Nightside City

A book review.

Nightside City

by Lawrence Watt-Evans

published: 2001.08.01

ASIN: B004EEON1K

ISBN:

genre: Sci-Fi

reviewed:2003.08.24

👍🏼 recommended

I picked up this book when it was still on the shelves in the stores (remember those?). This is basically a "Man in a Hole" film noir story involving an honest to goodness PI (albeit a woman) in a city in a crater that's dangerously close to sunrise. The planet - thought to be tide-locked - is slowly turning toward the sun and when that too-close sun rises the city will burn.

This geographic item isn't simply back-story, it's the plot. Someone seems to think that the matter can be reversed, and is taking steps to make that happen. But they're doing that in a way that's attracting the wrong kind of attention. Things unfold at a good clip and get sticky fast. The tone and balance are excellent. I've re-read this one a few times.