Secretly I have this nagging fear that as I get older, I might be losing my ability to picture fantastic worlds in my head and the joy this ability gives me. So I was a little nervous about starting to read Adrian Tchaikovsky's massive, action loaded space opera Shards of Earth because it is exactly the kind of book for which that ability is vital. The first installment of the "Final Architects" series is set in a universe which is deeply marked by a great war with intriguing adversaries; the moon sized, mysterious Architects. This war has ended with the help of psychic-like humans who can communicate with these moons, the Intermediaries, but years later there are new traces from the Architects and the fear is great they are back. I have to admit that I had a little help, though - the glossary and the historical timeline at the end of the book which list and briefly explain worlds, characters, ships, main political movements and species and for which I am extremely grate...
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