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Voice of the Whirlwind

By: Walter Jon Williams
Narrated by: Don Leslie
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Summary

Steward is a clone, a beta. His memories are 15 years old, because his alpha never did have a brain-scan update.

In those 15 years, the entire world has changed. An alien race known as The Powers has established relations with humanity, and the Orbital Policorp which held his allegiance has collapsed. He fought and survived the off-world Artifacts War, but dozens of his friends did not. Both his first and second wives have divorced him. And, more importantly, someone has murdered him, causing the activation of the beta back-up.

Now Steward must probe into the horrors of the war, its politics and betrayals, to find out who wanted him dead - if he doesn't want to die again.

©2007 Night Shade Books (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Slick and intelligent entertainment. The tension remains high throughout. A taut, satisfying tale of space-age skullduggery." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Resonances of Vietnam-era moral concerns make this deft updating of the postWorld War II genre of psychological thrillers about amnesiacs one of the best of its kind." (Publishers Weekly)

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Excellent.

As good as Hardwired in its own way. Great writing and top narration. Recommend

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This Man Writes Awesome Novels.

I was hooked from the first chapter. This man is now my favourite author. I read voluminously and Walter John Williams is the best of the best.

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Such great book, supremely well read and presented

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. The book is brilliant anyway - but the narrator was superb and really brought the story to life. Great job!!

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Eh?

Well it only took three decades, but I finally got round to 'reading' the sequel to Hardwired.

But it's not really a sequel, as it has little connection to the first novel.

The story is ok, too much info dumping at times, but it's not a patch on Hardwired.

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