eBook, 576 pages

English language

Published May 26, 2021 by Pan McMillan.

ISBN:
978-1-5290-5191-9
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Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers.

After earth was destroyed, mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris. In the silence of space they could communicate, mind-to-mind, with the enemy. Then their alien aggressors, the Architects, simply disappeared – and Idris and his kind became obsolete.

Now, fifty years later, Idris and his crew have discovered something strange abandoned in space. It’s clearly the work of the Architects – but are they returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain it.

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reviewed Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Final Architecture, #1)

Great basis with a little cliché characters

The "The Expanse" vibe is strong with this one. A motley crew of diverse characters with problems. A gritty sci-fi universe with an epic backstory, mixed up with a Stellaris feeling when it comes down to the predecessors and crisis.

4 stars because I binged through it once I got used to the writing and "talking" style. I'm looking forward to the next book and I'm happy that it's just a trilogy. "The Expanse" lost me after 6 books ...

But only 4 stars because it's no Hyperion ...