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The One-Eyed Man: A Fugue, With Winds And Accompaniment (2013)

by L.E. Modesitt Jr.(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0765335441 (ISBN13: 9780765335449)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Tor Books

review 1: The best thing about this novel is the cover art (which we learn in the afterword served as the author's inspiration.) The worst thing about it is the glut of character names: Dannel Craik, Aloris Raasn, Clyann, Zerlyna Eblion, Dr. Rikard Spek, Paolo Verano, Sinjon Reksba, Rob Gybl, Sandrina Zaos, Constantia Dewers, Aimee Vanslo, Ilsabet Vonacht, Jeromi Grantham, Pavlo Vanek, Geneil Paak, Belk Edo, Cloras Dulac, Torgan Brad, Ripley Weavar (let that last one sink in ALIENS fans.) Do I need to go on? Because I can. Otherwise, it was alright. It had the feel of a cheap 80s miniseries like V. On second thought, the cover painting needs to be more purpler.
review 2: Oh my goodness. I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started this book. THere are s... moreo many genres involved in the story that it's hard to know how to categorize it. It's like a sci-fi detective story, almost like an X-Files episode in novel-form. And I mean the first years of the X-Files, aka the good ones. Within the first couple of pages of the story, our hero, Pablo Verano, is divorced, virtually bankrupted, and given a new assignment at the outer limits of the colonized universe. He's an ecological surveyor sent to Stittara to do an environmental assessment of industry on the planet. It's so far away that any report that he writes will take 150 years to get back to the authorities. So, he senses that there is some political posturing afoot. Luckily for the reader, Verano is up to the task. He arrives on Stitarra ready to his job. The planet is the universal source for anti-aging drugs which have added decades to human longevity. Anything that interferes with that part of commerce is trouble. So, Verano has to investigate multis (corporations suppoedly doing research) and determine whether they are harming the possibly fragile Stittaran environment. And that's where the fun begins. There are all kinds of things being hidden from him that only become apparent as his investigation progresses. The author has a deft hand with characters and dialogue. It's a hoot to follow Verano along on his quest which becomes more complicated with each revelation. What is really happening on Stittara? How do you navigate the entrenched political interests and their counterparts light years away? What really happened on Stittara millions of years ago that left a civilization buried in dirt? Can a catastrophy be averted? Could the entire planet be one, giant alien intelligence, suffering the appearance of humans? I could go on, but why. Just pick up the book. I have rarely had as much fun reading a book as I have with The One Eyed Man. It's fast-paced but the issues dealt with are heavy and topical. Politics, commerce, anthropology, and an alien environment meet together to create who heck of an advernture. This one is a must-read. less

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