It’s been six months since the Atlas 2 started its journey, fleeing a dying Earth and headed toward a planet colonized years ago by Suh-Mi, a messiah-like figure who envisioned a holy place where people could live self-sustaining lives in harmony with god and each other. And please beware of minor spoilers if you haven’t read After Atlas! If you haven’t yet read After Atlas, I would not pick this up until you do. The events start a few months after the shocking ending of After Atlas, so even though I’ve always said that each book in this series can be read as a standalone in any order, Atlas Alone is the exception to that rule. This is the first book in the series that actually feels like a sequel.

The nitty-gritty: A mesmerizing and dangerous thriller where reality and fantasy merge.Įmma Newman’s Planetfall series has been a wild ride, but if I’m reading the ending correctly, that ride isn’t over yet. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Also like Planetfall, it stealthily delivers an emotional punch at the end, making the reader care far more for characters they wouldn’t expect.I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Emma Newman artfully crafts a tale that looks like a straightforward science fiction murder mystery and turns it into something else near the end, giving a whole new view of a different story.

Planetfall and After AtlasĪfter Atlas is set in the same world as Planetfall, and much like Planetfall it’s a tale that surprises. In solving the case, Carlos stumbles on a secret worth killing for. When the leader of the Circle Alejandro Casales turns up dead in his jurisdiction, the MoJ sees Carlos as the most qualified to take the case. When Carlos left the Circle and his father to start his own life, he was picked up by child sellers, hot house trained to be an investigator, and sold to the Noropean Ministry of Justice. First he retreated within himself, then he retreated into the cult known as the Circle. This is life in After Atlas.Ĭarlos was left behind on Earth by his mother, but his father seemed to want to leave reality behind when she left him there too. Now that the time capsule the crew buried before leaving is about to be unearthed, everyone seems to want a statement from him. Since his mother left on the Atlas to follow the Pathfinder all those years ago, the press has looked at him as the abandoned child. Carlos Moreno just wants to be left alone.

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