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Terminal World

Written by: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: John Lee
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Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different - and rigidly enforced - level of technology. Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong, Quillon has been living incognito, working as a pathologist in the district morgue.

But when a near-dead angel drops onto his dissecting table, Quillon's world is wrenched apart one more time. If Quillon is to save his life, he must leave his home and journey into the cold and hostile lands beyond Spearpoint's base, starting an exile that will take him further than he could ever imagine. But there is far more at stake than just Quillon's own survival, for the limiting technologies of the zones are determined not by governments or police but by the very nature of reality---and reality itself is showing worrying signs of instability.

©2010 Alastair Reynolds (P)2010 Tantor
Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Steampunk Technology

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"A rousing adventure in a widly original setting." ( Guardian, UK)
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Slow, often plodding. Seems like the first book in a trilogy that should be condensed into a single book.

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gotta say this one doesn't really measure up to Reynolds other work. Feels a lot more like Young Adult Fiction which might be ok , I just wasn't expecting it.

not the best

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