The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 10 books · 2000 to 2024

Alastair Reynolds

Crime and mysteryScience fictionYoung adultPolice proceduralSpace operaHard science fictionYA dystopian and science fiction

Alastair Reynolds is a former astronomer who writes vast, dark space opera. His Revelation Space universe spans centuries of slower-than-light travel, a plague that melts machines and men, and the ancient machines that wipe out spacefaring life.

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Alastair Reynolds books in order

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Revelation Space

4 books · Set in spaceSpace operaHard science fiction
  1. 1Revelation Space2000With Dan SylvesteBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Chasm City2001With Tanner MirabelBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Redemption Ark2002With Nevil ClavainBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Absolution Gap2003Buy on Amazon

Prefect Dreyfus

3 books · Set in spaceSpace operaPolice procedural
  1. 1The Prefect2007With Tom DreyfusBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Elysium Fire2018With Tom DreyfusBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Machine Vendetta2024With Tom DreyfusBuy on Amazon

Revenger

3 books · Set in spaceSpace operaYA dystopian and science fiction
  1. 1Revenger2016With Arafura "Fura" Ness and Adrana NessBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Shadow Captain2019With Arafura "Fura" Ness and Adrana NessBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Bone Silence2020With Arafura "Fura" Ness and Adrana NessBuy on Amazon

Characters

10 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Revelation Space

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