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The Quantum War

By: Derek Kunsken
Narrated by: T Ryder Smith
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The Union-Congregate war rages onward and the Union's premier fighter pilots, the Homo Eridanus, start encountering deadly resistance from strange pilots on the Congregate side. Among wreckage, they find that new Congregate pilots aren't human, but Homo quantus, with strange wiring and AI connections.

At the same time, the Puppets come to the Union with offers of an alliance for a dangerous price: the rescue of the geneticist Antonio Del Casal who is a captive at Venus, with over a hundred Homo quantus.
The only one who might be able to break through the Congregate defences at Venus is a con man who has given up his profession.

© Derek Kunsken (P) Penguin Audio and Rebellion Publishing 2021

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nasty people abound puppet heroes love them and St Mathew and ikajika and nuemans sickos

evil humans strike again misunderstood scarecrows

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The Quantum War is every bit as challenging and rewarding as the rest of the series. Dealing, as it does with a very plausible yet unimaginable universe. Heavy science, quantum physics, genetic engineering, and simple human narrative are all combined to great effect in this master piece.

A profound and very challenging series. Wonderful

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Both the narrator and the author give a masterful performance!

Questions of morality, meaning and motivation are seamlessly integrated into a story with very colorful characters!

The narrator's performance flows with and reinforces characters in both thoughtfulness and gut-wrenching action.

Masterful performance!

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The of merry characters from the first book are introduced again. Only this time all more or less doing separate missions with a common goal.

Künske weaves a very enjoyable Space opera. I find hus style of storytelling modt entertaining. He isn't yet on par eit Iain Banks, but if he carries on developing this universe and can keep up with the quality storytelling, he may yet get there.

The narration is as good as in the previous volumes. The audio quality is not. That is the one big minus in this one. Sometimes it is near indecipherable. Sounds like it wasn't done in a studio. Quite possibly it wasn't whatwith the pandemic and all.

Nevertheless, I do hope that Künske keeps the enthralling story going on. Can't wait for the next one, if there will be one.

And the story goes on...

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The Quantum series by Derek Künsken is deeply imaginative, perfectly written (imho) and a story and characters to rival the sci-fi greats. T Ryder Smith narrates and their female and male characterisations are excellent and the story telling is enthralling - subtle and slow, devastatingly dramatic, de rigueur - all spot on when needed.

Listened to too many times to count!

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