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Waking Gods

Themis Files, Book 2

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Waking Gods

By: Sylvain Neuvel
Narrated by: Andy Secombe, Adna Sablyich, Laurel Lefkow, William Hope, Charlie Anson, Christopher Ragland
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About this listen

What's going on?
Turn on the television.
What channel?
Any channel.

An unknown vessel, not of this world, materialises in London. A colossal figure towering over the city, it makes no move. Is this a peaceful first contact or the prelude to an invasion? Every child has nightmares. But the only thing scarier than little Eva Reyes' dreams - apocalyptic visions of death and destruction - is the habit they have of coming true....

Scientist Dr Rose Franklin has no memory of the last few years. The strangers she works with say she died and was brought back to life. The question is not just how...but why?

Kara Resnik and Vincent Couture fell in love during war and have found peace since. They are the thin line of defence against what is coming. But they do not know they have been living a lie. And a man who claims to have the answers has his own agenda. There are things he cannot say - and others he won't.

All pieces of an epic puzzle. One we have been trying to solve since the dawn of time....

Full cast of narrators includes Roy McMillan, Sarah Wells, Karina Fernandez and Madeleine Rose.

©2017 Sylvain Neuvel (P)2017 Penguin Audio Adventure Fantasy Fiction First Contact Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Space Exploration Superhero Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Time Travel Interstellar Paranormal Exciting Military Dystopian

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I loved the first and second, this combined with the Expanse make for my favourite sci fi 'shows' in years but now I just dont want to wait for the third.

Also all the actors are perfect apart from

***POSSIBLE SMALL SPOILER***

the youngest characters actor seeming way too mature for the supposed age. (the performance is well done and no criticism to the actor, just sounds and feels too mature)

A perfect sequel but I now I have to wait

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I loved the first book and by all accounts this was a great sequel, I finished it across 3 days which is a complement coming from me! Some have said it suffered from "difficult second book syndrome" but for the most part I had no problem with the story, it was enjoyable and kept me guessing through to its conclusion.

The only issue for me was the occasional cheesy or over dramatic dialogue and decisions of some characters (Kara & Vincent, I'm looking at you) which took me out of the story to either cringe a little or scratch my head at their choices. In some cases it was forgivable, in others it didn't "fit" for me... but hey, it kept it unpredictable.

Compelling sequel, though a bit heavy handed

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I really enjoyed this and can't wait for the next in the series. However, performance had to lose a star for me because of Eva. The actor sounded nothing like a 10 year old and was incredibly irritating.

Great story and performance but...

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This is a brilliant follow-up to the first book. The characters are realistically portrayed and bring to life an awe inspiring story. Loved it!

Brilliant Follow Up

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I was not disappointed. The dialogue only style continues and this means for some plot advancement there are inventive tricks to tell the story which are not quiet as believable, but this is forgive so that the story line can remain in this style. While this is innovative and interesting, perhaps I am starting to tire of it a bit. I may have been easier to tell the story traditionally. Be prepared for shocks and changes. The story does go where it needs to regardless of who you might be attached to. Nice ending, but only if you have the next book ready to read.

Anything can happen...

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