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Time's Eye
- Time Odyssey, Book 1
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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Scattered across the planet are floating silver orbs impervious to all weapons and impossible to communicate with. Are these technologically advanced devices responsible for creating and sustaining the rifts in time? Are they cameras through which inscrutable alien eyes are watching? Or are they something stranger and more terrifying still?
The answer may lie in the ancient city of Babylon, where two groups of refugees from 2037 - three cosmonauts returning to Earth from the International Space Station, and three United Nations peacekeepers on a mission in Afghanistan - have detected radio signals: the only such signals on the planet, apart from their own. The peacekeepers find allies in nineteenth-century British troops and in the armies of Alexander the Great. The astronauts, crash-landed in the steppes of Asia, join forces with the Mongol horde led by Genghis Khan. The two sides set out for Babylon, each determined to win the race for knowledge...and the power that lies within.
Yet the real power is beyond human control, perhaps even human understanding. As two great armies face off before the gates of Babylon, it watches, waiting.
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- Chris H
- 03-11-22
Great book
What a great book, it kept me engaged from start to finish. Definitely worth listening for anyone who likes Arthur C Clarke.
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- Andreas Teschner
- 04-02-23
Best book I have listened to in a long while.
Taken by its parts, this book could appear shallow and the storyline somewhat along the lines of Space Bandids, but in truth there is soo much more. A brilliant book.
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- Kindle Customer
- 20-09-23
A great listen
An excellent narration of a great story. I'm looking forward to the second installment with excitement and anticipation.
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- Dr Steve Mc
- 29-12-21
fairly good, tricky to relate to main characters
tho well narrated by John Lee, perhaps a slightly dodgy story but well researched.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-22
uma forma diferente de olhar para a história
Excelente narração.
uma forma bizarra de ver o passado, presente e futuro...
tudo bem temperado com uma história cativante.
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- Kindle Customer
- 15-11-22
Great story, annoying narration
Thoroughly enjoyed this once I got past the narration. Suggest listening at higher speed otherwise you may give up (I almost did).
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- adam
- 21-03-14
Great book. But please fire the narrator
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of John Lee?
Dr.Frasier Crane
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Laughed when I shouldn't have due to 'Daphne Moon' starring in the main role
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minor spoilers.
First of all, don't read on if you haven't listened to the book, NO big spoilers.... but it might spoil the experience.
I only wanted to review this book due to the problems I had with the reader. HE WAS AWFUL.
A male voice actor doing 'female voices' is never going to sound right, fine, I accept that. My problem - this book has a lead female role but the narrator gave her such a bad accent! (Manchester/Mancunian I think) imagine trying to listen to the main character explain some pretty big science theories with deep intellectual meaning.... but with a DAPHNE MOON (from Fraiser TV show) accent! That's all I could hear! It ruined the whole experience for me and I couldn't take it seriously at all! ended up laughing the whole time!
TL;DR - Loved the book - But the narrator ruined the book for me with awful accents. Please fire him
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- Vetrina
- 23-07-19
John Lee - like Marmite
I really wish I had spotted it was read by John Lee. I got 30 seconds in and was already dreading dodgy european accents. I didn't enjoy Alister Reynolds party due to John Lee, but it turns out he he mush more listenable on this book, perhaps the lack of sci fi space words helps.
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- Jeremy Green
- 04-11-21
Don't let the dodgy accents put you off
I really enjoyed it. If it had been a book you could call it a real page turner.
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- CDP
- 30-08-22
a masterclass in storytelling
leagues apart from most other sci-fi "epics", this was a wonderful reminder of how superb both Arthur C Clarke and Stephen Baxter are at the craft of creating and sustaining not only wholly believable world's and times but also characters.
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