Revenant Gun
by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris, 2018)
A decent enough novel but not, as spruiked, a ‘stunning conclusion’ to the trilogy. (In fact, it might almost constitute proof that Ninefox Gambit was intended as a standalone.) Lee conjures up an adversary, expands rather aimlessly on the servitors, and— concludes.
Raven Stratagem
by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris, 2017)
Book two of the ‘Machineries of Empire’ trilogy is strangely engrossing, given it mostly comprises a series of abstruse machinations, and one of the three viewpoint characters (Brezan) contributes almost nothing. Lee’s prose, too, is workmanlike. Still, the reader is pulled along.