The Reality DysfunctionThe Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton is the first in a sweeping galactic trilogy from the master of space opera, The Night's Dawn trilogy. In AD 2600 the human race is finally realizing its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets across the galaxy host a multitude of wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary spaceborn creatures. Huge

But by the time the pieces fall into place

He is the author of three other novels

When Phyllis isn't looking after baby Ben she is happily married to a harmless semi-retired invalid

as he pursues the goal of making a movie 'as good as he was'

The second is Serlo

For the first time in his life

Wall Street speculators

Denver cop-turned-book-dealer Cliff Janeway is back

and reveals that Captain John Hallows cannot possibly have been Leonora's real father

to the federal prison in Otisville

Ben and his Labrador Ned

who's been trying to find the victim for months