Beyond the Light Horizon

Paperback, 336 pages

English language

Published June 2024 by Pyr SF.

ISBN:
978-1-64506-066-6
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ASIN:
1645060667

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MacLeod's final book in the Lightspeed trilogy is nothing short of celestial . . .

The Fermi have departed from the rocky worlds, but they still haunt the gas giants. Their long-term intentions remain unknown. Hurled into the past by a time-slip, John Grant and his onboard AI navigate the long way back. They return to the present in a distant system, where they find Terre Nouveau, a human settlement already two hundred years old. Grant’s ship takes this astounding news to the far-roving Station, where Nayak has found new problems and a new lover. As the Station explores Terre Nouveau’s system, they encounter intelligent species far older than humanity, who are just as perplexed about the origins and intentions of the Fermi—a cosmic network of alien minds—as they are.

On Apis, rogue agent Marcus Owen rallies the native intelligent life against the human settlers, and passes on a warning …

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A whole bunch of stuff happening

Some stuff got tied up it the second book of this trilogy, and the third one tied up some plots that were left over. It also dropped in a whole bunch of new plots. There is a lot of stuff happening here. Some of it gets tied up, some of it kind of fizzles out, and some of it is left not entirely resolved. At times, the pacing feels a bit off—the story could have been more spread out over the latter two of the trilogy's books, or maybe even the whole thing. Nevertheless, an enjoyable read.