The Circle is the religious cult that Carlos grew up in. Carlos is tasked with solving the death of Alejandro Casales the leader of The Circle. There is a lot of bureaucracy throughout the story, as gov-corps bicker with each other over the details of Carlos’ new assignment. Especially as Carlos does not see himself as such. Carlos has had a difficult life which ties into his anger issues which are directed at his parents, the cult he grew up in and how the media just wants to cast him as a victim. Carlos is a renowned investigator, but his reality is more like that of an indentured slave.

Carlos is resigned to this and tries to stay as positive as he can in any given situation. It also has one of the angriest protagonists I have read in a while.įrom the moment we meet Carlos, you can see how angry he is about his life and how through a number of misfortunes he came to be living the life he now leads. After Atlas is an intriguing book that reads like a murder mystery, set in a dystopian future.

I feel that you could read either book first as the characters in both books do not really cross over.

There's more to Casales' death than meets the eye, and something much more sinister to the legacy of Atlas than anyone realizes.Michelle Herbert reviews After Atlas by Emma Newman…Īfter Atlas is set in the same world as Planetfall, and is a partial sequel to that novel, as it set forty years after Atlas left Earth. But the deeper he delves into the case, the more he realizes that escaping the past is not so easy.

And now, on the eve of the fortieth anniversary of Atlas' departure, it has something to do with why Casales was found dead in his hotel room-and why Carlos is the man in charge of the investigation.To figure out who killed one of the most powerful men on Earth, Carlos is supposed to put aside his personal history. Atlas is what took his mother away what made his father lose hope what led Alejandro Casales, leader of the religious cult known as the Circle, to his door. But in that moment, the course of Carlos' entire life changed. Acclaimed author Emma Newman returns to the captivating universe she created in Planetfall with a stunning science fiction mystery where one man's murder is much more than it seems.Govcorp detective Carlos Moreno was only a baby when Atlas left Earth to seek truth among the stars.

After atlas by emma newman