It is rare for the third book in a trilogy to be the best. Usually, I would think the writer is looking to make a few more euros. But not this time. It’s the best I’ve read since the first book in the Children of Times series.
You would need to read the first two books first, or you will be totally lost.
The Bobs are replicants who have now been copied many, many times. Each iteration is slightly different, and the varied experiences they each have, make them even more different. One Bob spends seventy years with a primitive, sentient species, who are in danger of extinction, and guides them as a quasi-sky God to a safer location. Another gets invested in the people on a colony world, and has deeper friendships than when he was flesh and blood.
There are many interwoven stories of love, friendship, and exploration. It makes you consider that immortality as a machine may not be all that bad. Of course, it’s not all plain sailing. “The Others” must be contended with, along with a pesky attempted coup on one of the human colony worlds.
What does it mean to be human?
What does it mean to be conscious?
Great science fiction makes you ask yourself difficult questions. And this is why this is so good.
There are some great action scenes too, especially with “The Others”. It invites you to imagine epic space battles where the very future of humanity is in danger.
Read this series. I can say no more, and naturally it gets five stars out of five,
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