But the deeper he delves into the case, the more he realizes that escaping the past is not so easy. To figure out who killed one of the most powerful men on Earth, Carlos is supposed to put aside his personal history. And now, on the eve of the fortieth anniversary of Atlas’s departure, it’s got something to do why Casales was found dead in his hotel room-and why Carlos is the man in charge of the investigation. Atlas is what took his mother away what made his father lose hope what led Alejandro Casales, leader of the religious cult known as the Circle, to his door. But in that moment, the course of Carlos’s entire life changed. Gov-corp detective Carlos Moreno was only a baby when Atlas left Earth to seek truth among the stars. About After AtlasĪcclaimed author Emma Newman returns to the captivating universe she created in Planetfall with a stunning science fiction mystery where one man’s murder is much more than it seems…

Absolutely enjoy it.After Atlas is a standalone science-fiction crime novel published by Roc.

I think it’s a wonderful book for SF/mystery lovers, or SF/where do we go next-lovers. We get to watch as the world expands and grows, and new technologies grab hold. I love his addiction to ‘real’ food, one of the first real stories I’ve seen where we see the difference between ‘real’ food and 3D-printed food. It’s heavy on plot, even though most of it takes place in Carl’s head. I’m trying to find ways to describe this book to you without spoilers, and it’s difficult. The ways in which the Circle cult has changed also bring to light some fascinating plot points. The characters were interesting, and I loved seeing the difference in how Carl is treated by those who know he’s a slave and those who don’t. I very much enjoyed watching Carl work the case, seeing the ways in which he could approach it that the police could not.

Luckily his new owner underestimates him. Perfect for working with the justice department–not entirely relevant for his new owner. Meanwhile, Carl’s past is catching up to him, and he’s thrust into the middle of an investigation of the cult leader’s death–suicide, or homicide?Ĭarl has a remarkable skill for puzzling out fact and putting pieces of seemingly unrelated information together. And one of the rules is that he is not to tell people he is enslaved, so he has no chance of making it out of his contract–until one day, he catches the attention of exactly the wrong man. He learned fast, so he become a rising star in the Justice department that bought his contract. Carl couldn’t stand the starkly boring life of the cult (no technologies) and left. When Carl was a child, his mother left Earth on a religious cult’s spaceship, leaving Carl and his father behind. Emma Newman’s After Atlas (Planetfall Novel, A) is a follow-on to a previous novel I haven’t read, but I didn’t find that made this hard to follow at all.

After Atlas by Emma Newman