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Can I read The Prefect on EtoBox?
The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Prefect about?
Critically-acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds creates “a fascinating hybrid of space opera, police procedural and character study”(Publishers Weekly) in this novel in his Revelation Space universe.Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a law enforcement officer with the Panoply. His beat is the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone, the teeming hub of a human interstellar empire spanning many worlds. His current case: investigating a murderous attack against one of the habitats that leaves nine hundred people dead. But his investigation uncovers something far more serious than mass slaughter—a covert plot by an enigmatic entity who seeks nothing less than total control of the Glitter Band.
Who reads The Prefect?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Alastair Reynolds
- Publisher
- Ace Hardcover
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781440637889
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Science Fiction, Adventure, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.15 / 5 (104 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Prefect (Revelation Space) (2007)
- The Prefect (Revelation Space) (2009)
- The Prefect (2010)
- The Prefect (Gollancz S.F.) (2008)
- The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1) (2008)
- The Prefect (2018)
- The Prefect (Revelation Space) (2008)
- The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1) (2007)
- The Prefect 5 (2010)
- Aurora Rising (The Prefect) (2007)
- Prefect Dreyfus 01-The Prefect aka Aurora Rising (2008)
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