Jon PENNYCOOK reviewed Secret Harmonies by Paul J. McAuley
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4 stars
Almost completely disconnected from the rest of the 400 Billion Stars series, and without telepathy. A planet relies on colony ships arriving from Earth on a schedule. On this planet are a native intelligent species who freeze up in the presence of humans. The latest colony ship does not arrive and nothing is heard. A revolution ensues - people from the city-based Government, from the countryside, and the central computer vie for control, not realising that they may be being used by another power.
There's no need to read any other books in the series before reading this one.
My copy suffers from poor editing with typos, as though it has been through an OCR process, despite being a paperback from the 90s.