Books by Alastair Reynolds
A private investigator is hired to look into a mysterious, high-profile death aboard the starship Halcyon in this new noir/science fiction fusion from the “mastersinger of space opera” (*The Times*) and the creator of the beloved Revelation Space universe, strap in for a gripping murder mystery.
Miguel de Ruyter is a man with a past. Fleeing the 'wolves' - the xenocidal alien machines known as Inhibitors - he has protected his family and community from attack for forty years, sheltering in the caves of an airless, battered world. The slightest hint of human activity could draw the wolves to their home, to destroy everything utterly. Which is how Miguel finds himself on a one-way mission with his own destructive mandate: to eliminate a passing ship, before it can bring unwanted attention down on them. Only something goes wrong. There's a lone survivor. And she knows far more about Miguel than she's letting on...
Sequel to Shadow Captain.
