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Title: The Architect of Aeons
Title: The Architect of Aeons
Series:
Count to the Eschaton Sequence #4
Author:
John Wright
Rating:
3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre:
SF
Pages:
397
Format:
Digital Edition
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Synopsis: |
The Hyades emmissary makes it to earth. Since Montrose and Azarchel were both exiled to the outer limits of the Solar System, they couldn't participate. They do come back, learn that the Hyades simply vacuumed up all the humanity they wanted and sent them to colonize uninhabitable planets.
Earth, the moon and Jupiter are all now
planet brains. Montrose and Azarchel go their separate ways, do their
separate thing, plot and counterplot until it is time for Rania to
return. Passing thousands of years in sleep or otherwise, we see
humanity change, morph, mature and just begin to take their place in
the larger cosmos.
The book ends right before Rania is
supposed to return. So there is at least one more book. Bugger that!
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My Thoughts:
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I enjoyed this much more than the previous book. The time skips become huge, sometimes 10's of thousands of years. So I just wasn't as invested in the story, hence it made it easier to just coast along.
Honestly, the whole “will Humanity be
free or be slaves” thing going on between Montrose and Azarchel is
getting a bit boring. You can only upgrade humanity so many times
before it loses its “oomph”. And how come Montrose and Azarchel
keep being smarter than even living planets? It doesn't make sense,
no matter how much Wright starts bringing in “alternate Monument
data” and other such rubbish.
This is Empty Calorie Science Fiction.
There is nothing wrong with it, as long as you know you are getting
that. I was under the impression that this was the final book so I
was a bit pissed off when I reached the end and bam, Rania hasn't
returned and there was still no resolution. But unlike the previous
book, I wasn't bored. So take from that what you will.
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