A review by ewdocparris
Heaven's River by Dennis E. Taylor

5.0

If you've enjoyed the Bobiverse books, I think you'll like this equally. Taylor sets himself a few more hurtles to clear and the book is longer. It's a tough act to pull off since there is, for the most part, only one character. But I think he pulls it off and sets up future franchise books in the process.
The care and feeding of a franchise is a real trick and I think Taylor does an excellent job of playing into the story's conventions while opening up new territory and branching out to new characters to give the central manifold Bobs some breathing space. I feel as if he's pouring new foundations in this piece to support future entries.
I do hope he returns to shorter stories. The Bobiverse is light fare that doesn't hold up as well over a longer page count.
Either way, I'll buy the next one. It's a fun world.