On the borders of space controlled by man, appear the "inhibitors" Appalling non-human machines whose ultimate goal seems to be the eradication of all technological civilizations. Why? Where do they come from? Hold on! After 900 pages of incongruous neologisms, barbarisms high tech, alien cultures extraordinnairement disconcerting and incomprehensible futuristic technology, you discover that this novel is just the appetizer of a space opera truly amazing ... in 4 volumes . Guilds galactic civilizations unique and incredible variety, space pirates, mysterious oceans Jugglers, modified humans, craftworlds to milénaires crews deadly space plague, disorders characters and ambiguous motivations: Alastair Reynolds delivers a Universe a complex and unparalleled consistency! The writing is fluid, elegant and fitting in spatiotemporal kaleidoscope is a real find. For the protagonists, scattered in space and time, will find themselves and participate in the ultimate fight: the face of "inhibitors" the very survival of humanity is at stake.
