The Neutronium Alchemist
- 1,272
- Pages
- about 23 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Neutronium Alchemist” is space opera on the largest scale, a second volume in which the conflict widens and the big ideas keep coming. Some readers praise the established characters, others the sheer entertainment of the journey. It runs to more than 1,200 pages, and some think the same story could be told in far fewer. It continues “The Night’s Dawn Trilogy” and is no place to begin.
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About the book
The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederationâe(tm)s peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers, but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world. On planets and asteroids individuals battle for survival against the strange and brutal forces unleashed upon the universe. Governments teeter on the brink of anarchy, the Confederation Navy is dangerously overstretched, and a dark messiah prepares to invoke his own version of the final Night. In such desperate times the last thing the galaxy needs is a new and terrifyingly powerful weapon. Yet Dr Alkad Mzu is determined to retrieve the Alchemist âe" so she can complete her thirty-year-old vendetta to slay a star. Which means Joshua Calvert has to find Dr Mzu and bring her back before the Alchemist can be reactivated. But heâe(tm)s not alone in the chase, and there are people on both sides who have their own ideas about how to sue the ultimate doomsday device. âe~Hamilton puts Britain sci-fi back into interstellar overdrive.âe(tm) The Times âe~Space opera has rarely been dealt with in such majesty... inventive, ambitious, and, like the greatest of tumbling acts, leaves you giddy for more.âe(tm) Daily Express
Reading order · The Night's Dawn Trilogy
Full order & progress →- The Reality DysfunctionStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - The Neutronium AlchemistThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - The Naked God
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 193 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 57% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 193 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Neutronium Alchemist?
It has 1,272 pages — longer than 100% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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