Revenant Gun (The Machineries of Empire, #3)

Posted on 23 September 2017 by Yoon Ha Lee

Machineries Of Empire, the most exciting science fiction trilogy of the decade, reaches its astonishing conclusion When Shuos Jedao wakes up for the first time, several things go wrong His few memories tell him that he s a seventeen year old cadet but his body belongs to a man decades older Hexarch Nirai Kujen orders Jedao to reconquer the fractured hexarchate on his behalf even though Jedao has no memory of ever being a soldier, let alone a general Surely a knack for video games doesn t qualify you to take charge of an army Soon Jedao learns the situation is even worse The Kel soldiers under his command may be compelled to obey him, but they hate him thanks to a massacre he can t remember committing Kujen s friendliness can t hide the fact that he s a tyrant And what s worse, Jedao and Kujen are being hunted by an enemy who knows about Jedao and his crimes than he does himself New Download [ Revenant Gun (The Machineries of Empire, #3) ] By [ Yoon Ha Lee ] – kino-fada.fr Revenant Gun is the third and final book in the sci fi trilogy Machineries of Empire, also known as the mass murder magic math books or,simply, my favorite books Revenant Gun takes place 10 years after the end of Raven Stratagem, and most of it is told through the PoV of a 17 year old amnesiac copy of Jedao yes, that s Kujen s doing, do not mess with the psych surgeon next time.The other major PoVs are Hemiola, a Nirai servitor robot who loves dramas, Inesser, the senior Kel genera Revenant Gun is the third and final book in the sci fi trilogy Machineries of Empire, also known as the mass murder magic math books or,simply, my favorite books Revenant Gun takes place 10 years after the end of Raven Stratagem, and most of it is told through the PoV of a 17 year old amnesiac copy of Jedao yes, that s Kujen s doing, do not mess with the psych surgeon next time.The other major PoVs are Hemiola, a Nirai servitor robot who loves dramas, Inesser, the senior Kel general, and Brezan from Raven Stratagem.If Ninefox Gambit focused on Jedao and Cheris, and Raven Stratagem developed Mik...Yoon Ha Lee wraps up the intricate, vicious dance of intergalactic politics set in motion in Ninefox Gambit, opening nine years after the events of Raven Stratagem upended the Hexarchate Kel Cheris, who set off that revolution, was the protagonist of the first book, and the focus of the second, but has now vanished, leaving allies and enemies alike scrambling to make the best of the new world she wrought And it s important here that all of them, even the ones who seem and are most monstrou Yoon Ha Lee wraps up the intricate, vicious dance of intergalactic politics set in motion in Ninefox Gambit, opening nine years after the events of Raven Stratagem upended the Hexarchate Kel Cheris, who set off that revolution, was the protagonist of the first book, and the focus of the second, but has now vanished, leaving allies and enemies alike scrambling to make the best of the new world she wrought And it s important here that all of them, even the ones who seem and are most monstrous, have fully detailed backstories and motivations which make clear that somewhere back there, even if selfishness has since come to play a bigger role, they first got into these positions because they wanted to make the world a safer place It can be a tricky thing to remember, trying not to assume the worst of an ideological opponent s motives, but here there s one deftly done family ...Yoon Ha Lee finishes his space opera trilogy with a stunning conclusion that surpasses the first two books In this memorable world, the very fabric of reality and the laws of physics are governed by calendars, or doctrines, that rely on advanced mathematics and human belief Competing calendars vie for dominion in different regions of space, and they enable certain exotic technologies that can aid in the fight gravity cannons, for example, or the immortality granting Black Cradle In Reven Yoon Ha Lee finishes his space opera trilogy with a stunning conclusion that surpasses the first two books In this memorable world, the very fabric of reality and the laws of physics are governed by calendars, or doctrines, that rely o...ARC received from netgalley Spoiler free review This is the final book in one of my favourite extremely inventive sci fi series There is a time gap between the 2nd and 3rd books but it feels like this book picks straight back up on the action One of the things I like about this series is that it throws you into the world and doesn t overdo exposition I did wantPOV chapters from certain characters that we d had in previous books The ending was good and wrapped a lot up, although I woul ARC received from netgalley Spoiler free review This is the final book in one of my favourite extremely inventive sci fi series There is a time gap between the 2nd and 3rd books but it feels like this book picks straight back up on the action One of the things I like about this series is that it throws you into the world a...I am not ready for this I CANNOT waitSo I actually finished this two days ago, but I ve been thinking about it and how to gush about my favourite parts without spoilers and it s probably impossible I enjoyed books one and two, but this third grabbed all of the world building and characters threw on layer after layer of complexity There is just so much depth to the core world, I could read another trilogy or two on it More about the moths, mysterious enemy the Hafn, or the servitors, or the Gwa Reality literally anything.But So I actually finished this two days ago, but I ve been thinking about it and how to gush about my favourite parts without spoilers and it s probably impossible I enjoyed books one and two, but this third grabbed all of the world building and characters threw on layer after layer of complexity There is just so much depth to the core world, I could read another trilogy or two on it More about the moths, mysterious enemy th...

Revenant Gun (The Machineries of Empire, #3)

23 September 2017

Yoon Ha Lee