<DIV></DIV>With his infectious love of storytelling in all its forms, his rich characterization and his unrivaled grasp of thrillingly bizarre cutting-edge science, Hannu Rajaniemi swiftly set a new benchmark for SF in the 21st century. Now, with his third novel, he completes the tale of the many lives, and minds, of gentleman rogue Jean de Flambeur.<BR><BR>Influenced as much by the <I>fin de siècle</I> novels of Maurice leBlanc as he is by the greats of SF, Rajaniemi weaves intricate, warm capers through dazzling science, extraordinary visions of a wild future,and deep conjectures on the nature of reality and story.<BR><BR>In <I>The Causal Angel </I>we will discover the ultimate fates of Jean, his employer Miele, the independently minded ship <I>Perhonnen,</I> and the rest of a fractured and diverse humanity flung throughout the solar system.