“Kage Baker has earned praise for her tales of the Company, a future-based outfit that ‘recruits’ throughout time, turns its new troops into immortal cyborgs, and sends them out to fill in the blank spots of history. . . . Look for it! Baker does not disappoint!”
“One of the most consistently entertaining series to appear in the late nineties. The novels read like literary pastiches—echoes of Heinlein and Robert Louis Stevenson fill this one—and the narrative pace matches that of most thrillers.”
“[C]ombines historical detail and fast-paced action with a good dose of ironic wit and a dollop of bittersweet romance.”
“If John le Carré wrote science fiction, it might read like The Graveyard Game.”
The Life of the World to Come A Kirkus Selection for Best Sci-Fi of 2004
“Another entry in Baker’s superlative series about Dr. Zeus . . . An astonishing and thoroughly satisfying installment. What’s more, Baker’s overall concept and rationale, flawlessly sustained through five books, grows ever more spellbinding and impressive.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Baker’s trademark mix of serious speculation and black humor informs this solid addition to her time-travel series.”
