Lords of Uncreation

Look, this is the third book in the series. You're not reading this review if you're curious to know what it's about, you want to know if Tchaikovsky can stick the landing. And, boy, have I got good news for you.

Lords Of Uncreation triumphantly crowns one of the best space opera series of recent years. There are exciting action sequences, both cosmic and hand to hand (the set piece almost exactly halfway through the book is spectacular). The implacable, unknowable, hostile aliens from another dimension aren't a disappointing damp squib (hello, The Expanse!). The characters we've come to know through the last two books all get their fair share of screen time, and their storylines mostly tie up satisfactorily. It's a great conclusion to a great series, and some of the most fun I've had with SF in a good while.