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Halcyon Years

A gripping new murder mystery set on a spaceship from the million-copy bestselling ‘mastersinger’ of science fiction

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Halcyon Years

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: Tim Treloar
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A superb 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.

Yuri Gagarin is a private investigator, who picks up small cases from his local community, runs into trouble with the local police, and generally ekes out a living as best he can. He's aboard the Halcyon - a starship, hurtling through space, carrying thousands of passengers with thousands more sleeping the journey away.

Only his usual investigative work - catching cheating spouses, and small time con artists - is about to take a turn. He's hired by a mysterious woman called Ruby Red to look into a death in one of Halcyon's most elite families . . . and then warned off the case again by a second mysterious woman called Ruby Blue. Caught between the two, he's about to be embroiled in a murder mystery in which - at any moment - he could be the latest victim.

Gripping, fast-paced fun this is a classic noir mystery with a science fiction twist, which will keep you guessing, and on the edge of your seat, to the end.

'A hugely entertaining film noir pastiche set on a generational spaceship' - SFX

'Alastair Reynolds is a genre adventurer . . . Halycon Years is a novel composed of nested mysteries and riddles' - Locus Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction Mystery Crime
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A hugely entertaining film noir pastiche set on a generational spaceship
Alastair Reynolds is a genre adventurer . . . Halycon Years is a novel composed of nested mysteries and riddles
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Good performance and enjoyable play on noir detective crossed with sci fi and humanity facing outsized challenges

Fun spin on noir and sci fi

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This was a different kind of novel from Reynolds and quite excellent. I hope for more!

Different and awesome

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Exactly as advertised, read the blurp and if the premise appeals the story will certainly pay off.

Great fun.

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Great writer … never a let down . Always changing his style giving us something new every time

Gumshoe style

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While the story is interesting and a great would building the narrator is not the best choice.

Interesting idea and story telling

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