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Absolution Gap

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: John Lee
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The Inhibitors were designed to eliminate any life-form reaching a certain level of intelligence - and they've targeted humanity. War veteran Clavain and a ragtag group of refugees have fled into hiding. Their leadership is faltering, and their situation is growing more desperate.

But their little colony has just received an unexpected visitor: an avenging angel with the power to lead mankind to safety - or draw down its darkest enemy. And as she leads them to an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, it begins to dawn on Clavain and his companions that to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much worse.

©2008 Alastair Reynolds (P)2009 Tantor Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction
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Fascinating!
But why did the narrator suddenly decide to affect a new accent for Clavain, this time?

Curious Accent

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sorry it's finished. Eclectic mix of religion, war, science and space opera. Highly recommended conclusion to the series!

Excellent!

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John Lee is in his element as usual. The story is not quite as good as the previous books in the series, hence 4 stars. Still a first rate book, but it has a lot to live up to. I hated what the Skade character did. Shame she didn't really get her comeuppance. I grew to like Scorpio the pig and was glad he made it to the end of the book. At least some of the baddies get bumped off. Shame some of the good guys 'buy it' by the end. Still, I enjoy Reynolds a great deal. I had to listen to the epilogue twice to understand it. I will definitely listen to the next book

Another good yarn, narrated by a master

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These books are so good, so complex and gripping. The characters are so believable real.

Amazing, so well written.

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excellent book and performance except that clavain's accent changed dramatically from the previous book which can be quite jarring

excellent but for an accent

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