Amazing! Salvation set things up and this one knocked them down. Wow what a story. This picks up pretty much where the last one left off. It starts of fast and keeps driving all the way to the end. I cannot wait for the final novel to comes out for the big finale.
The void trilogy really rubbed me the wrong way and I was concerned that PFH had decided to go in a different direction. But this series so far has blown my mind. ( )

I really loved Salvation, and had super high expectations for this. I enjoyed this as well, but for some reason this was a lot more difficult (for me) to stay on top of. Also, my pet peeve in scifi is "futuristic" slang or new terminology for things you could just call by their names, so every time a noun ended with a z I was thoroughly annoyed. I was mostly interested in the Vayan storyline, and secodary to that the Saints storyline. What I didn't care about were the London groups, but I get that they're part will probably become more relevant in the Saints of Salvation. Anyway, even though this wasn's quite five stars for me, I'm still incredibly excited about the third (and presumably final) book. ( )

This one picks up right where Salvation left off. If you haven't read Salvation, you can get by in this one, but I think you'd be missing a lot. There are two time tracks in this book - the 'present' of 2204 and the far, far future. The two are equally interesting and compelling, but I really liked the future timeline better. There are some really unpleasant parts of 2204, which I thought weren't necessary, but that is only about 2 chapters. Otherwise, this is still fascinating and a great read. This is plot-driven, not character driven, it doesn't seem like we're supposed to get too invested in any of the characters, but the premise and action are fascinating. I'm looking forward to the next book. Beware aliens bearing medical gifts! ( )

Second in the Salvation Sequence, wherein humans, and other aliens, are being hunted by one species who has the means to enslave and 'save' them all. The problem is, it's the kind of 'saving' that they object to.

Very Hamiltonian. Complex societal developments along side tech and mental ones. The Plot is simple. The Question is whether or not Humans and others can find a way to defeat the invading species.

Brilliantly read by John Lee. ( )

Mr. Hamilton does it again. But this time, rather than kicking off an epic war of dead people versus the living in a high-tech far-future space-opera, he twists us around a truly desperate struggle against very powerful aliens coming to "save" us, preserving us and sending us to the end of the universe where we will all share the experience together.

Sound like some religious nutters? They FEEL like religious nutters. And it's awesome. This is the start of the full-on conflict right here. All the human worlds, some alien help, and the full efforts of our own far-future humanity are set against this odd invasion.

And it's an extinction-level event.

Never mind that we have near-immortality, quantum entanglement transporters, von Neumann transhumanists, or some extreme printing technology, minds as big as moons, or anything we thought would make us amazingly resilient.

This is total war. And the twists to come are pretty damn amazing. No spoilers, but this is one of the more impressive novels by Hamilton. And when it comes to worldbuilding and storytelling and the epic, that's saying a lot. ( )