Ancients of Days

Just finished reading Paul J. McAuley's second Confluence book, Ancients of Days, and contrary to the faint praise of a previous posting of mine, I think that the series is living up to the expectations created (for me) by the related short story Recording Angel in Greg Bear's New Legends (to which I am also indebted for introducing me to Greg Egan). Anyway, I'd be interested to hear coments from other Urthlings about the series. Vizcacha, regarding the related-authors list from Amazon,

Frederick Forsyth John Le Carre Daniel Silva Joseph Kanon William Safire"<< I recently saw the following on Amazon (after another despairing, craven visit to the "On Blue's Waters" section): "Customers who bought titles by Gene Wolfe also bought titles by these authors: Dan Simmons Michael Swanwick Patricia A. McKillip Alfred Bester Theodore Sturgeon " which would seem to be slightly more on the mark. Kieran C. North West Labs Stephen St. Court Sligo Republic of Ireland Tel. +353 71 69441 Fax. +353 71 69451 email: kierannwn at tinet.ie