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A superb new noir/science fiction fusion from the 'mastersinger of space opera' (The Times) and the creator of the beloved Revelation Space universe, strap in for a gripping murder mystery.

Yuri Gagarin is a private investigator, who picks up small cases from his local community, runs into trouble with the local police, and generally ekes out a living as best he can. He's aboard the Halcyon - a starship, hurtling through space, carrying thousands of passengers with thousands more sleeping the journey away.

Only his usual investigative work - catching cheating spouses, and small time con artists - is about to take a turn. He's hired by a mysterious woman called Ruby Red to look into a death in one of Halcyon's most elite families . . . and then warned off the case again by a second mysterious woman called Ruby Blue. Caught between the two, he's about to be embroiled in a murder mystery in which - at any moment - he could be the latest victim.

Gripping, fast-paced fun this is a classic noir mystery with a science fiction twist, which will keep you guessing, and on the edge of your seat, to the end.

'A hugely entertaining film noir pastiche set on a generational spaceship' - SFX

'Alastair Reynolds is a genre adventurer . . . Halycon Years is a novel composed of nested mysteries and riddles' - Locus

Book details

• Full title: Halcyon Years
• Subtitle: A gripping new murder mystery set on a spaceship from the million-copy bestselling ‘mastersinger’ of science fiction
• Author: Alastair Reynolds
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496
• EAN: 9781399611787
• ID: 50250019
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Weight: 484 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 129 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. May 2026

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