Nope, it was about his tenth book. I really liked his Far-Seer trilogy (Dinosaurs! With telecopes!), but some of his other stuff hasn't worked for me. It's worth knowing that he used to be a science journalist, before he started writing fiction, and that might be why he forgets to put characterisation in sometimes.
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The series is called the Quintaglio Ascension.