Peter F. Hamilton
Paperback | Pages: 880 pages Rating: 4.08 | 846 Users | 38 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 034552635X (ISBN13: 9780345526359) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Greg Mandel #1-2 |
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CONTAINS TWO COMPLETE NOVELS!For the first time in a single volume, Peter F. Hamilton’s acclaimed novels—Mindstar Rising and A Quantum Murder—set in a near-future so real it seems ripped from tomorrow’s headlines
In Mindstar Rising, Greg Mandel, gifted—or cursed—with biotechnology that makes him a living lie detector, is hired to investigate corporate espionage by Event Horizon, a powerful company about to introduce a technology that will solve the energy problems of a world decimated by global warming.
Set two years later, A Quantum Murder once again teams Mandel with Event Horizon and its beautiful young owner, Julia Evans, in a locked-room mystery that combines the ingenuity of an Agatha Christie novel with cutting-edge speculative brilliance.
Read together, these novels take on fresh depth and complexity, underscoring the magnitude of Peter F. Hamilton’s creative talent.
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| Title | : | The Mandel Files, Volume 1: Mindstar Rising & A Quantum Murder (Greg Mandel #1-2) |
| Author | : | Peter F. Hamilton |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 880 pages |
| Published | : | August 23rd 2011 by Del Rey (first published January 1st 2011) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Mystery |
Rating Out Of Books The Mandel Files, Volume 1: Mindstar Rising & A Quantum Murder (Greg Mandel #1-2)
Ratings: 4.08 From 846 Users | 38 ReviewsEvaluation Out Of Books The Mandel Files, Volume 1: Mindstar Rising & A Quantum Murder (Greg Mandel #1-2)
Overall, enjoyed this mystery set in a near future. Enough science fiction to keep it in the genre, but as much a mystery series than anything. This newly published work combining "Mindstar Rising" and "Quantum Murder" is a good way to purchase these older Hamilton stories. I enjoyed "Mindstar Rising" more, finding it more of a science fiction read, where as "Quantum Murder" took the setting and science described in the earlier work and built upon it to tell a more pure murder mystery. ObviouslyThese books were good. I am not sure I will read them again, but then again, I am not sure that was the intention of them. They were suspenseful mysteries with plenty of action and characters. I appreciated the starkly different plots between the books while keeping the same characters. I would say these are more suspense/mystery and less sci-fi, but I liked that.
Like everything else Ive read by Peter F. Hamilton, this 2-book set gets 5 stars. I havent read much crime/mystery, and I dont dig on crime TV shows. I guess you could call these crime/mystery stories, and I really enjoyed them. Greg, Eleanor, and Julia are characters I would be happy to read about time and time again. Im putting some other books on hold to move on to the 3rd book (the 2nd volume) of The Mandel Files right now. Thank you again, Mr. Hamilton.
Two books in one.The first one is a bit bumpy read, a rough ride, although not bad overall, not on the level I am used from Peter F. Hamilton. So 2/5But, the second book is way better, with a compelling story line, thought nothing really over the top, but enough to get a 4/5Overall I give a 4/5, especially because for the second book
the book started off slow and confusing so i put it down. i picked it back up when i had nothing else to read and glad i did. shortly in, the book did pick up and got really good.
Both a goodd mystery and Sci Fi novel Great escape read in a post climate change world. Besides the main characters the minor characters are wuite interesting. I will be reading the next one soon.
This is a book set in a near future Earth slowly emerging from a gray ages after a serious but not catastrophic environmental upheaval caused by global warming. Britian is now a tropical island, subject to frequent hyper-violent hurricanes. The book contains two stories of approximately novella length set in this universe. They are unconventional crime mysteries revolving around Greg Mandel, a former specops soldier who has been biologically modified with a psi-enhancing "gland" that gives him
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