Atlas Alone

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Published April 16, 2019 by Ace Books.

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5 stars (2 reviews)

Atlas Alone is a 2019 science fiction novel by British writer Emma Newman. It was first published in the United States as a paperback original in April 2019 by Ace Books, and in the United Kingdom by Gollancz. An audio edition of the book was published in April 2019 in the United States by Tantor Audio, and in the United Kingdom by Orion Publishing. Atlas Alone is the fourth book in Newman's four-book Planetfall series, and takes place on the spaceship Atlas 2, six months after the events on Earth in the previous book, Before Mars. After Atlas follows Dee, who finds herself immersed in an investigation to discover who ordered the nuclear genocide that destroyed Earth. The novel was a finalist for the 2019 BSFA Award for Best Novel.

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reviewed Atlas Alone by Emma Newman

Intense and thrilling, for game lovers

5 stars

This book takes place 6 months after the events of Planetfall #2 ("After Atlas"). We have Dee as our main character and she gets unknowingly involved in a suspected murder inside the colony ship. As we know from the previous book, Dee is an avid gamer, and she soon joins elite game servers, or "leets" where the gamers real life abilities are represented in game, making these games extremely challenging. This is another unputdownable book by Emma Newman with virtual reality immersive games, discussions about AI and consciousness, corporate indenture, social justice and revenge. It's all intertwined with the main character's journey confronting her traumatic past while she investigates and plans for the future. It's intense, thrilling and has the ending was breath taking.

reviewed Atlas Alone by Emma Newman

Exciting and fascinating

5 stars

If I was rating Atlas Alone as just part of the series, it would get a solid 4*, but as a standalone book it was exciting, fascinating and I could not put it down. It delves into some deep themes, has a tight plot that carries you along and keeps the overall Atlas story ticking along.

There are so many story threads dangling from all four books, and each book so far has been so different, that this series has a lot more to give.