This is the second book in the ‘Final Architecture’ Series. The book starts about 6 months after the events of book 1. Idris Telemmier’s plight in Eyes of the Void is a gripping classic. While he wants nothing more than to vanish from the center of universe’s attention, he recognizes his responsibility. His decisions will forever change the course of humanity. His mistakes will aid its end. Idris as the reluctant hero proves a well written trope has its place in modern works.

Able to devour the surrounding space, using user's own domain and control. Anyone who enters the space will be imstantly destroyed, without their knowledge. With the space under the user's control by constantly swallowing and expanding, User can let those people be destroyed for no reason without them noticing. So, with the Architects returning, and even worse, the strange alien artifacts that the Hegemony (an empire of clams no less) utilized to protect planets no longer working, it would seem that the various factions of humanity and the surrounding alien empires would come together to face the common threat. Of course not! Instead, we have various factions of humanity with different visions if you will of the future and on the brink of going to war with each other... From the author of the thrilling science-fiction epic Children of Time, which won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award. Eyes of the Void is the second high-octane instalment in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture space opera trilogy. Havaer felt his internal dispenser feed him some heart meds like a steadying hand on his shoulder. Might be about to walk into a shooting war. To find the Ender Golem, you must first discover the Ruined Citadel, a large structure in the outer End. Therefore, defeating the Ender Dragon first and having access to an Elytra is recommended.In other words, they were part of his body. He could let them out at will and make them move and shape-shift as he wished.

They got a radiant evac plan?’ She couldn’t take her eyes off the approaching Architect. Her hands were shaking over the displays on her board. That means one of the—’ calling them clams wouldn’t exactly go down well—‘one of your Essiel’s turning up?’Replaces his arm with a Qilin’s leg, using the help of the Essence Milk obtained from the Hundred Schools Competition. Because he lost it to Huangpu Qintian [Loses arm on ch. 321 (Novel)] EYES OF THE VOID was just the type of sequel that I had hoped it would be. The stakes have been raised considerably, alliances are being formed, enemies are making themselves known, and the epic battle on the horizon promises to be legendary. I'm happy to say that Adrian Tchaikovsky has written another stellar space opera tale that will delight anyone who loves their science fiction smart, tech-heavy, and full of exciting adventure. I don't know how I'm going to pass the time waiting for book three, but if it is anything like these first two books in the series, it will be more than well worth it. Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British author of science fiction and fantasy novels. He has published more than twenty (20) novels in several series and standalone. In addition, he’s published several novellas and many short stories. This was the middle book in the author’s Final Architecture trilogy. This was the sixth book I've read by the author. The last book being Dogs of War (my review).

Of course most of the science goes a bit over my head but it's easy enough to get the bigger picture. He didn’t want to take the war to the Architects. He didn’t want to be any part of what might be genocide. But neither the universe nor the war was done with him yet.” A team’s been assigned to you. Be diplomatic. Be firm. I’d rather you didn’t have to kill anyone but sometimes you can’t mine without explosives. Above all, retrieve the data, preferably still sealed.’ Laery fixed him with her skewer gaze. ‘Questions?’ Since reworking the world of Far Lux and then being deflected from Berlenhof—an event all four of them had disturbing personal recollections of—the Architects hadn’t been idle. They’d taken out Ossa and Nillitik, and pitched up above a world that was still just a string of numbers because the joint Colonial-Castigar colonizing effort hadn’t agreed a name yet. There hadn’t been Earth-level losses, but at the same time the pace of their activity was decidedly brisker than in the first war. And now Cirixia. The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all.Uline Tarrant was a rank opportunist. If you were a spacer it was a virtue. That meant when half of her acquaintances were tearing their hair and prophesying the end of all things after the clams took over, she was repurposing her business and making money. So, the former Colonies world of Huei-Cavor had voted to secede and join the Hegemony. They were now notionally ruled by the weird-ass shellfish-looking Essiel. Did that mean she couldn’t turn some Largesse, or at least get a toehold in the complex credit system the Hegemonics used? No it did not. Because one thing the upper crust of Huei-Cavor’s new cultist administration had was wealth, in whatever form you liked. And apparently spending it on conspicuous acts of piety was absolutely what they were all about. Tchaikovsky excels at writing character driven speculative fiction and this is no exception. Eyes of the Void is the second installment of the Architect series and this review will contain some mild spoilers for the first, so read that before this. We left off the first installment with the Architects returning to 'reshape' inhabited planets after 40 years or so. Idris, one of the first 'Ints', or intermediaries, is now almost 70 but he has not aged a day (or slept) since they finished rearranging his brain to become an Int. Ints are able to tolerate 'unspace', a tenuous layer (alternative dimension?) beneath real space that allows for FTL travel, and hence typically serve as navigators on ships. It was also discovered that they can communicate with the Architects and were key in repelling the invasion 40 years ago, basically by just getting their notice ('hello! I am here and alive'). Now you listen, this is my ship and we’ll…’ Her eyes were dragged to the readings Tokay had pushed over to her board. ‘We’ll…’ she said again. I really enjoyed seeing some of the Hanni culture in this book. It wasn’t a huge amount, but even getting to dip into the surface level a little more was fantastic. A Rare Sealing technique that involves the power of space (Seals and Isolates target in the void forever)