Sunstorm

Continuing from [b:Time's Eye 64936 Time's Eye (A Time Odyssey, #1) Arthur C. Clarke https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388208559s/64936.jpg 1524294], but loosely. A different setting and only one character in common with the first, so it could be read on its own; but don't because you need the first anyway to make full sense of the third. My review of the first book.Should you read this? Yes if at least one of these is true:- You understand Clarke's name sells, but not guarantees actual Clarke writing.- You like other Stephen Baxter's books he's written solo.- You enjoy natural disaster novels because that's what this book mostly is.This is a welcome change from the first book, as it includes more science fiction. Like Space Odyssey, it happens in our not-so-distant future, yet we get to see how satisfyingly far technology has advanced.Its most glaring fault is that the whole book resolves a single plot point. Granted, it's a very significant plot point, but it becomes tiring because a book a third of the length would have sufficed, and the ballooning prose becomes an unnecessary delay. Nevertheless, it's better than the previous book.Nitpick: I consider a bad sign when authors sprinkle scifi pop culture references. At least here it's done sparingly.