Resolution

Thrilling SF adventure - the acclaimed concluding volume in Meaney's stunning Nulapeiron Sequence.

'Is it good? Of course it is. Meaney is one of the best authors of hard SF in the world at the moment, and he doesn't put a foot wrong here'

'Immensely satisfying...a genuinely impressive trilogy, which also shows how an already impressive author can grow with his work'

'Brilliantly fuses SF with elements of fantasy, and chucks in some theoretical physics and martial arts action for good measure. It's massively ambitious - the first essential book of the year'

'A stunning hi-tech science-fiction series in a feudal setting, this is a welcome return from one of the UK's premier SF writers and brings to a close one of the most original series of the past ten years'

'Few characters in hard SF are more impressive...a fitting end to an intelligent and literate SF sequence'

John Meaney's first novel, To Hold Infinity, was one of the Daily Telegraph's 'Books of the Year' and was nominated for the BSFA Award. Next came the acclaimed Nulapeiron sequence of Paradox, Context and Resolution. John Meaney has a degree in Physics and Computer Science, plus a black belt in shotokan karate. He drinks way too much coffee, and thinks that writing is a never-ending blast...

The war against the Blight may be over, but revolutionary and hero Tom Corcorigan knows that an even greater force threatens Nulapeiron: the ominpotent, planet-consuming Anomaly, which has already absorbed billions of humans and alien beings into itself. Tom's association with Eemur's Head, the flensed remains of a powerful Seer, is changing him, bringing new enemies and allies into his life, while more of the true history of the Pilots (including the existence of their home in a universe no ordinary human being can experience: the shifting, living fractal city of Labyrinth) is revealed to him. But, almost without warning, the Anomaly is upon them, decimating Nulapeiron's labyrinthine subterranean realms. And of the survivors, only those commanded by Tom Corcorigan have the slightest chance against this awesome invader: for it seems only a Warlord who is no longer quite human can deliver humanity from darkness...

John Meaney

'In the brave new worlds of their unfettered imaginations, British writers are at the forefront of expanding the universe. Iain M. Banks...led the way in the Eighties, and Peter F. Hamilton followed on admirably... Now enter John Meaney'

'A rich, often dark, deeply seamed novel. Meaney can write up a storm'

Nulapeiron: a world isolated for twelve centuries. Its billions of inhabitants occupy subterranean strata, ruled by a logosophically-trained aristocracy of Lords and Ladies whose power base is upheld by Oracles. But revolution has touched all of its many cultures - failing in its intent, yet changing everything. 
 
Now Lord Tom Corcorigan - the commoner-turned-noble who renounced his power, the poet, logosopher and holder of the key to understanding the myriad wonders of mu-space, the legendary one-armed warrior, former revolutionary and would-be peacemaker - lies fatally wounded. His survival is dependent on his meeting with a mysterious Seer whose spacetime-warping talents transcend the merely Oracular. It is a confrontation that will result in bitter tragedy and loss - can the woman he loves be truly dead, or can quantum mysteries lie beyond the grave? 
 
Turning his back on a society sliding once more into anarchy and chaos, a disillusioned and despairing Tom wanders this strange, stratified world in search of meaning, love and his own salvation. But it seems Nulapeiron is threatened by a vast, insidious and terrifying enemy whose origins may lie beyond their world, beyond their understanding. And now is the time for legends to be reborn...

John Meaney

Praise for Context

'In the brave new worlds of their unfettered imaginations, British writers are at the forefront of expanding the universe. Iain M. Banks...led the way in the Eighties, and Peter F. Hamilton followed on admirably... ...

'A rich, often dark, deeply seamed novel. Meaney can write up a storm'

Books by John Meaney

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