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Elysium Fire is a 2018 science-fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds and the second book in the Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies sequence. It returns to the Revelation Space universe and follows Prefect Tom Dreyfus, an investigator responsible for security in the Glitter Band, as a murder mystery develops around neurological attacks and political unrest. The novel combines a hard-science-fiction setting with a detective structure.
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Who wrote Elysium Fire and when was it published?
Elysium Fire was written by Alastair Reynolds and published in 2018. It is a space opera set in Reynolds's Revelation Space universe.
What mystery does Tom Dreyfus investigate in Elysium Fire?
Prefect Tom Dreyfus investigates a series of mysterious neurological attacks that kill or disable victims. The case expands from individual deaths into a threat to the wider human population of the setting.
Who is Tom Dreyfus in the Revelation Space universe?
Dreyfus is a Prefect of the Panoply, the organization responsible for security in the Glitter Band. His authority gives him access to investigations involving advanced technology, political factions, and large-scale threats.
Should I read The Prefect before Elysium Fire?
Elysium Fire continues the Dreyfus storyline from The Prefect, so that earlier novel provides useful context for the Panoply and its characters. Elysium Fire still centers on its own neurological-attack investigation in the Revelation Space universe.
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