[Allyd_Paynter]

I've just joined this site because I had to complement you on the spatterjay trilogy. A friend of mine received Orbus as a gift but refused to read it before the first two in the series and so gave it to me, and I cant tell you enough how thankful I am that he did! I did worry that I would come into the novel completely out of my depth lacking in the background plot yet found it as a stand alone novel in it's own right nothing short of amazing. The novel is both gritty and funny at the same time with a world that is totally immersive, I keep on imaging what it would be like to be an old captain living within the core polity worlds! the AI sniper also is as i've has been remarked upon is hilarious and is perversely more engaging than many of the human characters and another favourite of mine.

I've since bought both the skinner and the voyage of the sable keech and am now beginning the agent cormac series. All of which I rate as highly as Orbus, I think it is possibly that orbus was my introduction to this incredibly vivid universe and as such stands out as my favourate. I can only say this is the best sci fi series i've read for a number of years and I am looking forward to finishing gridlinked and the many more novels awaiting me!

thank you Neal!

[nealasher]

Thank you kindly, Allyd, and here's hoping you've got lots of happy reading ahead of you! You have the Cormac series, other Polity books, one-offs like Cowl and a new series that starts with The Departure in September.

Incidentally, the Spatterjay series is also available as an audio book at audible.co.uk.

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