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Field #4
EVA
All good things
must come to a beginning...
Beyond Time: The Boundary.
Beyond reason: Human nature.
Beyond coincidence: A convergence.
Time itself was always the key.
Across 64 years, the manipulation of events reaches its conclusion.
The outcome shapes the future of Mankind.
At the epicentre is a set of coordinates
and three letters...
EVA.
With absolutely relentless drive, EVA accelerates towards the series climax. The future lies where genetics, A.I. and time collide. You don’t want to miss the conclusion of the Field Series main arc!
Complete your journey with one small step,
The future has arrived. Now.
must come to a beginning...
Beyond Time: The Boundary.
Beyond reason: Human nature.
Beyond coincidence: A convergence.
Time itself was always the key.
Across 64 years, the manipulation of events reaches its conclusion.
The outcome shapes the future of Mankind.
At the epicentre is a set of coordinates
and three letters...
EVA.
With absolutely relentless drive, EVA accelerates towards the series climax. The future lies where genetics, A.I. and time collide. You don’t want to miss the conclusion of the Field Series main arc!
Complete your journey with one small step,
The future has arrived. Now.
- GenresScience Fiction
644 pages, Paperback
Published July 10, 2018
52 people are currently reading
34 people want to read
About the author
Simon Winstanley
20 books53 followersAfter choosing between Astrophysics and Electromechanical Engineering, Simon Winstanley went on to become (variously) an Engineer, Technology Teacher, Concept Illustrator, 3D Motion Ride designer, Visual Effects supervisor and Science Fiction author. He lives in North London, but his mind still commutes off-world.
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April 4, 2022
Is this supposed to be the end?
We never find out what happens to Miles' preserved body. We don't know what happens to Miles' non-corporeal body. Was there an explanation about those that went south? If so, I missed it. What exactly was Kate's final decision? So just like that the Euridanus mission is no longer a failure? What happened to Andromeda? The book ends with Markus and friends unknowingly staying on a dying planet? I definitely didn't understand Cassidy, Atka, and whoever (the Node group seemed to be there, not there, and magically reappear) start walking out on a never ending causeway. Where were they going? Discovery was bigger than I thought to be taking Atka's group and the Node people, and they loaded in 12 seconds!
I always wondered about whether centrifugal motion really was a substitute for gravity. It always seemed to me that a good leap would leave you floating in a freefall condition. If I'm in a slowed temporal state hanging over a planet, would the planet show alternating periods of light and dark? It would seem to me that for that to happen, I couldn't be in a geostationary orbit. I would have to be orbiting the planet, but wouldn't that give me the impression of a dizzying spinning around the planet where the planet would look as if it were in perpetual twilight? It just seems to me that the various threads didn't get tied up very well, and there were various times that descriptions just didn't seem right. This is never necessary, but I like leaving a book with a comfortable happy feeling. No way did I have that feeling with this book. I just felt sad and confused.
We never find out what happens to Miles' preserved body. We don't know what happens to Miles' non-corporeal body. Was there an explanation about those that went south? If so, I missed it. What exactly was Kate's final decision? So just like that the Euridanus mission is no longer a failure? What happened to Andromeda? The book ends with Markus and friends unknowingly staying on a dying planet? I definitely didn't understand Cassidy, Atka, and whoever (the Node group seemed to be there, not there, and magically reappear) start walking out on a never ending causeway. Where were they going? Discovery was bigger than I thought to be taking Atka's group and the Node people, and they loaded in 12 seconds!
I always wondered about whether centrifugal motion really was a substitute for gravity. It always seemed to me that a good leap would leave you floating in a freefall condition. If I'm in a slowed temporal state hanging over a planet, would the planet show alternating periods of light and dark? It would seem to me that for that to happen, I couldn't be in a geostationary orbit. I would have to be orbiting the planet, but wouldn't that give me the impression of a dizzying spinning around the planet where the planet would look as if it were in perpetual twilight? It just seems to me that the various threads didn't get tied up very well, and there were various times that descriptions just didn't seem right. This is never necessary, but I like leaving a book with a comfortable happy feeling. No way did I have that feeling with this book. I just felt sad and confused.
September 18, 2018
EVA so brilliant!
