Degrees of Freedom

This third novel in the Petrovitch books is easily the one I enjoyed the most. But why? Ah, well... because of everything that came before. But why? Because while this novel takes place years after the first two books, headed far, far away from the time when Samuil used to be a very smart operative......more

The Samuil Petrovitch series is the best thing I have read, hands down, in several years. It's right up there with Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Mars' trilogy as far as favorites. Somewhat different genre to be sure, but beautifully written. Petrovitch is the type of reluctant hero that only appears once i......more

Degrees of Freedom is the winner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick award and it's very well deserved, I think. It's the third and final book in the Samuil Petrovitch trilogy. I loved it and I hated to see it end. Samuil Petrovitch is a nerd/mathematician/physicist living in London's Metrozone, now called th......more

Having really enjoyed the first two books I was quite disappointed by how this one did not scrub up. Yes, still lots of excellent action and maybe I did leave it too long between them but this is the first time it's dragged. The writing seems flaccid, Petrovitch has become a whiney little bitch basi......more

I let too long a time pass between reading the first two books in this trilogy and finally getting around to this final volume. Each novel is self-contained, they do not end in cliffhangers that make all three one long story. But I had forgotten certain fine points of this post-Armegeddon world, for......more