Aenea grows into her role as architect of humanity’s next evolution. Raul narrates from a Schrodinger cat box. The TechnoCore, the Shrike, the Lions and Tigers and Bears – all threads converge. A bittersweet conclusion that recontextualises the entire saga.

Review

For me personally the weakest of them all, even though it gives a nice conclusion to the entire story. The weakness is mostly rooted in the way Simmons wrote the main protagonist Raul, who at times is much more stupid than the reader observing the world through his eyes.