I cannot explain how brilliant this series big books is. They are a complex story following multiple characters from one point in history that will effect the World and then splits off to follow the characters and others that join them over the days, months, years, centuries and millennia - yes this is a book of time travel, space time manipulation. It is a story of the survival of humanity, of family, of love and friendship. It is a book with exciting science technology that developes with the book, of evolution.
It's a thriller with its plot reaching far into the future.
How Simon Winstanley manages to create such a complex, exciting and compelling read I can only think he is also part of the genetically enhanced programme!! Simon?!? So EVA ended but I sense there could be more?
This is a series you should read! #mustreads
I cannot explain how brilliant this series big books is. They are a complex story following multiple characters from one point in history that will effect the World and then splits off to follow the characters and others that join them over the days, months, years, centuries and millennia - yes this is a book of time travel, space time manipulation. It is a story of the survival of humanity, of family, of love and friendship. It is a book with exciting science technology that developes with the book, of evolution.
It's a thriller with its plot reaching far into the future.
How Simon Winstanley manages to create such a complex, exciting and compelling read I can only think he is also part of the genetically enhanced programme!! Simon?!? So EVA ended but I sense there could be more?
This is a series you should read! #mustreads
November 25, 2018
Frustrating.
I love this series; my degree is planetary and geo-science and my dissertation was on the threat of meteorites to the Earth, so for me, there’s been lots of highly satisfying positives throughout, and enthralling scientific liberties taken. However, I wish I were Miles or Kate, and be able to go into this fourth book and change a few things. Fewer storylines but more depth to the remaining ones. I feel there’s too much that is superficial and not explained adequately - much of the Eridanus, Vega and Andromeda thread, for example, and whizzing around in space shuttles stretches credibility. However, the epilogue was satisfying and brought a smile to my face. I think I’m going to miss the personnel of the Node, the FLC, Samphire Cottage, Archive, etc., when I settle down tonight to read something else.
Exordi Nova.
I love this series; my degree is planetary and geo-science and my dissertation was on the threat of meteorites to the Earth, so for me, there’s been lots of highly satisfying positives throughout, and enthralling scientific liberties taken. However, I wish I were Miles or Kate, and be able to go into this fourth book and change a few things. Fewer storylines but more depth to the remaining ones. I feel there’s too much that is superficial and not explained adequately - much of the Eridanus, Vega and Andromeda thread, for example, and whizzing around in space shuttles stretches credibility. However, the epilogue was satisfying and brought a smile to my face. I think I’m going to miss the personnel of the Node, the FLC, Samphire Cottage, Archive, etc., when I settle down tonight to read something else.
Exordi Nova.
September 16, 2018
One of the best series of books ever written
Captivating honestly the over all arc, the sub plots, the science, the politics, the human story of adventure, endeavour, redemption, care, the mind blowing twists, the gripping cliff hangers, this series has it all. Got to be the follow on to game of thrones HBO! It is so amazingly clever and the characters are just brilliant so many depths and levels to them from the straight out baddies to the do gooder nerd.
For anyone who loves a good book, get all four of these and strap yourself in for a good few weeks of brilliant reading. Would give the series 10 stars of i could.
Captivating honestly the over all arc, the sub plots, the science, the politics, the human story of adventure, endeavour, redemption, care, the mind blowing twists, the gripping cliff hangers, this series has it all. Got to be the follow on to game of thrones HBO! It is so amazingly clever and the characters are just brilliant so many depths and levels to them from the straight out baddies to the do gooder nerd.
For anyone who loves a good book, get all four of these and strap yourself in for a good few weeks of brilliant reading. Would give the series 10 stars of i could.
October 5, 2018
An excellent conclusion for the series. It takes up all the threads from the previous books and runs with them. Instead of calling wrapping everything up it goes in all manner of directions and really gave you characters you cared about. Really solid sci-fi. The author has said this was the "end of the current arc" so I'm looking forward to seeing what's next.
It's a difficult series to explain. More a time bending than a time travelling story but it's clever use of different points in time (and space!) Were very satisfying. Recommended
It's a difficult series to explain. More a time bending than a time travelling story but it's clever use of different points in time (and space!) Were very satisfying. Recommended
January 11, 2019
Great modern sci fi
Really enjoyed this series about the impending impact of an asteroid with Earth and the surrounding events. The creative way that the story evolved meant that every book had a different feel, and the changing POV across multiple generations was great! I’d love to see this turned into a TV series!
