Mistworld

Twilight of the Empire, Book 1

De: Simon R. Green

Narrado por: Dan Calley

Before Owen Deathstalker, there was the Twilight of the Empire . . .

Mistworld. The day would come when it would be a key world in Owen Deathstalker's Rebellion. Now, it's as it's always been, a world on the edge of the Empire, a lawless one, shielded from the outside by powerful ESPers. A world where Leon Vertue can run his body bank, where a burglar like Cat has more to fear from other thieves than the Empress' justice, a world where Investigator Topaz is determined to make her mark.

Mistworld. "Green moves his plot at top speed, and his characters are alive and his background solid." —Baird Searles in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine

©1992 Simon R. Green (P)2024 Tantor Media

Unique World Setting

I am a fan of Mr. Greens work, particularly the series of Forest Kingdom, Hawk & Fisher, Gideon Sable, and Secret Histories. I really wanted to like this book but found it difficult to do so. I didn’t connect with any of the noble-criminals who populate Mistworld so I found it a fine read but not emotionally engaging. Also, it doesn’t have any of Mr. Green’s signature dark sarcasm. So, it was ok.