The Orphaned Worlds
Humanity's Fire, Book 2
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The Orphaned Worlds
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Narrated by:
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David Thorpe
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By:
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Michael Cobley
About this listen
Darien is no longer a lost outpost of humanity, but the prize in an intergalactic power struggle. Hegemony forces have a stranglehold over the planet and crack troops patrol its hotspots while Earth watches, passive, rendered impotent by galactic politics. But its Darien ambassador will soon become a player in a greater conflict. There is more at stake than a turf war on a newly discovered world. An ancient Uvovo temple hide’s access to a hyperspace prison, housing the greatest threat sentient life has ever known. Millennia ago, malignant intelligences were caged there following an apocalyptic war. And their servants work on their release.
However, Darien's guardians have not been idle, gathering resistance on the planet's forest moon. Knowledge has been lost since great races battled in eons past, and now time is short. The galaxy will depend on the Uvovo reclaiming their past - and humanity must look to its future. For a new war is coming.
From the author: "Audible did a great job with the audiobooks of Seeds Of Earth and The Orphaned Worlds - and David Thorpe is one versatile guy, able to lend his vocal talents to every strange character I was able to think up. Just excellent!"
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This book really builds on the first part and the multi-layered Politics / participants lead to an increasingly complex but still coherent and understandable story. I've been racking my brains to try to come up with an equivalent - if you like the recent Battlestar Galactica TV series then this is like that, but more so. Also Iain M Banks fans will surely love this too.
Brilliantly read 2nd part of excellent trilogy
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The author's style is very descriptive, and the story is big - with many characters, locations and points of view. It requires concentration, and if your mind wanders you will find yourself hitting the rewind button! Some reviews have used these points in a negative way - it is a question of personal taste and I enjoyed the detailed narrative style, and the complexity and length of the audiobooks.
The narration is amongst the very best I've heard - David Thorpe has a remarkable variety of different 'special effects' and accents and does a great job of applying them consistently to the characters.
The only negative I have is that the editing could be better - I didn't count but I would guess I heard a retake of a line or paragraph at least half a dozen times across the three books. I'm not deducting any stars though, hearing a few words twice is hardly an issue.
Excellent space opera
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And a bit more ...
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Another brilliant book.
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