#160 in Science fiction
Revenant Gun
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Our view
“Revenant Gun” closes the “Machineries of Empire” trilogy fittingly, for readers who already know the first two books. Jedao wakes with a cadet’s mind in an old general’s body, leading soldiers who loathe him over a massacre he cannot recall. Some readers find the start demanding, with two versions of the protagonist under one name, yet praise how tidily the threads are tied off; others wanted more from the worldbuilding and the character growth.
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About the book
Shuos Jedao is awake... and nothing is as he remembers. He's a teenager, a cadet--a nobody--in the body of an old man; a general in command of an elite force. And he's the most feared, and reviled, man in the galaxy. Jedao carries orders from Hexarch Nirai Kujen to re-conquer the fractured pieces of the hexarchate. But he has no memory of ever being a soldier, let alone a general, and the Kel soldiers under his command hate him for a massacre he can't remember committing. Kujen's friendliness can't hide the fact that he's a tyrant. And what's worse, Jedao and Kujen are being hunted--by an enemy who knows more about Jedao than he does himself...
Reading order · Machineries of Empire
Full order & progress →- Ninefox GambitStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - Raven Stratagem
8.08.0 / 10 - Revenant GunThis book
8.18.1 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 139 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 8 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 131 | 94% |
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