Bone Silence

This third, more traditional space opera by Alastair Reynolds has now come to a close. Sisters, pirates, the unraveling of the mystery of humanity, the clackers, and the aliens. It's all here. Space battles, old alien skulls with powers, pride, vengeance, greed, and acceptance. Honestly? For most of t......more

A year ago, I reviewed Shadow Captain, the second part of this trilogy of Space Pirates stories, which made my ‘Best of’ list for 2019. With the arrival of the third book in the series, does it still hold water? There are clearly changes afoot with this third book. Whereas the first book Revenger is......more

Paskutinė trilogijos knyga. Ir vėl turiu tą patį priekaištą, kurį turėjau antrajai knygai. Bėda su kompozicija. Pernelyg anksti ištinka kulminacija. O paskui viskas nuslūgsta ir realiai paskutinį trečdalį damušinėji (atsiprašau už tokią taisyklingą lietuvių kalbą, bet tikslesnio žodžio nėr). Ir iš pr......more

Well that was... something. If I’m honest, it felt a muddle of a middle book, not the climax of a trilogy. The first half drags, the second half is split into acts that cut this way and that through concerns introduced in previous books without necessarily concluding any of them satisfactorily. I’m......more

Bone Silence is the third and final book in Alastair Reynolds' Revenger trilogy, a dark, steampunk-inspired, YA space opera series centered around Adrana and Arafura Ness. The two teenaged Ness sisters have adventures together and separately that are dangerous and diverting, in a reimagined dystopia......more