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HALO: Primordium
- HALO, Book 8
- Narrated by: Timothy Dadabo
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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The second novel of the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science-fiction legend Greg Bear - set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times best-selling video game series!
One hundred thousand years ago. In the wake of the apparent self-destruction of the alien Forerunner empire, two humans - Chakas and Riser - are like flotsam washed up on very strange shores indeed. Captured by the Forerunner known as the Master Builder and then misplaced during a furious battle in space, Chakas and Riser now find themselves on an inverted world where horizons rise into the sky and humans of all kinds are trapped in a perilous cycle of horror and neglect. They have become both research animals and strategic pawns in a cosmic game whose madness knows no end - a game of ancient vengeance between the powers who seeded the galaxy with life and the Forerunners who expect to inherit their sacred Mantle of Responsibility to all living things.
In the company of a young girl and an old man, Chakas begins an epic journey across a lost and damaged Halo ringworld in search of a way home, an explanation for the warrior spirits rising up within, and the reason for the Forerunner Librarian’s tampering with human destiny. Their travels will take them into the domain of a powerful and monstrous intelligence - known as “the Captive” by Forerunners and “the Primordial” by ancient human warriors, this being may not only control the fate of Chakas, Riser, and the rest of humanity, but of all sentient life across the galaxy....
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- Robert Gower
- 28-04-21
Wait until the end for a wonderfully nerdy surprise!!
What a wonderfully well narrated story! It’s so nice when these audiobooks are narrated by one of the voice artists from the game series!
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- Mark
- 03-09-22
Good continuity
Enjoyed the story. continues the Haloverse can't wait for the next book starting as soon as this review is done.
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- Andrew Myers
- 17-10-22
Continuing of Forerunner Story
Enjoying the insight into the Halo universe
Great narration enjoyed each of the character way they brought to life enjoyed Riser and all the interaction with early human species
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-08-23
Great story but slow and to very little end.
The story was lovely but incredibly slow, slightly repetitive, and frustrating, but that may be by design. The performance was brilliant and was a pleasure to listen to. The story was slow and never developed and was very difficult to follow at some points with very heavy descriptions. It felt like it was building to something big that never happened. However, if you are a big halo fan, some of the details and crumbs of information are amazing... especially the end.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-03-20
Awesomesauce
Excellent exploration onto Halo Lore and depictions of the forerunners, ancient humans and nature of the flood. I especially loved that Tim Dadabo (the Halo series's voice actor for 342 Quilty Spark) was chosen to read this. As a die hard Halo fan, this touch was so immersive and very welcomed. 1000% would reccomend.
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- Adam Ellson
- 01-09-20
edge of seat story
a brilliant edge of seat storyline that keeps you engaged the whole time, whilst wetting your appetite for the third installment of the trilogy
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- K
- 06-07-20
Much slower than Cryptum
Primordium feels like an exposition dump for the Halo universe wrapped in a mediocre story.
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- Daniel
- 24-07-19
Drags, but worth it by the end.
loved it by the end, but for most of the way it really felt like it was dragging and was quite different from book 1, looking forward to the final chapter.
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- Monty
- 05-08-22
good book
I found the story tempo to slow down a bit too much halfway through but the narrators voices were incredible!
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- Jonathan
- 31-03-23
Drags like a dog on carpet
Phew! Well that's 8 and a half hours I'm not getting back.
I bought this book as a long time halo fan because I wanted to know more about the Forerunners fall to the flood. Unfortunately this book had other ideas.
The story is told via a human on a halo who spends 7 of the 8 hours wandering aimlessly (intentionally on some occasions) with an old man with an annoying voice and a female with no agency, oh and a Gorilla.
Rather than take us on a thrilling political thriller about life on the Forerunner homeworld, the story drags its shallow characters through hours of pointless speculation. unwilling as it seems to show us the story of the larger world the book has these details recited to us by various, poorly explained sources. Its lack of detail and depth is never more prevalent then when the main character Chakas wanders off in his own head, leaving you unsure what is happening or why.
The author seemed to remember they're writing a trilogy about an hour before the end when everything happens at once! They're rescued, they're captured, they're all dead but alive and all the while there's a 3rd party in the story in the form of an ONI ship in the current Halo timeliness but it's written like a series of memos. This would be fine if only the characters didn't keep interrupting eachother! you can't interrupt a memo or an email, it's like interrupting a mailed letter.
This whole book was a real shame because there was such an opportunity for grand story telling after the first book (which was fine if overlong). Why they chose the least interesting characters to be the main focus I cannot understand.
And I cannot understand why the Gorilla?!?! this has been bothering me for days! it does nothing other than find fruit and catch birds... not something I thought Gorilla were good at but who knows? certainly not the author.
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