The Stars Are Legion
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Narrated by:
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Nicole Poole
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Teri Schnaubelt
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By:
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Kameron Hurley
About this listen
Somewhere on the outer rim of the universe, a mass of decaying world-ships known as the Legion is traveling in the seams between the stars. For generations, a war for control of the Legion has been waged, with no clear resolution. As worlds continue to die, a desperate plan is put into motion.
Zan wakes with no memory, prisoner of a people who say they are her family. She is told she is their salvation - the only person capable of boarding the Mokshi, a world-ship with the power to leave the Legion. But Zan's new family is not the only one desperate to gain control of the prized ship. Zan finds that she must choose sides in a genocidal campaign that will take her from the edges of the Legion's gravity well to the very belly of the world.
Zan will soon learn that she carries the seeds of the Legion's destruction - and its possible salvation. But can she and her ragtag band of followers survive the horrors of the Legion and its people long enough to deliver it?
In the tradition of The Fall of Hyperion and Dune, The Stars Are Legion is an epic and thrilling tale about tragic love, revenge, and war as imagined by one of the genre's most celebrated new writers.
©2017 Kameron Hurley (P)2017 TantorListeners also enjoyed...
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- Ben L
- 26-07-17
Good story
This was a good concept. Took a while to get into but enjoyed the two storylines.
The narration was a little wooden but not enough to detract from a good story
I was a little overwhelmed at the beginning but it pays off in the end.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Mrs Cathy
- 10-08-19
Awesome world-building
The universe that Hurley conjures in this book is incredibly rich and totally original. This is where the true magic of the book lies - think Mad Max but in a moist, breathing, birthing land instead of a desert. The story itself is engaging but not groundbreaking and the characters are sometimes at little simplistic - archetypal rather than realistic. However, overall I definitely recommend.
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- B. Scott-Robinson
- 29-06-23
Astonishing book
A deeply visceral, disturbing and incredibly imaginative. Well read (despite some dubious accents). Strongly recommended.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-12-23
Amazing ideas
This book had me hooked all the way through. It was such a breath of fresh air amid so many sci-fi novels in which the worlds seem to revolve and centre around men.
I adored the visceral biopunk setting and the continual themes of rebirth and the gruesome nature of, well, nature. Life and death and biology and war and love. I especially loved Zan's journey and the cast of women she met, all very distinct.
However I feel as a stand alone novel this tried to do too much at once and as such left a lot unanswered. This should have been at least a duology to fully explore the world. As in some parts feel underdeveloped (for example the nature of the world ships themselves and how they came to be and what they are).
I also felt that Jayd's storyline at times felt a bit like filler and I kept finding myself wishing to return to Zan instead. As others have pointed out, the ending also seems just a tad anticlimactic and rushed. The author maybe should have allowed this story to have a bit more breathing space.
But overall I loved it. Great story, great performance. Four out of five stars, I wish there was more.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Michela
- 09-06-19
Surprising plot, fascinating settings
Ships are living worlds in this novel, made up of layers of tissues and fluids, hosting a number of different beings (yet all women), and assigning to such beings the task to birth what is needed for their maintenance, as nothing is wasted and all is recycled. The main characters are involved in a complicated plot, aiming at regenerating and healing a world and possibly its whole legion. Their plan and path so far are only revealed at the end, and readers mostly discover the past as well as the present bit by bit, together with the amnesiac main character, while the other main character hints at past decisions that would put the story and characters in a different light. The quite imaginative settings and ecology of the ship-worlds are as gripping and fascinating as the plot and characters' mysteries. The interpretation is sometimes too dull and monotonous.
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- james
- 05-05-21
Unique world. Loved it
The story is decent and it's very setting is very organic and disturbing at times, which is awesome more makes you want to find out what's happening.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- vivianne carvalho
- 12-09-17
overall poor
poor story line horribly connected. no real answers given about anythinf really. the performance is the only thing good about this audiobook
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- sjhigbee
- 23-11-23
Epic quest story...
Well-written and visceral story of a lost protagonist trying to find herself. Often violent and gory, it nonetheless has a strong message of hope. Beautifully narrated.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Paul
- 21-07-18
Painful listening !
I listened out of curiosity but was left willing the end so I could move onto another book.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Mike power
- 12-12-23
Didn’t do it for me
Basically womb swapping amnesiac aliens engaged in an unusual there and back again type story , hard to finish it to be honest , not for me
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