Aja Jin wrote:

Surtac wrote:

Ok.  It has been a few more days, some of which I have spent in frantic re-reading or skimming of other AU books to remind myself of ... things.

Does anyone want to talk about the elephant in the room?  I think it could be quite spoilerific for other existing books and limit possibilities for another book in this sequence.

You do all know what I'm referring to here, right?
 

Maybe start a spoilers thread?  And, what elephant ? 

Ok, here's your spoiler thread.  I'm pleased you suggested this, mahe.  I've been finding it hard to bite my tongue and remain cryptic when posting about this book.

Let me explain why.

CJC has been writing books in the A/U universe since Downbelow Station was first published in 1982, over forty years ago.  And with every new book in that universe, there are connections made - a name or an incident is mentioned, or a date is given or implied. And so on

And for forty years, I've been looking for and documenting those connections for my own purposes, trying to compile my own consolidated Alliance Union history from the hints we are given.  Every partial re-read of an AU book seems to reveal something new I've missed before.  This time round is no exception to that general rule.  Re-reading finity's End form the context of having just read Alliance Unbound has delivered a few such tidbits and further connections.

And so, yes, from my context and perspective, there is an elephant lurking in Alliance Unbound, and that elephant has a particular name.

Anyone like to guess what it is, before I reveal it?