{{Short description|Book by Alastair Reynolds}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox book|<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Machine Vendetta | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:Machine_Vendetta.jpg | caption = | author = Alastair Reynolds | cover_artist = | language = English | series = ''Revelation Space'' | genre = Science fiction | publisher = Gollancz | pub_date = 18 Jan 2024<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/alastair-reynolds/machine-vendetta/9780575090835/ |title=Machine Vendetta |date=7 August 2019 |isbn=978-0-575-09083-5 |via=www.gollancz.co.uk |last1=Reynolds |first1=Alastair |publisher=Orion |archive-date=4 June 2024 |access-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604181306/https://www.gollancz.co.uk/titles/alastair-reynolds/machine-vendetta/9780575090835/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | pub_place = London | media_type = Print (hardcover and paperback) | pages = 374 | isbn = 978-0-316-46285-3 | dewey = | congress = | oclc = | preceded_by = Elysium Fire }}
'''''Machine Vendetta''''' is a 2024 hard science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It is a direct sequel to ''Elysium Fire'' and the final part in The Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies trilogy. Reynolds has stated on his blog that this is the final book set in the ''Revelation Space'' universe for the foreseeable future.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://approachingpavonis.blogspot.com/2022/11/ive-finished-book.html|title=Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon: I've finished a book|first=Al|last=R|date=22 November 2022|access-date=4 June 2024|archive-date=4 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604190645/https://approachingpavonis.blogspot.com/2022/11/ive-finished-book.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
''Aurora Rising'', ''Elysium Fire'', and ''Machine Vendetta'' comprise the Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies series.
==Synopsis== ''Machine Vendetta'' follows senior prefect Tom Dreyfus' investigations into the suspicious death of fellow prefect Ingvar Tench.
== Reception ==
The novel received a starred review in ''Publishers Weekly'',<ref name=":1">{{cite web | url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316462846 | title=Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds | access-date=4 June 2024 | archive-date=4 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604191059/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316462846 | url-status=live }}</ref> and was also reviewed by ''Locus Magazine''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-05 |title=Russell Letson Reviews Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds |url=https://locusmag.com/2024/05/russell-letson-reviews-machine-vendetta-by-alastair-reynolds/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610053830/https://locusmag.com/2024/05/russell-letson-reviews-machine-vendetta-by-alastair-reynolds/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''SFFWorld.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yon |first=Mark |date=2024-01-20 |title=MACHINE VENDETTA by Alastair Reynolds – SFFWorld |url=https://www.sffworld.com/2024/01/machine-vendetta-by-alastair-reynolds/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}} {{Alastair Reynolds}}
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