Really enjoyed this series about the impending impact of an asteroid with Earth and the surrounding events. The creative way that the story evolved meant that every book had a different feel, and the changing POV across multiple generations was great! I’d love to see this turned into a TV series!
January 24, 2019
This has been such a good series of books to read. Everything about it has been great, the plots, the story arc, the characters, the writing. Though it jumps all over the place time/location/plot wise it always worked and was coherent. Now it is over, i am sad to have kwft the universe behind but satisfied. Looking forward to rereading and seeing what i missed the first time through.
January 28, 2019
A series that actually ends comfortably while leaving room for more.
Most series leave ends hanging that irritate me, just to have an anchor for the future. There are anchors here too but they are tied in a way that is peaceful instead of being filled with tension. I'm looking forward to more stories in the world but content where things stand now. That is rare, at least for me.
Most series leave ends hanging that irritate me, just to have an anchor for the future. There are anchors here too but they are tied in a way that is peaceful instead of being filled with tension. I'm looking forward to more stories in the world but content where things stand now. That is rare, at least for me.
October 1, 2018
This one was a long hard slog of a read. Backwards, forwards, up, down, left and right I think it was all in there and then some. It's good to read a book that actually does make you think about all those "things" that just seem to happen.
October 17, 2018
Together
Well at least the last few chapters provides a clarity lacking in the previous hundreds! Stunning idea but without the rich vocabulary of a Banks or the clarity of Asimov this series fails.
Well at least the last few chapters provides a clarity lacking in the previous hundreds! Stunning idea but without the rich vocabulary of a Banks or the clarity of Asimov this series fails.
November 18, 2018
Really, really good
Totally epic book. Mr Winstanley is seriously talented and the Field series ranks up there with Peter F Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga in terms of enjoyment. Not gonna say any more.
Totally epic book. Mr Winstanley is seriously talented and the Field series ranks up there with Peter F Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga in terms of enjoyment. Not gonna say any more.
October 26, 2018
A thought provoking & imaginative conclusion to an excellent series.
November 17, 2018
Satisfying end
I really enjoyed the book although it was hard to remember all the different strands I thought the author got there in the end
I really enjoyed the book although it was hard to remember all the different strands I thought the author got there in the end
May 5, 2019
Would EVA a bit of a disappointing end to these books the first 3 were very good. But for me this one just seemed to drag and be a bit anti climatic.
October 19, 2019
Stunning
The vastness of the world is surpassed only by the exquisitness with which that world is woven together. Out of many, one.
The vastness of the world is surpassed only by the exquisitness with which that world is woven together. Out of many, one.
July 20, 2020
What a book series
Just gripping till the end. A twisting, emotional, fantastic story filled with so many great characters. I didn't want it to finish
Just gripping till the end. A twisting, emotional, fantastic story filled with so many great characters. I didn't want it to finish
December 1, 2020
Another book I couldn't put down. I was so glad to see there was another one in the series. I downloaded it and can't wait to read it.
June 9, 2019
Well thats it part four of the series.
Gets four stars as its the end and it was a good story even if you do need to read the previous parts to make sense of it.
Did make me think of the problems of living in a time field. The people in the sphere came out to find the survivors had thrived and were now on their way to the stars. Imagine if Columbus had taken 500 years to cross to America only to find not a new world but a thriving modern society where he was an anachronism. Those on the way to the stars with the various Fai's could face the their own issue, they could arrive at the new planet only to find that hundreds of years later someone found a faster means of travel and the 'new planet' already had a thriving more advanced civilisation.
At the end the ISS reached the EVA and there was a scavenger machine that went on to destroy the ISS. Where did that come from? There had until then been no hint of Alien life, was it a remnant of a later advance human civilisation?
Gets four stars as its the end and it was a good story even if you do need to read the previous parts to make sense of it.
Did make me think of the problems of living in a time field. The people in the sphere came out to find the survivors had thrived and were now on their way to the stars. Imagine if Columbus had taken 500 years to cross to America only to find not a new world but a thriving modern society where he was an anachronism. Those on the way to the stars with the various Fai's could face the their own issue, they could arrive at the new planet only to find that hundreds of years later someone found a faster means of travel and the 'new planet' already had a thriving more advanced civilisation.
At the end the ISS reached the EVA and there was a scavenger machine that went on to destroy the ISS. Where did that come from? There had until then been no hint of Alien life, was it a remnant of a later advance human civilisation?
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