Salvation Lost

Few people can do epic space opera like Peter Hamilton, and he's in his element here.

I won't bother describing the plot - if you've read Salvation, you know everything you need to, and if you haven't read Salvation, go and read that first.

Salvation Lost kicks off immediately after the final events and revelations of Salvation, and slowly escalates the events of the first book, ending on ... if not quite the nail-biting cliffhanger of the first book, some great twists and turns setting up what I hope will be an epic finale.

The bad first - while it ups the pace a little from the first book, Salvation Lost still moves at a slower pace than I'd expected - and while it's never less than engaging, it didn't hold me rapt the way some of his other books have. I think some of that is down to the characters - they're all decent, but no-one really stood out to me the way they have in some of his previous books.

On the other hand, the action is great, nd few people portray large-scale escalation the way Peter Hamilton does. The various plot twists manage to be both surprising and yet logical - and the final wonderful reveal was one that I didn't see coming... but in hindsight, it felt that I should have. If you liked Salvation, this is a must read.