems at first to be some kind of worldwide oppressive psychic power to be dealt with.
Heritage of the Xandim