Mouse, I havent read that Peter Hamilton book but have read some of his stuff. I liked Mindstar Rising, the first in a three book series which I enjoyed a lot. The main protagonist is Greg Mandel, a former member of the Mindstar Battalion who is now a private investigator. He is hired by a large corporation and the story goes on form there. The series is pretty much 3 separate stories but with common characters. I thoroughly recomend them. I also read books 1 and 2 of The Reallity Disfunction series. The first two were ok but I put the third one down after awhile. He should have wrapped that one up in two books I think.
I have a couple reviews coming, one good, one bad that I'll try to post soon. Hope all 6 of us read it