Loved itOne of my favorite writers and he didn't disappoint. This is part of the Revelation Space Universe, but is the first in a subseries, the Prefect Drafus Emergencies. And it combines detective sci-fi with a space opera.
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Aurora Rising (2018)
Others: Positive Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a law enforcement officer with the Panoply. His beat is the multifaceted utopian society of the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone, the teeming hub of a human interstellar empire spanning many worlds. His current case: investigating a murderous attack against one of the habitats that left 900 people dead, a crime that appalls even a hardened cop like Dreyfus. But then his investigation uncovers something far more serious than mass slaughter---a covert plot by an enigmatic entity who seeks nothing less than total control of the Glitter Band. Before long, the Panoply detectives are fighting against something worse than tyranny, in a struggle that will lead to more devastation and more death. And Dreyfus will discover that to save what is precious, you may have to destroy it.
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- 9780316462570
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- 512 pages
Genres: science fiction
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