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Revelation space is the first of this trilogy which leads onto Redemption Ark and then finally Absolution Gap. Most of the old characters survive into this book, and the book goes on to complete the story. some new characters are introduced and some old ones die off. Quite a few new devices ... Read review

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With Absolution Gap, Alastair Reynolds completes the star-spanning Inhibitors trilogy in ... more

which the previous books were Revelation Space and
Redemption Ark. The Inhibitors are a mechanical
plague, mindlessly but very resourcefully wiping
out space-going civilisations that come to their
notice. Their latest target is humanity, which
lost a round in Redemption Ark. One small human
faction now has stealth weapons and technologies
that can almost fight Inhibitor assault to a
standstill, but running away still seems the only
long-term option. From the same cryptic source as
that supertechnology, filtered through a young
girl's mind, comes the urgent message to make an
interstellar trek to Hela, barren moon of the
gas-giant Haldora. Hela is home to an obsessive
religion fuelled partly by mind viruses and partly
by the miracle of Haldora. This unpredictable,
unbelievable event happens in an eyeblink, but
more and more often. For the devout this
increasing frequency is a signal of the End Times,
which is why a group of vast mobile cathedrals
lumbers forever around Hela--to keep Haldora at
the zenith for best observation of its marvels.
And on this last circuit, with a madman in
command, the greatest cathedral of all plans an
impossible short cut over the mysterious, delicate
bridge spanning an immense rift in Hela's surface:
Absolution Gap. There's a lot of action with both
familiar and enjoyably exotic weapons; there's
suffering, deceit, loss and triumph; there's a
hideous revenge straight out of Jacobean tragedy,
a series of awesome revelations and the last
voyage of the lightship Nostalgia for Infinity
that was so strangely transformed in Revelation
Space. Ultimately, behind the enigma of Haldora, a
dreadful choice awaits: whether or not to bargain
with powers that may be the answer to the
Inhibitors--but may be something worse. Alastair
Reynolds makes his huge story compellingly
readable, with characters we care about, and gives
impressive descriptions of beauty and cataclysm.
This is very superior space opera. --David
Langford


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Absolution Gap

Advantages: Hard to put down
Disadvantages: Last of 3

...Redemption Ark and then finally Absolution Gap.

Most of the old characters survive into this book, and the book goes on to complete the story. some new characters are introduced and some old ones die off. Quite a few new devices are born.

The story starts on the world Arat where the refugees have ended up from the previous book. To save humanity and everyone else a trip to Hela is needed and the starship nostalgia for ...
...disappearing gas giant and a religion that is built about the gas giant is very interesting in itself, especially how it came about and how it is maintained. The remains of an old alien race called the Scuttlers is being examined and provides clues on the way forward to defeat the inhibitors (also called the Wolves)

Overall this book like the other ones is a fight between the various factions of humanity and the inhibitors and the ... more

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