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mlinsey's review against another edition
5.0
I love the great long spaces in this series. And how occasionally lines would GUT ME when I was reading this as a teenager. I'm pretty sure my reactions this time around were less emotional, but I'm still fondly attached to Joseph and getting so much of his perspective in this book was a good reminder of why I LOVED THIS SERIES SO HARD AS A KID.
I still love it, but I'm not going to have long fights about it on message boards anymore.
I still love it, but I'm not going to have long fights about it on message boards anymore.
nigellicus's review against another edition
5.0
Joseph and Lewis search for missing immortals and ponder the mystery of the returning mortal. Mendoza has vanished after an incident in Hollywood and Joseph's own father has been on the run for centuries. Why they have vanished and where they've vanished to and what it says about the all-encompassing Company and the coming deadline when the Silence descend on the future are only some of the questions troubling our heroes and mostly they just end up with a lot more questions. This is the first Company novel that breaks into the future, though there are plenty of incidents in the past, particularly the massacre of the Ninth Roman Legion, and the investigation takes place over hundreds of years, across societal and cultural upheaval and technological breakthrough and the odd pandemic that may not have been entirely natural. We've already glimpsed the future though, and seen hints that it's a strange, almost sad place where the lively, curious, hungry immortals could never be at home. The problem is, the future seems to know that, too.
Baker's style and story are eminently readable, funny and thoughtful and occasionally horrific. It's funny to see the powerful, knowing immortals who have operated in history's shadow become lost and uncertain and begin looking for answers that affect them directly. They are about to step out of the shadow and into history itself, and they well know how fraught and bloody and messy that is. Excellent book in an excellent series.
Baker's style and story are eminently readable, funny and thoughtful and occasionally horrific. It's funny to see the powerful, knowing immortals who have operated in history's shadow become lost and uncertain and begin looking for answers that affect them directly. They are about to step out of the shadow and into history itself, and they well know how fraught and bloody and messy that is. Excellent book in an excellent series.
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