![]() ![]() ![]() While Sylveste is the central figure of the novel, not least because everyone else is searching for him for some reason or other, he is not the only leading character. But Sylveste is destined to not lose sight of his quest. But the storm’s aftermath leaves him as a prisoner of a new regime, incarcerated in a cell, recounting his story and beliefs for some kind of corrupt biography being compiled by the new dictator’s daughter. Sylveste believes that he is close to discovering the reasons for the Amarantin’s end and this drives him as an obsession. Archaeologist Dan Sylveste is investigating the enigmatic remains of an extinct alien species, the Amarantin, on the recently colonised, politically unstable planet of Resurgam. The opening pages are set on a dig as a storm approaches. Revelation Space has a beginning that works magic instantly. Once knowledge is gained, though, it cannot be unlearned – man’s curiosity could cost it dear. ![]() Reynolds’ first novel, Revelation Space, also marks the beginning of an original series, in which mankind is placed uneasily in an expanding universe, one that it is slowly starting to explore and comprehend, that contains remnants and clues to elusive alien species. Having enjoyed Alastair Reynold’s Blue Remembered Earth last year, it was just a matter of time before I returned to the beginning. ![]()
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