Evenson took his job seriously, tying in the lore at every opportunity.īut this is the problem I have with his newest novel, CATALYST.

It was an effective novel, and definitely one of the better tie-in novels I've read in some time, as it was very clear that Mr. Acting as a prequel to the entire storyline, not just Isaac Clarke's, we see the origins of the dominant religion in the galaxy, Unitology, and how it might not have the humble beginnings that many characters claim. Which is why I picked up a copy of Brian Evenson's DEAD SPACE: MARTYR that same week. It's not a bright future - in fact, it's downright depressing for nearly all parties involved, and is slowly but surely falling apart at the seams - but it's definitely an interesting one.

They created a living, breathing future where contact with an alien artifact has changed the way we developed. It wasn't enough for Visceral Games to simply put you in space and have you fight monsters. I really appreciated how much work had been put into fleshing out the civilization that surrounded the playable areas of the USG Ishimura and the Sprawl. It wasn't too long ago that I finished DEAD SPACE 2 for the first time and was itching for more stories from that particular universe.

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