A review by bozimus
Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams
3.0
At one time, I would have rated this 4 stars. I recently re-read it and it wasn't as enjoyable as I had remembered.
This is basically a story (set in the near future, 100 years after the first book in the series, "Hardwired") about a clone (a beta) trying to find out why his alpha (the one from which he was cloned) was killed. Finding out why is made more difficult because the beta's memories are 15 years out of date.
There were some cool moments but the book left me a little flat this time around.
If you decide to read this book, be advised that "Hardwired" is followed by a novelette called "Solip:System" that supposedly connects to "Voice of the Whirlwind". I never read "Solip:System", so I can't attest to this personally.
This is basically a story (set in the near future, 100 years after the first book in the series, "Hardwired") about a clone (a beta) trying to find out why his alpha (the one from which he was cloned) was killed. Finding out why is made more difficult because the beta's memories are 15 years out of date.
There were some cool moments but the book left me a little flat this time around.
If you decide to read this book, be advised that "Hardwired" is followed by a novelette called "Solip:System" that supposedly connects to "Voice of the Whirlwind". I never read "Solip:System", so I can't attest to this personally.