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Captain Ean Tephe is a man of faith, whose allegiance to his lord and to his ship is uncontested. The Bishopry Militant knows this — and so, when it needs a ship and crew to undertake a secret, sacred mission to a hidden land, Tephe is the captain to whom the task is given.

Tephe knows from the start that his mission will be a test of his skill as a leader of men and as a devout follower of his god. It’s what he doesn’t know that matters: to what ends his faith and his ship will ultimately be put — and that the tests he will face will come not only from his god and the Bishopry Militant, but from another, more malevolent source entirely....

Author John Scalzi has ascended to the top ranks of modern science fiction with the best-selling, Hugo-nominated novels Old Man’s War and Zoe’s Tale. Now he tries his hand at fantasy, with a dark and different novella that takes your expectations of what fantasy is and does, and sends them tumbling.

Say your prayers... and behold The God Engines.

©2010 John Scalzi (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Classics Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera
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An excellent short story performed with extra-ordinary talent by Christopher Lane. As an experienced listener of audiobooks, with well over 5000 titles in my library, I very rarely find a title that stands out for the best of reasons. This does this in spades!!

If you like Sci-Fi and a great performance you may well LOVE this!

Great Sci-Fi brilliantly performed by Mr Lane!

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Lost my previous review so here is the short of it:
Do not let the length full you, this is a complete and great story.
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Much better than i expected.

Really complete story

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I've listened to 100s of audio books rarely do I down rate the performance but this one is so bad I think it actually detracts from the story

Terrible performance

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Set in a world where man had flown to the stars on the backs of gods rather then science this short delivers a very detailed world and belief system. Scalzi has a unusual mind and this wonderful tale about belief and faith showcase it!
Kind of wish this was a much longer story.

The God Engines

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I usually love and related to Scalzi's books. This one I struggled to finish. If it had have been longer, I'd have probably given up. Might be okay if you're into the genre but coming from his lighter SciFi works, it wasn't for me.

Hard to finish

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