cover image Resolution: Book Three of the Nulapeiron Sequence

Resolution: Book Three of the Nulapeiron Sequence

John Meaney, . . Pyr, $25 (495pp) ISBN 978-1-59102-437-8

British author Meaney brings his ambitious saga exploring the nature of space and time to a triumphant conclusion. Tom Corcorigan, the logosopher and one-armed warrior who almost singlehandedly defeated the alien force Dark Fire in the previous book in the trilogy, Context (2005), must cultivate the worst excesses of Nulapeiron's aristocratic system to save the world as it faces complete assimilation into Dark Fire's alien Anomaly. On his honeymoon with his new bride, Elva Strelsthorm, Tom receives a "story crystal" that relates tales of Earth's next evolutionary descendants, the Pilots, who have the ability to navigate "mu-space" and time. Using logosophical concepts and the Pilots' knowledge of mu-space, Tom envisions a daring plan—to build a shield around his world that will keep it safe from the Anomaly. Fascinating and highly detailed, this third volume of Meaney's SF epic pulls all the various characters and their time lines together for an emotionally and intellectually satisfying finale. (Mar.)