Named one of the best novels of the year by both Locus and Science Fiction Chronicle , Alastair Reynolds's debut Revelation Space redefined the space opera. With Chasm City , Reynolds invites you to reenter the bizarre universe of his imagination as he redefines Hell... The once-utopian Chasm City--a domed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet--has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted--from the ...
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Named one of the best novels of the year by both Locus and Science Fiction Chronicle , Alastair Reynolds's debut Revelation Space redefined the space opera. With Chasm City , Reynolds invites you to reenter the bizarre universe of his imagination as he redefines Hell... The once-utopian Chasm City--a domed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet--has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted--from the people to the very buildings they inhabit--only the most wretched sort of existence remains. For security operative Tanner Mirabel, it is the landscape of nightmares through which he searches for a lowlife postmortal killer. But the stakes are raised when his search brings him face to face with a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forget.
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Add this copy of Chasm City (Revelation Space) to cart. $74.33, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Tantor Audio.
An excellent novel and a fine example of Alastair Reynolds' work.
Although some plot twists are easy to guess, the details don't work out the way you might think, allowing for juicy surprises without jarring the reader into feeling that the story has jumped the tracks.
Tie-ins to other works by the author are tantalizing and make the world feel connected, but they're subtle enough that the book can be read by itself without any prior knowledge of the setting.
