The Causal Angel (Jean le Flambeur)
<p>With his infectious love of storytelling in all its forms, his rich characterization and his unrivaled grasp of thrillingly bizarre cutting-edge science, Hannu Rajaniemi swiftly set a new benchmark for Science Fiction in the 21st century. Now, with his third novel, he completes the tale of the many lives, and minds, of gentleman rogue Jean de Flambeur.</p><p>Influenced as much by the <i>fin de si¨cle</i> novels of Maurice leBlanc as he is by the greats of SF, Rajaniemi weaves intricate, warm capers through dazzling science, extraordinary visions of a wild future,and deep conjectures on the nature of reality and story.</p><p>In <i>The Causal Angel </i>we will discover the ultimate fates of Jean, his employer Miele, the independently minded ship <i>Perhonnen,</i> and the rest of a fractured and diverse humanity flung throughout the solar system.</p>