Anvil

by Nicolas Van Pallandt

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451456696
• ISBN13: 9780451456694
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Roc
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

An Enchanting Journey into SF

This is an amazing book! I can't wait to hear more from Van Pallandt. The world he creates is realistic and terribly addictive. As you try along with Gabriel Kylie to solve the mystery of his sister's murder, you become enamored with Kyara and all the fabulous characters that inhabit it. This is a book that will stay with you. I've read it over and over again and I never get tired of Van Pallandt's witty and humorous prose.

Why the SF genre is important

Every once in a while I meet certain people--and can't forget them. Gabriel Kylie is one of these people--he's empathic, can definitely take care of himself, lovable, affectionate, funny, ecologically minded, and only exists in the contents of a book! If you want to "meet" Gabriel Kylie, please read ANVIL by Nicolas Van Pallandt--you won't be disappointed! Get the paperback version of the book quick--any future books by this very talented author will--by experience--be in hardcover!

Riveting Far-Future Mystery

This was a superb novel and earned a place among my few "keepers." The technological innovation and interplay are intricate and believable. Both the characters and the world(s) have histories which impact the story, making them much deeper and more engaging. Futuristic religion, technology, culture, and politics are all woven together superbly to transport the reader into a gripping, suspenseful, edge-of-your seat story. I can't wait for more from this author.

Absolutely fabulous! More, more, more

As a fanatical science fiction reader, I am always on the lookout for a new book to add to the collection. What a brilliant find Anvil is! Why don't more people know about it? It is a true SF book - using the medium to illustrate life, not just technology to usurp it! I am particularly impressed the authors excellent characterisation and plot development - not to mention some outstanding vernacular! Well done, please can we expect another Kylie mystery soon?....

An outstanding whodunnit in a science fiction setting

Many contemporary science-fiction novels revolve around fantasy worlds with larger than life characters, extreme plots, clumsy vernacular and extraordinarily dull flights of technological invention. ANVIL, however, uses science-fiction to add colour and texture to what is ultimately a traditional detective thriller. Ordinary and down-to-earth characters find themselves caught up in a dangerous intrigue where the threat feels very real and very menacing. With a lightness of touch, reminiscent of Arthur C. Clark, the author pulls the reader into an utterley believable world where the leaders of major corporations have become so detached from the common man that to carry out genocide is considered simply good business practice. I found the novel highly entertaining and gripping (I couldn't put the damn thing down until I found out WHY!); its character development is masterful (particularly Officer Hitzeki) and I think it would make an outstanding feature film. Read it!