Review of “The Great Symmetry”

This book won the Grand Prize of the 2015 Cygnus Awards. It’s pretty easy to see why.

While I didn’t quite get what I expected from the summary (less angry capitalism, more espionage, was what I thought I would get), that means that the book playedout in an unexpected way. From start to finish, the storyline was interesting to follow, with plenty of intriguing characters that present vastly different perspectives on the same events.

Speaking of the characters, there’s a very solid cast overal...