Juggler of Worlds by Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner – Review

Juggler of Worlds by Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner

Juggler of Worlds takes up the story in a time-jumping fashion, moving ahead a year or three between chapters, and telling events that some readers have already seen in other stories. But for the newcomer, the authors do a good job of explaining who and what we’re dealing with, without bogging down the narrative for experienced Known Space readers. To start, we meet paranoid Sigmund Ausfaller, a forensic financial analyst who is a natural recruit for ARM, the United Nations’ global police force. It’s Ausfaller’s new job to protect what is effectively an empire based on the foundations of the United Nations. And while his coworkers have to develop their paranoia through the use of drugs, Sigmund’s innate paranoia makes him a natural at his job (who better to look for unknown threats than someone who suspects everyone and everything?). We truly feel the universe is out to get him (and us) as he investigates chains of coincidences and fortuitous accidents, and ultimately winds up unraveling planet-spanning plots.

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