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The Prefect
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
12 posts | 13 read | 6 to read
Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a law enforcement officer. His current case: investigating a murderous attack against one of the Glitter Band habitats that leaves nine hundred people dead. But then he uncovers an even greater threat-a covert plot by an enigmatic entity seeking nothing less than total control of the Glitter Band.
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Lizpixie
Aurora Rising | Alastair Reynolds
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Bk2 of March is the 1st in the Prefect Dreyfus Emergency series. A brilliant blend of SciFi & police procedural, Dreyfus is a Prefect of Panoply, the beat cops of The Glitter Band. Made up of 10,000 different habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone, Prefects enforce the voting laws of the system. Until an entire habitat is killed, an open & shut case,but Dreyfus starts looking deeper & encounters things powerful people would rather stay hidden.👇

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Lizpixie
Aurora Rising | Alastair Reynolds
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Bks6, 7, & 8 of my recent #BookMail are the first 3 books in the Prefect Dreyfus series. A SciFi Cop drama, set in the utopia of the Glitter Band of Space Habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone.Panoply enforces the law, but when Dreyfus investigates an attack against a habitat it looks open&shut, until he looks under some stones that very powerful people rather he didn‘t.10,000 city-state habitats orbit Yellowstone & Panoply ARE the law.

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majkia
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
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Continuation of larger series, so not the real beginning of the story. As usual, imaginative, complex, well drawn characters, and lots of action.

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Bookboss
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
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Reynolds changed the title after publication, so it is sometimes listed as “Aurora Rising.” This is a fabulous science fiction / police procedural novel. Reynolds drops you right into the action with few info drops. The world building is complex, and you figure it out as you go. The characters are well-drawn and engaging. It took me a while to catch on, but once I was in, I loved it. I will be reading more from this author.

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catsuit_mango
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
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The trouble with ebooks is when you want to read an epub your partner bought you can not just pick up the paper book and read, you have to borrow the reading device... And that one is older and way slower and clunkier than mine ;)

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Or, you could just have them sign in to your device and download it…when you finish reading it just re-register it as your device. 3y
catsuit_mango @Riveted_Reader_Melissa one of us has a Kobo, the other one a Pocketbook... But that could work, switching is quisker ;) 3y
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Lucy_Anywhere
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
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Here are my #Top6Reads of 2019 so far - thanks for the tag @DebbieGrillo

Tagging the rest of #TeamLitnFit @mcipher @BeckyB @okthislooksbad @krayoncolorz @Books.Bottles.and.Babies @twohectobooks

twohectobooks Hm, this could be tough... 5y
twohectobooks Love your choices btw. My sister is an enormous RJB fan. 5y
Lucy_Anywhere @twohectobooks Thanks! RJB is one of my fave authors 😀 5y
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mcipher I will have to think about this one - a lot of good ones in 2019 so far. 😉 5y
Bklover I need to check out John Scalzi! 5y
Lucy_Anywhere @Bklover Do it! I only discovered him a few months ago, and really enjoyed his books 5y
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Lucy_Anywhere
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
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The Prefect ain't flashy with it's bare bones prose, but I was completely hooked. It's half sci-fi thriller, half police procedural with ever increasing stakes and a deftly woven plot. An unexpected favourite of 2019 so far! Also, the first book for #BookFitnessChallenge #BFC

@mcipher @wanderinglynn

mcipher Yay! Glad you enjoyed your first challenge book. 😊 5y
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Lucy_Anywhere
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
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Phew, it's getting hot this week 😓 my class and I went for a walk this morning so I've met my fitness goal for today! #BookFitnessChallenge #BFC #LitnFit

How's everyone's Tuesday going?

@mcipher @krayoncolorz @DebbieGrillo @BeckyB @okthislooksbad @twohectobooks @Books.Bottles.and.Babies

twohectobooks Yikes, hope you can stay cool or at least hydrated! My local radio station was talking about this European heat wave this morning. 5y
okthislooksbad Oh wow, I thought we had it bad at around 30. What's the trick to not actually melting?? 😂 ☀ ☀ 5y
Lucy_Anywhere @twohectobooks @okthislooksbad stay in the air conditioning! At least it's not as hot here as it's supposed to get in mainland Spain and Paris 5y
akckitty My Tuesday has been great! Not too bad of weather in Portland today. I'm hoping to get more reading done for the bfc goals :) you're doing great! 5y
Lucy_Anywhere @akckitty thanks! I've been doing better at the reading than the fitness lol! 5y
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Lucy_Anywhere
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
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I'm excited! Today is the first day of the #BookFitnessChallenge #BFC Round 2. These are my goals for the next six weeks... wish me luck! I'm off to the beach today so I should be able to get in a walk and some quality time with the tagged book.

Shout out to my lovely team mates @DebbieGrillo @mcipher @krayoncolorz @BeckyB @okthislooksbad @twohectobooks @Books.Bottles.and.Babies

LazyOwl Good luck 5y
BeckyandBooks Have fun at the beach!! 🏖 5y
mcipher Have a great beach day!!! 🏖 5y
twohectobooks Beach reading is the best, enjoy! 5y
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BekaReid
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
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Space opera detective story by an imaginative author. There's a lot going on and a lot of characters and detailed writing. Definitely not a quick read but Alastair Reynolds deals well with complex themes in a creative way.

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BekaReid
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
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Reading + coffee = perfect morning

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BekaReid
The Prefect | Alastair Reynolds
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Time for some out of this world lunch break reading.