But she has nothing to fear, for he is as relived to see her as she is him. The other 95% however, I was pushing myself to stay motivated. In the event of bodyloss (death), this data can be downloaded into a clone of the original human, effectively eliminating death. I am here to get you through this.”.

The Mellanie’s Redemption is now approaching Querencia and getting ready to go into orbit before making its way to Makkathran.

Aaron tells them that this is the plan, and while he initially thought that would have to reset the Void in order to meet him, but now they don’t need to, and it is Inigo that they must have to do this as he has the true memory of this. And so Peter Hamilton's space opera comes to an end in – if I’m honest – a not particularly satisfactory fashion. The author has a healthy vocabulary, and is also British. If you love the fantasy genre, this is the season for you! Deus ex machina is for him the answer to all plot problems. “We seek fulfillment,” she told them calmly. The Firstlife then questions them, asking who they are, and while the group struggles to explain in a way that it understands Troblum steps forward to tell it that while it may have been the first to evolve in the galaxy, it was not the last and now many different species populate the stars. And with that: Makkathran, last survivor of the Raiel armada, soared back up into the sky it had fallen from a million years ago and headed for the clean emptiness of space. Araminta has returned to Viotia, to Mr Bovey, worried how he may welcome her. He has a lot of backstory, true, but the backstory is all silvery and sparkly. Biononics enable the human body to essentially live forever as they rejuvenate the human body on a constant basis.
Its fully acclimatized to the Void now, so functionality shouldn’t be a problem anymore.

Edeard's story just gets more tiresome and mundane the deeper you get. Gore would never reach postphysical status now. They borrowed two DFspheres from the Raiel to generate the barriers around Dyson Alpha and Beta, the two star systems the Prime aliens inhabit, and confine them there (see Commonwealth Saga). Here's the final part of our re-read of Peter F. Hamilton's The Evolutionary Void in preparation for his new novels Night Without Stars. And the Void’s psychic abilities aren’t helping him at all. perhaps next time he will uncover his closet Christian and write one of those ridiculous rapture novels.. You know how some authors seem to finish a book properly? And still it grows.”, “Fuck it,” Gore snarled. Troblum had also made Catriona real in the last moments of the Void, an impulse decision that was perhaps the most human thing he had ever done.

See also The Dreaming Void, The Temporal Void and The Evolutionary Void for more description of the contents of each book. “As are you.”, “My brother.” They embraced, Edeard hugging the man as if his life depended on it. My brother taught me that trick.”. “The Heart is bigger than worlds. Unlikeable characters, written with such obvious contrivances, finally are seen to exist as purely mechanical for moving this story along. As the containment shell closes around the Void and the Raiel’s monitors continue to observe the Void, Qatux and Paula watch on as it begins, as the Void extends to use the stars to power its final task. He then asks Justine if she’ll be returning home to ANA now…, Justine draped an arm around a very silent Kazimir’s shoulders and gave the golden man a defiant look.

As Skylords approach Ilanthe observes how they fly through space and tries to apply the same technique to the inversion core, but not to much luck. After 2000+ pages of this saga, the various good(?) The Lady’s Light has now reached the Void barrier, and Araminta asks the Skylord to reach for them, to bring them inside. My least favorite parts of the void were the conversations involving Edeard’s twins which I found positively nauseating. A very satisfying end to an epic 2000 page trilogy.

As it always does.”. They are just a bunch of appendages without any opinions of there own. Querencia defeinitely ended up in real spacetime, and I think there was something that implied that Querencia's system was the ONLY thing left after t. Amazing!

“Hold me,” Edeard begged. There were nine of them standing together on the grass as she approached, a surprising number for a ship that size even if they’d used suspension. I will take you.”. Makkathran catches up with the Skylord that brought Mellanie’s Redemption to Querencia, and with Gore becoming worried and events outside their control, Justine tells them they need to ask the Skylord. Araminta is distraught at this event and feels the guilt for bringing Ilanthe into the Void.

Instead Ilanthe gets the Skylord to open to her as she devours it, ending its existence and absorbing its knowledge. It could never be any other way.”. They learned about the planet from the dreamer, Inigo, who broadcast dreams about Edeard to the whole galaxy. So, with expectations that simply couldn't get any higher, does The Evolutionary Void meet these? With that done she applies the techniques and flies towards her destination at point nine lightspeed: the Heart.

As they walk in talking and reminiscing, Gore is standing inside in, his personality reanimated by ANA after his bodyloss on the Anomine homeworld.
Inigo’s arm went around Edeard’s shoulder again. Araminta and the Tomansio have arrived at the Silfen with Aaron, an insistence of Araminta’s to give him a place to heal properly. An indestructible microuniverse, the Void may contain paradise, as the cultists believe, but it is also a deadly threat. Edeard then tries to talk to the Heart, but has no luck.

They might take awhile.”. They talk with Makkathran about trying to talk to the Heart, but it tells them there is no hope, that its kind died in the thousands trying to get there.

I chose the you from now because you are still the real you.

