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Embers of War
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella, Amy Landon, Greg Tremblay, Soneela Nankani, Natasha Soudek
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Summary
From BSFA award-winning author Gareth L. Powell comes the first in a new epic sci-fi trilogy exploring the legacies of war.
The sentient warship Trouble Dog was built for violence, yet following a brutal war, she is disgusted by her role in a genocide. Stripped of her weaponry and seeking to atone, she joins the House of Reclamation, an organization dedicated to rescuing ships in distress. When a civilian ship goes missing in a disputed system, Trouble Dog and her new crew of loners, captained by Sal Konstanz, are sent on a rescue mission.
Meanwhile, light years away, intelligence officer Ashton Childe is tasked with locating the poet, Ona Sudak, who was aboard the missing spaceship. What Childe doesn't know is that Sudak is not the person she appears to be. A straightforward rescue turns into something far more dangerous, as Trouble Dog, Konstanz, and Childe find themselves at the center of a conflict that could engulf the entire galaxy. If she is to save her crew, Trouble Dog is going to have to remember how to fight ...
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- Anonymous User
- 07-01-22
enjoyed it
really li kked this book some interesting ideas good characters and ships with personalitys and avatars
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- Mark Quinn
- 27-03-23
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The performances warmed up a bit across the story and I like the idea of a multi voice format but generally the actual voice actors took away from rather than added to the story which was solid. I don’t think I’ll bother with the next books in tbe series however - I generally like something with a bit more depth
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- Len
- 07-03-19
Excellent story let down by narration
Super imagination and excellent story. However the narration was across the board poor with the overwhelming sound of breathless sadness across everything becoming boring and keeping the listener from becoming as engaged as it could have been.
Will however get second book on strength of the story
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- Elmamaria
- 03-04-19
Listened to twice
A wonderful cast of characters and moral dilemmas. Had to listen to it again before embarking on book 2 - fleet of knives. Loved the vast scope of it and can’t wait to see how the de facto peace keepers of the multiplicity stop themselves from becoming tyrants and where Trouble Dog and her crew end up.
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- Chuck Sa
- 04-06-22
Great story largely good performance
The story is interesting and elaborate. One of the 5 narrators has pronunciation I find mildly irritating but who knows what a space captain several millennia in the future sounds like. The other narrators make a wholly positive contribution. This is a really enjoyable story not a physics lecture.
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- Mr Tim Jones
- 30-01-23
Great story
Well constructed story with characters starting to develop, look forward to reading the next book sometime..
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- Sarah
- 01-07-18
multiple narrators are great, in enjoyable story
This takes the familiar trope of dispirit rogue starship crew who have different agendas and some of who are not even on the same side and does something new and interesting with the idea. This time it's a first responder rescue ship. This really makes it stand out as abit different and makes for a very engaging tale. It helps a great deal that the ship itself is a well rounded and entertaining character. what really makes this an engaging audio book is that the tale is told by several different narrators each playing different crew mates as each chapter is 1st person from a individual characters point of view. This really really works and draws you into the tale. Highly recommended listening!
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- Jay
- 07-02-21
confusing use of voice actors
I wanted to like this book, as I enjoy Greg Tremblay voice acting, but the reading in this book is split up between several readers, who overlap characters.... I think... (hence how confusing it becomes) I'm hoping the whole series isn't like this.
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- Kevin Gilmartin
- 25-04-20
Great story, let down by one bad narrator out of 5
I really like Powell's writing and I really enjoyed this story. I liked it week enough that I've bought the next 2 instruments in the trilogy. BUT...
... the lady who narrates Ona Sudak's sections is TERRIBLE. She reads it all slow and sultry, with breathy extended vowels. At one point she's describing war atrocities and it sounds like she's reading that horniest bits of 50 Shades of Grey!
The other 4 narrators are great, though, and if you put the speed up to 1.25x during the Ona Sudak chapters, it's not so bad. I still recommend this as a great sci-fi yarn.
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- james
- 18-04-20
good space opera, story builds well
put off a wee bit from the multiple voices in the performance but got used to it. the plot was was worth it in the end,
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