Most people here have read books 1 and 2, so I’m going to assume you know the premise of the series and aren’t really looking for the sell. Kā jau tas piedien triloģiju trešajām grāmatām, apskatāmās problēmas izmērs ir sasniedzis zināmā un nezināmā visuma izmērus. Vulture God apkalpei nu ir nopietnākas problēmas par viena lokāla Arhitekta uzbrukumu, viņi ir pievērsuši pašu visuma valdnieku uzmanību. Lai dzīve nebūtu rožu dārzs autors ir nolēmis pamanipulēt ar dažādu frakciju lojalitāti. Kādreizējie draugi kļūst par ienaidniekiem un civilizācijas, kurām šķiet viss bija vienalga pēkšņi kļūst ieinteresētas. From Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time and winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Lords of Uncreation is the final high-octane instalment in the Final Architecture space opera trilogy. Last part of a trilogy. I really loved the first book Shards of Earth and sadly struggled with the middle book Eyes of the Void. At the end I think I could have done without books 2 and 3 and would have preferred one standalone and closed novel with less padding and all the plotlines tidied up.

I had half an idea where this eventually was to end up from an early period, and I was not disappointed in how the climactic conclusion developed how I had vaguely surmised. The fact it took an age to reach the ending did not matter one iota, as it was text-book Tchaikovsky through to a spellbindingly stunning finale.The characters Adrian Tchaikovsky has populated this world with are so grounded, so emotionally rich, and so vibrant ... not to say that Tchaikovsky does not deliver an incredibly satisfying conclusion to the mysteries of unspace (he does!). But what I’ll remember most is how he crafted the perfect emotional resolution to this intellectually intricate tale that left me in tears and has stayed with me since." I loved that this finale not only gave us the answers to the questions we've been asking, but also focused on the unasked questions. Like how the survivors might fare even if everything went splendidly. If people would be able to get a grip and become allies. The inter-personal exploration was as interesting as Idris going into Unspace even deeper to find the Lords of Uncreation. But another obstacle to striking against the alien threat is Idris himself. He knows that the Architects, despite their power, are merely tools of higher intelligence. But who will listen to him when the means to crush the architects is close to hand?

This series has broken me! I have been too invested in these books. I am suffering from a book hangover. I can't stop thinking about Idris and the entire Vulture God space crew. The pacing as usual is top notch – Tchaikovsky doesn’t let the story settle for too long before ramping things up again, and this time the entire last third of the book just builds and builds, as the peril and stakes get higher and higher. It’s something I admire about some action heavy books, how they can create a climax that lasts so long but never gets stale. And the ending really lands, with an epilogue that brought a couple of tears to my eyes. Also, to my mind, the confrontation at the end felt a bit too abstract, and the solution just a bit underwhelming compared to the all encompasing threat of the Architects. I am afraid Tchaikovsky bit off just a bit more than he could chew here. I’ve read the whole trilogy over the last few weeks and so am completely immersed in the universe that Tchaikovsky has created here. As a series it perhaps has less philosophical ideas than the Children of Time series, but it has immense scope and effortlessly rolls in some big questions about what it means to be a human (or indeed another species), the responsibilities for and of refugees, genetic manipulation etc.It was close run but I think Olli stole the show for me so I’ll conclude with a quote (no spoilers): Human and inhuman interests wrestle to control Idris’ discovery, as the galaxy erupts into a mutually destructive and self-defeating war. The other great obstacle to striking against their alien threat is Idris himself. He knows that the Architects, despite their power, are merely tools of a higher intelligence. Oh, and everybody who has already read the first two books will read this one as well anyway, of course.

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and finalnovel 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. Thanks to NetGalley and Orbit Books for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. I'm not convinced this is a good ending to the series at all. The first part of the book is padded with irrelevant and inconsequential filler material. It's the same tired route of humanity's factions turning on each other yet again, until there's yet again the external threat. Lords of Uncreation is the final high-octane installment in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture space opera trilogy. Human and inhuman interests wrestle to control Idris’ discovery, as the galaxy erupts into a mutually destructive and self-defeating war.

Lords of Uncreation achieves a remarkable turnabout of perspective in which we see Idris looking at the universe from the other side of the real. There he sees everything and achieves a sort of omniscience, not because he becomes a superman but simply because he can imagine himself standing at a point in the center of all things. In a sense, that corresponds to the writer’s imagination, for, after all, what is Tchaikovsky doing but exactly what Idris describes – arranging the unknowable in familiar terms, fitting it out with direction and a landscape that we can imagine ourselves within. Can we talk about how freaking amazing all these alien species and cultures and worlds and just NEW imaginings this book inspires? Reading this series is like stumbling across the joy of reading all over again; opening up every possibility. I love that even through the last book in the series you are still getting MORE glimpse of new and exciting things. Which we do, for the second half of the book, and I had a great deal of trouble putting the book down. The Final Architecture is a series of science fiction novels by British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky. It comprises Shards of Earth, Eyes of the Void, and Lords of Uncreation. The series focuses on a group of humans fighting against the mysterious Architects, who destroy inhabited planets. The series has been well-received critically, with Shards of Earth winning the 2021 BSFA Award for Best Novel.

As I said before, all the questions that I had about the Architects, the Originators and the enemy behind the Architects are answered. I don’t think theorycrafters will necessarily be surprised by most of them, but for me the answers are never quite as important as how those answers resonate with the characters journeys, and in this case it all fits together immensely well.I say effortlessly as it wraps it all up in a huge space opera of politics, fighting and travelling through the ‘unreal’. The characters are fully formed, their continued development is convincing, and the end state of each of them by the novel’s close is both narratively coherent and doesn’t feel ‘forced’ for a neat conclusion. Though the story has ended with Lords of Uncreation I could see the author doing other stories within the same universe, because there is so much left to discover, and I would definitely read a spin-off about Olli and her Essiel escapades, because I want to know more about these weird clam-aliens and what they actually think of the world. But overall I enjoyed the way everything was wrapped up, and I recommend the entire Final Architecture series for anyone looking for some epic space opera. Book Info