The Infinite

The Outside, Book III

Final instalment from Philip K Dick Award-nominated series from Ada Hoffmann

Time is running out for the planet Jai. The artificially intelligent Gods who rule the galaxy have withdrawn their protection from the chaos-ravaged world, just as their most ancient enemy closes in. For Yasira Shien, who has devoted herself to the fragile planet's nascent rebellion, it's time to do or die—and the odds are overwhelming.

Enter Dr. Evianna Talirr.

Talirr, the visionary who decimated the planet and began its rebellion, is not a woman to be trusted. But she's returned with an unsettling prophecy: the only way to save Jai is for Yasira to die.

Yasira knows it can't be that simple. But as she frantically searches for other options, what she finds will upend everything she knew about the Gods, the galaxy she lives in, and herself.

©2023 Ada Hoffmann (P)2023 Recorded Books

Pantheism rehashed

It took this third book in the series to fully flesh out the story. While it was nice to have this world fully explained, it amounted to building on the old tropes of ‘science versus religion’: God is a lie, religion is just used to manipulate and exploit people, etc etc.
And why is a predominantly female-populated-and-ruled world any better than a male dominated world?

pretty good

it's definitely different and it's a pretty good book but now I have to keep talking because it won't let me leave less for a review