Title: A return to form for Alistair Reynolds
Product review: Century Rain is a great hybrid of film-noir/detective/SF themes that marks a return to form. After greatly enjoying the authors earlier Revelation novels, I was slightly disappointed with Chasm City, which suffered from an uneven pace and other distractions.In contrast, Detective Floyd and archaeologist Auger make for very compelling and believable protagonists in a suspense-filled storyline. The detailed setting of 1920's Paris was a welcome change from endless spaceships and alien planets so common to the SF genre. Overall Century Rain was an engaging and enjoyable read. I am very intrigued to see what Mr Reynolds writes next.
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