They tell him of what happened following this, that all humans on Querencia finally accepted guidance and left the world behind. “Of course you do. As the boundary ripples and extends for them Ilanthe reveals herself, and they all enter together. While some episodes in the trilogy we're engaging and well-written, this book on its own and the Void Trilogy as a whole were poorly constructed and written. He then drops his stealth to get a full scan of the Delivery Man’s ship before trying to decide on what weapons to use…. Deus ex machina is for him the answer to all plot problems.

I mean, who wants to put in all that effort and time and come out going, “Meh”? “You did well,” Bradley said. It was so satisfying to see everything fall in place. They intend to enter the Void, and live on the planet Querencia. It has Neskia on board, and Paula wants the deactivation code for the Sol barrier, but she’s not entirely forthcoming given that once ANA is released she will face trial by it. Does the boundary just disappears, and all the planets/nebulas end up in the real spacetime?

The entirety of the loop was taken, absorbed below the boundary. “Wait!” Gore demanded.

It is universal; it lies behind everywhere in the Void. I did not expect to do what I was born to do: to fly against the greatest enemy once more.

For the miraculous reality that exists inside its boundaries demands energy, energy drawn from everything outside those boundaries: from planets, stars, galaxies, and everything that lives, for the Pilgrimage will trigger a super-massive expansion of the Void. “Please take me to the Heart.”, “I do not know if you are fulfilled,” the Skylord responded. It feels like a complete regression into some archaic world where people have 'evolved' into some medieval culture complete with inane conversations. Edeard does this, going back eons through the Void’s memory, witnessing the addition of all the minds to the Heart, each adding to it but not achieving what was intended. “I did not expect to be shown hope, however small. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.

The world is falling apart.”, “It’s not, I promise.

Gravity, the boundary’s primary enforcer, lessened. I only found out years later that this is the second trilogy set in this universe... That knowledge might have helped considerably. Exposed as the Second Dreamer, Araminta has become the target of a galaxy-wide search by government agent Paula Myo and the psychopath known as the Cat, along with others equally determined to prevent, or facilitate, the pilgrimage of the Living Dream cult into the heart of the Void.

So now all of yous can take all of mes to bed.”. “We choose evolution.

Gore tells the Delivery Man to go home, shuts down all links except the dream. the author certainly believes in the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach, as this trilogy (although it is truly more of a quintet) includes EVERTHING: artificial intelligences, sun-diving, galactic religious movements, bionic enhancements, alien species (including a sci-fi explanation for ELVES for chrissakes), a range of modes of space & time travel, mysteries that have lasted a millenia, lots of space battles, detail. While some episodes in the trilogy we're engaging and well-written, this book on its own and the Void Trilogy as a whole were poorly constructed and written. With time running out, a repentant Inigo decides to release Edeard's final dream: a dream whose message is scarcely less dangerous than the pilgrimage promises to be, where perfection is achieved, so that nothing else is left to strive for and the human race in the Void has started to devolve.

[ But then…. “She’ll be back.”, “She won’t.

Time is running out for those determined to prevent millions of followers from the cult of Living Dreams crossing into the Void and triggering an expansion that will destroy everything in its path. I expect you two have a lot to talk about.” He started walking briskly down the road. As Gore continues his work on the elevation machine, infiltrating its structure, Tyzak observes that others have come to watch: the Silfen. Because she could show no weakness, Araminta watched them with a passive smile. This was an absolutely riveting series and I'm kind of sad it's over, and I'm not the kind of reader who gets into really huge, complicated series. Worse still, is the fact that there is no character development for anyone except Edeard in the void.

guys/girls come together and face the Void.

The Evolutionary Void is the epic conclusion to Peter F. Hamilton's Void trilogy, set in the world of the Commonwealth Saga.

We discover what the Void is - sort of. The woman beckoned her over with both hands. Then the Void itself was shrinking. She faced the front of the observation deck again, focusing on the bereaved Skylords. Here it is, the book I've been waiting nearly two years for: The Evolutionary Void. [1] The current pre-edit word count confirmed by the author is 216,000. This book is the last of the Void trilogy by Peter Hamilton. She is able to connect with a Skylord and travel the Silfen Paths. As Neskia tells Paula that what Ilanthe wanted was not what she wants as an Accelerator she gives some conditions to releasing the code, which Paula counter-offers with, and they come to an agreement. As she returns the body she borrowed from him she can’t help but tease him about what fun she had with the creation layer, and he does sound disappointed. The Delivery Man is in the Last Throw as it descends through the photosphere of the Anomine star on its way to the power siphon they identified, and he isn’t happy: “This is really disturbing you, isn’t it?” Gore said over the TD channel. This book is the last of the Void trilogy by Peter Hamilton.

Inigo was the only thing that made sense in the world right now; he was the anchor.

The people in the Void have psychic abilities such as "farsight" and the "third hand". For me this has everything I look for in great sci-fi. The Living Dream movement is sending pilgrimage to the Void, in a fleet of twelve enormous spacecraft.