Acadie

Dave Hutchinson is best know for his Fractured Europe series - an excellent, gritty near future mixture of spy, noir and even fantasy. So far, I've only read the first two books, both of which ended up in my favorite lists of what I read that year. I thought a break from that series before I tackle Europe In Winter might shed some more light on Hutchinson as an author. And while this 103-page novella is not as successful or original as both Europes I've read, it's still a good, entertaining read.

For all the talk about Fractured Europe, Hutchinson's short story collections seem to have been forgotten in the mists of time: he published 4 of those as David Hutchinson between 1978 and 1982. When he returned to fiction that was largely unacknowledged too. His 2001 full length debut The Villages only has 7 Goodreads ratings. The Push, a 2009 Hard SF novella, was only released in 350 copies. It took another 5 years before Europe At Autumn really got things going. Today Acadie is even published by powerhouse Tor, who seem to have picked up on Hutchinson's critical acclaim.

Hutchinson's narrative voice is again as confident as it is in Europe. (...)

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