The prose is very dynamic and served well to immerse me into the story. We follow him in first person narrative as he interacts with the rest of the crew including a Mexican security officer, a brilliant young cartographer and a mysterious woman who gives Silas grief at every opportunity.Įach character was well written with strong motivations, and you quickly understand the crew dynamics. We’re introduced to our protagonist Dr Silas Coade, a doctor tasked with taking care of the crew as they explore a mysterious edifice. So consider me surprised as I started the book and the story is set on an 1800s sail boat exploring the coast of Norway.
The cover looks like any of Reynolds other books – some generic space shot with stars or a planet. In Eversion’s case, I went in pretty much completely blind – and it lead to one of the more fun reading experiences I’ve had in quite some time. Usually it’s because I know the general plot due to recommendations or reviews I’ve read.
Often, if I choose to read a book, I decline to read the synopsis on the back cover. I’ve been wanting to give his work another shot (that was his first published novel after all) and when I saw Eversion was a shorter standalone novel, I had the perfect opportunity.* I read his first book in the Revelation Space universe and found it enjoyable but was not particularly compelled to keep reading. Alastair Reynolds is a sci-fi author who is typically at the top of the genre lists when looking at the best of modern sci-fi. If any of them are to survive, then he will have to take the exploration - and their lives - into his own hands. Shaking off his nightmares, Doctor Silas Coade joins his fellow exploders on the deck of the zeppelin Demeter and realises something has already gone dangerously wrong with their mission. But as they come in sight of their prize he and the crew see they are not the first to come so far: there is a wreck ahead, and whatever ruined it may threaten them as well. It's a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as they're sailing north of Bergen on the schooner Demeter, searching for a narrow inlet which will lead them to a vast uncharted lake - and their goal -ĭoctor Silas Coade wakes from disturbing dreams, on the steamship Demeter, in pursuit of an extraordinary find almost too incredible and too strange to believe, secreted within a lagoon in the icy inlets of Patagonia. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. Strap in for the smartest, most mind-bending, edge-of-the-seat read of 2022.Įversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel. Eversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel unlike anything else you've read.
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