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Synopsis
Award-winning author Alastair Reynolds creates "a fascinating hybrid of space opera, police procedural and character study" (Publishers Weekly) with this novel set in the Revelation Space universe.Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a law enforcement officer with the Panoply. His beat is the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone, the teeming hub of a human interstellar empire spanning many worlds.His current case: investigating a murderous attack against one of the habitats that leaves nine hundred people dead. But his investigation uncovers something far more serious than mass slaughter -- a covert plot by an enigmatic entity who seeks nothing less than total control of the Glitter Band.
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Is Aurora Rising (The Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies, 1) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
Adult hard SF with a mass murder investigation and significant violence including 900 deaths. Complex political thriller elements with conspiracy themes. No sexual content or strong language.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include murder, mass death, and violence.
Who'll love this
Older teens who love hard science fiction mysteries will be drawn to this detective story set in a sprawling space habitat civilization.