Hopefully, the real ending of the the story is yet to be written

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	• Absolution Gap: 6 Alastair Reynolds Ace Hardcover, 2004 - 576 pages average customer review:based on 51 reviews view larger image
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Hopefully, the real ending of the the story is yet to be written

I really enjoy Reynolds' books and the RS universe, but this was a lousy end to the trilogy. I can only hope he actually plans to write a proper ending/explanation later on.
I don't have a problem with the evolution of the characters and the story which carries over from the last book. But I have a problem with the new story, Hela and Quaische. I really don't buy anything about that colony, it's purpose, characters or the whole religious aspect. And that's a huge chunk of the book to discount. Add to this that Reynolds went into excruciating detail describing the landscape of Hela. I was bored out of my mind through much of that.

But I kept going to the end. When I got there I found nearly everything we had been building up to was almost "dismissed." I honestly wonder if Reynolds got tired writing and just tried to finish up as soon as possible. I really hope he intends to pick this up later on.

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With his "top-notch" (Maxim) debut, Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds was widely hailed as the new leader of cutting-edge hard-science fiction; a reputation he confirmed with the "awe inspiring"* sequel, Redemption Ark. Now, with Absolution Gap, he concludes the saga that made him "the most exciting space opera writer working today" (*Locus).

Ancient killing machines, designed to locate and destroy any life form reaching a certain level of intelligence, have been stirred from eons of sleep. Their latest target: Humanity. Seeking refuge on an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, it begins to dawn on war veteran Clavain and his ragtag companions that to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much worse...

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