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The City of Gold and Lead

Tripods Series, Book 2

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The City of Gold and Lead

By: John Christopher
Narrated by: William Gaminara
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In the second book of John Christopher's classic series, Will Parker and his cohorts have spent a year living among the free men in the White Mountains. The Resistance charges them, now wearing realistic yet harmless caps, to infiltrate a Tripod city by competing in a sporting exhibition called "the Games" (very similar in nature to the Summer Olympics), in which the winners of the events are to be offered to the Tripods for service.

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Great to hear this again. I recall this being an English lit book at school in the early 80s! It's interesting to recall some of the mental images that stuck with me all those years, I was surprised how much I remembered. Highly recommended.

Still good years later

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It's amazing books, great stories and amazing author. i dont read a lot of books but this tripods stories i do read and love Thank you :) your reader :)

(All of the tripod books)

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Loved the story line, which drew you along throughout. Narration was also good and made the story live.

Excellent

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The audio books and my kindle have opened up a whole new world to me. Having had reading difficulties throughout my early life I am now able to enter a whole realm of adventure. I have devoured the Tripods series The City of Gold and Lead is the second book and continues the longing to follow Will's challenges and struggles to evade capture; to escape; his life as a slave to discover the Tripods life style. I never ever considered I would become a bookworm but I'm well and truly hooked and can't wait to listen to the next chapters. If you like adventure, science fiction and suspense, the whole series is a must and i'm so glad I purchased them.

A whole new world.

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For me, this is the best book in the Trilogy - it's got everything a reader could want - suspense, mystery, revelation, and adventure. Highly recommended.

The best book of the trilogy!

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