Dreamfall

How it reads

Dreamfall is science fiction (space opera, specifically), and its dominant mood is eerie. It's atmospheric and uncanny, with a sense that something is wrong. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in several locations, in the future, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are identity, survival and power and politics. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 432 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.