Halcyon Years 9781399611787 Paperback

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 theHalcyon- 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 Yearsis a novel composed of nested mysteries and riddles’ -Locus