On the positive side, this installment is a great setup to continue the investigation of consensual reality and free will that runs through this series. Plus, it quickly becomes clear that Kujen is a cruel tyrant, and that the young and inexperienced Jedeo has no free will in the matter.
He finds Kujen wants him to be his general and lead the forces of the hexarch against the upstart Protectorate formed when the rogue general Cheris-Jedeo took over the Kel forces and Hexarch Mikodez staged a coup. Jedao finds himself in an alien, chimera body that reflects the scars and traumas of an older man, but he only remembers being a seventeen-year-old cadet at military school.
A new Shuos Jedao wakes, resurrected by the ancient and powerful Hexarch Kujen. This book picks up roughly ten years after Raven Stratagem leaves off, though we have flashbacks that fill in some events since then. There’s an accompanying collection of stories from this universe called Conservation of Shadows, plus a few singletons about on Amazon. It’s published by Solaris and runs 400 pages. It is published by Solaris, and is third in the Machineries of Empire series, following Ninefox Gambit and Raven Stratagem, also awards finalists. This novel is a finalist for the 2019 Hugo Awards.
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