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Through Fiery Trials

Safehold, Book 10

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With new alliances forged and old regimes fractured, Merlin—the cybernetic avatar of Earth's last survivor and immortal beacon to humanity—and the colonies of Safehold have many adventures ahead in Through Fiery Trials, the continuation of David Weber's New York Times bestselling military science fiction series.

Those on the side of progressing humanity through advanced technology have finally triumphed over their oppressors. The unholy war between the small but mighty island realm of Charis and the radical, luddite Church of God's Awaiting has come to an end.

However, even though a provisional veil of peace has fallen over human colonies, the quiet will not last. For Safehold is a broken world, and as international alliances shift and Charis charges on with its precarious mission of global industrialization, the shifting plates of the new world order are bound to clash.

Yet, an uncertain future isn't the only danger Safehold faces. Long-thought buried secrets and prophetic promises come to light, proving time is a merciless warden who never forgets.

“Vast, complex, intricate, subtle, and unlaydownable....The biggest thing in science fiction since Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.” — Dave Duncan on the Safehold series

Safehold Series
1. Off Armageddon Reef
2. By Schism Rent Asunder
3. By Heresies Distressed
4. A Mighty Fortress
5. How Firm A Foundation
6. Midst Toil and Tribulation
7. Like A Mighty Army
8. Hell's Foundations Quiver
9. At the Sign of Triumph
10. Through Fiery Trials

©2018 David Weber (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
Adventure Military Science Fiction Fiction
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wasn't keen to the narration. to dramatic compared to the previous book. the book itself I enjoyed

great story, poor narration

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The narrative is too slow, but this book is a placeholder between the more active sequences, between the Jihad and the Gbaba.

DW has to survive to finish this!

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Couldn’t stop listening to the audio book production.

The descriptions of the explosive aftermath of war, injustice and repression were heartbreaking.

Really enjoyed learning what happened to the characters I have come to know and love from the previous instalments. I was caught up in following the many narrative strands in the twists and turns of peacetime rebuilding after the worldwide civil war, shifting loyalties and political intrigue. There were echoes of current political events in the Siddarmark plot line.

I found the Merlin/Nimue developments imaginative, thought provoking and challenging. I was also sad as some of the older characters disappeared from view.

As this was so packed with new elements, I really hope we don’t have to wait too long for the next story. I am going to go back and listen to this again.

Through Fiery Trials: Safehold

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This narrator just can't get the phrasing of the sentences right. The pauses are in the wrong place, the emphasis is on the wrong words in almost every sentence. I just can't stand it, and this is after listening to all the previous books!

The narration is almost unbearably bad

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Or at least someone who can pronounce English correctly!
Would it be possible to get the previous narrator back, or better yet, get one of the Narrators from his other series.

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