Coalescent
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780575074231 (057507423X)
Publish date: 2003
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Series: Xeelee Sequence (#8)
I'd actually like to give this one 3.5 stars, at least until I read the sequel. It was a decent enough book, a compelling read, but it did have a few problems; it felt like a good novella that had been padded to make a fat novel and subsequently suffered for it. Certain of the more SF aspects of the...
An interesting look into a family whose records stretch back generations. The story alternates between a modern man whose father has just died and he finds that he had a twin, who is in a religious order in Rome, so he goes to Rome to find out about her. The other story is set during the fall of R...