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Far from the Light of Heaven
- Narrated by: Clifford Samuel
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
“Simultaneously brutally grounded and wildly imaginative.” (Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award winner)
A tense and thrilling vision of humanity’s future in the chilling emptiness of space from rising giant in science fiction, Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Tade Thompson
The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one thousand sleeping souls to a new home among the stars. But when first mate Michelle Campion rouses, she discovers some of the sleepers will never wake.
Answering Campion’s distress call, investigator Rasheed Fin is tasked with finding out who is responsible for these deaths. Soon a sinister mystery unfolds aboard the gigantic vessel, one that will have repercussions for the entire system - from the scheming politicians of Lagos station, to the colony planet Bloodroot, to other far-flung systems, and indeed to Earth itself.
Praise for Far from the Light of Heaven
"Gripping and skillfully told, with an economy and freshness of approach that is all Tade Thompson''s own. The setting is interstellar, but it feels as real, immediate, and lethal as today's headlines." (Alastair Reynolds)
"A gripping space opera with characters fighting for their lives aboard a dying starship. I enjoyed it so much and can't wait to see what he does next." (Martha Wells, New York Times best-selling author)
For more from Tade Thompson, check out:
The Wormwood Trilogy
- Rosewater
- Rosewater: Insurrection
- Rosewater: Redemption
What the critics say
"Inventive. Thompson’s appealing take on long-distance space travel, subversion of typical AI tropes, tender characterization, and cleverly constructed suspense makes this worthwhile fare. Readers looking for a smart sci-fi mystery should snap this up." (Publishers Weekly)
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- Pierre
- 2023-07-03
monotone and poorly paced
I DNF'd this book because well into the third quarter a new character is introduced and then the following chapter is AN HOUR LONG backstory dump. The cast already feels spread thin between manufactured space problems with no apparent cause. I don't care about the rich dudes divorce either.
Also the narrator has a clear, pleasant voice, but does absolutely nothing to match the pace of the scene and it kills the tension. maybe the"action" scenes are just written that poorly.
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