If this is to be the final case for Shining and co, then at least they’re going out on a high. Lord knows there aren’t a lot of trilogies that are this consistently good. But by god, we hope it isn’t the last one.

Think love child of James Bond and John Steed with a huge dose of G Adams esquire originality thrown in for fun.

This is a great series of books that I thoroughly enjoyed and cannot wait to see what Guy Adams does next.

[an] impeccable sense of setting ... The Empire of Time could be the beginning of something brilliant: Blackout meets Bond in a relentless race war Wingrove depicts with deftness and deference