

Pushing Ice is a brilliant read and demonstrates that Reynolds is continuing to travel from strength to strength. In any case, the story is so well-paced that it’s preferable to just put your feet up and go along for the ride than to try and second-guess the author. As a result, there’s still a wonderful sense of exploration that echoes the experience of the Rockhopper’s crew. “It’s often possible to guess at what lies ahead, but such guesses only flesh out so much of the story. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama and Larry Niven’s Ringworld will love this novel.”

has a genius for big-concept SF and fans of Arthur C. “A fantastic tale of survival and adaptation to strange surroundings.

“A believable and interesting cast of characters, and the political intrigue both on board the Rockhopper and among the various forms of alien intelligence they eventually meet will keep readers guessing.”
