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Salvation

The Salvation Sequence, Book 1

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Salvation

By: Peter F. Hamilton
Narrated by: John Lee
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 Salvation is the first mesmerising space opera in the legendary Salvation Sequence, by Peter F. Hamilton. For fans of Iain M. Banks and James S. A. Corey.


‘A twisty and hugely satisfying SF thriller that opens a portal on a new and exciting series’ – Alastair Reynolds, author of Revelation Space

Know your enemy – or be defeated.

An alien shipwreck is found on a newly discovered world, and it carries a cargo as strange as it is horrifying. Security Director Feriton Kayne assembles a high-powered squad to assess the threat. But one of the group is hiding something – it will be up to the team to bring back answers, answers that will change everything . . .

Back on Earth, humanity can extend lifespans indefinitely, travel to the stars via portal technology and even make deserts bloom. We seem invulnerable. So when the alien Olyix contacted us, years earlier, we welcomed them. They needed fuel for their pilgrimage across the galaxy – and in exchange they helped advance our technology. But will they prove a blessing – or a curse?

‘A startlingly fresh, vigorous and original cosmic saga’ – Stephen Baxter

‘Crammed with cutting-edge ideas’ – The Guardian

‘Exciting, wildly imaginative and quite possible Hamilton’s best book to date’ – SFX Magazine, 5 Stars

The Salvation Sequence
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The Saints of Salvation

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Explosions! Assassins! Enigmatic aliens, spaceships and jump doors. Conspiracies and ancient mysteries – it’s all here. Accept no substitutes, this is the real deal. You need Salvation, my friend. Everyone needs salvation (Ian McDonald author of New Moon)
Salvation is a space-opera intrigue with a cold shock of an ending that makes the sequel a matter of urgency (Ken MacLeod author of Cosmonaut Keep)

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this was a nice journey through time. I loved the way the different tales told the story of life, even mundane life in the future. excellent imagination from the author. I thought the way it came together at the end was a little drawn out however, but that didn't ruin what was a compelling listen

nice collection of stories

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A compellingly complex story, Peter F Hamilton always shows us brilliantly imagined societies with technology at the heart; a feasible extension of today. This book's structure allows a combination of hard sci-fi, police procedural and mystery all in one. Can't wait for book 2.

Huge vision, beautifully realised

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Yeah, more portal transit. I think ultimately I preferred the Pandora's Star series more. That was about elevating the species - look where we got to by Void and here seems of a similar tack. I'll finish them though and contrast fully at the end.

A little derivative of his previous works

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A change to the typical p f Hamilton books. It takes a little while to get into but very well written as ever and very enjoyable, all comes together superbly at the end ready for the next in the series

A new style of p f Hamilton

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The intricate plot is imaginative, innovative and far reaching, difficult for science fiction to achieve today. I also enjoyed the performance especially.

An story of great depth and very well read.

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I nearly didn’t buy this book due to the comments about the narrator. However I then realised that it was the same narrator I had recently listened to, and enjoyed.

Yes the narration style is perhaps unusual especially if you are not a British English speaker, but I quite like it.

The story is as good as would be expected from Hamilton.

The narration is unusual, but I quite like it

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Reminiscent of old crime/detective stories where you have a group of strangers connected to a case, each one takes their turn to explain who they are and how they got wrapped up in it all to the detective.
This time around the strangers are all part of a team brought together as a research team of sorts, trying to solve an even larger mystery as our main character is trying to identify one of the members for his own agenda along the way. . Everyone here are interesting, and has a lot of flair to them. Great characters.

That part of the book is great...the boring part of the book is every chapter happening at Juloss, where all the characters are basically one dimensional steriotypical teen YA hero types..and that's just not my cup of tea.

..another issue is that there can be a lot of names to keep track of when every person shares their background with their own cast of characters.

With that said I will probably be reading more of the series over time.

It's generally intriguing, and well voice acted.

It was great... mostly.

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The story was good the narration excellent! I'm looking forward for the next installment In the series.

Good space opera

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I love this author. What a twist at the end. He is a master of this stuff. For once the narrator is just as good!

Wow

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The preamble of this book sounded so appealing that I made the fatal error or purchasing quickly rather than listening to the preview. The narrator annunciates every sentence with a skill that probably comes from years of performing on stage. Unfortunately, half an hour into my commute, I was so on edge with the issue that I was expecting something to happen every single second that I had to end the pain. Audible producers have yet to understand that the vast majority of its customers prefer to listen to a book as we'd read it ourselves, not imagining ourselves sat in the Roundhouse in the 16th Century. There's a reason R.C. Bray is one of the most respected narrators of audiobooks - he's one of us.
I am considering purchasing the book on Kindle as the initial story appeal has not been lost. I gave this presentation 3* as I don't know whether it's good, bad or indifferent - I simply couldn't get past the first chapter.

Shakespearean narration not for me

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