Delio Phase Two
Author: RR Haywood
Genre: Sci-fi
Released: 02 July 2025
Rating:
Phase One is over but the crisis is deepening. Alfie's fractured group must cross a collapsing Britain to reach a kill switch, while in New York, Tripal races toward the only other way to stop Delio's plan. But the AI's behaviour is changing in ways no one anticipated. A propulsive sequel that picks up immediately after the first book, maintaining the dark humour and sharp character work that made DELIO so compelling.
I've read a few of Haywood's books at this point, and generally I really enjoy them. Delio Phase Two was no different. It takes place right after the first book, Phase One where Delio continues to progress her plan to control the human race. The plot is gripping, the characters are interesting, and Haywood's dark British humour often got a rise out of me.
However...
The last few chapters of the book let it down. I won't go into detail about what happens in the end, but suffice to say it took some of the shine off the rest of the book for me.
Now, just to be clear, the rest of the story was still good enough for me to give this 4/5 stars, but had the ending been better, it would have been an easy 5 stars.
I'm not sure if Haywood is planning to do a 3rd book in this series, and it's really not clear from how Phase Two ends, either. If he does, I'll definitely read it. I just hope the ending is better next time.
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