Eyes of the Void

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Narrated by: Sophie Aldred

Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the second novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all.

After eighty years of fragile peace, the Architects are back, wreaking havoc as they consume entire planets. In the past, Originator artifacts—vestiges of a long-vanished civilization—could save a world from annihilation. This time, the Architects have discovered a way to circumvent these protective relics. Suddenly, no planet is safe.

Facing impending extinction, the Human Colonies are in turmoil. While some believe a unified front is the only way to stop the Architects, others insist humanity should fight alone. And there are those who would seek to benefit from the fractured politics of war—even as the Architects loom ever closer.

Idris, who has spent decades running from the horrors of his past, finds himself thrust back onto the battlefront. As an Intermediary, he could be one of the few to turn the tide of war. With a handful of allies, he searches for a weapon that could push back the Architects and save the galaxy. But to do so, he must return to the nightmarish unspace, where his mind was broken and remade.

What Idris discovers there will change everything.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Adrian Tchaikovsky (P)2022 Orbit

A powerful addition to a most engrossing series

The author's grasp of how to weave a consistently convoluted and savagely engaging plot stream within a universe construct that is both multidimensional and technically challenging is immensely satisfying in the veins of the great masters of hard science fiction. Can't wait for the third installment in this series. It is like a melding of Isaac Asimov with Sherlock Holmes. A smorgasbord for the imagination! Highly recommended.

great book

Excellent extension to a sweepig galactic scale story. I can't wait for the next installment.

Ignore some of the criticism

I came into this book preparing to dislike much of it based on some of the reviews. When people were writing about how much time the author spends writing about Idris' issues. (vage for no spoilers) does it come up? Yes. Does it come up often? Meh? A handful of times along with extra expository stuff.

Does it ruin the book? No. It does not in anyway do so.

Much of the book covers how teh other characters deal with Idris being gone, when the, essentially, magic carpet god of getting out of dodge / widget that everyone is after, is out of reach. It's a great tale and has some wild character growth.

Also... God bless the voice actor for doing his best for a voice described as many voices screaming that is formed into a voice...

Dont give up, its worth it

If you are on the fence after the first book, use me as the excuse to continue. There are things i like and dislike but overall the series us worth finishing and does a solid job of closing things out while keeping you guessing. I still think the series is written for TV with more emphasis on intesity and constant movement over some lull and world or character building. However, the audiobook paired with this style writing is a fun and entertaining series to complete.

Male characters

Having male characters with deeper voices would have made them more “real” and thus more interesting.

Just so good

Part two of what I guess is a trilogy captures everything I l loved about the first book, expands upon it, and makes both experiences even better. The PDF comes in handy. Top-Notch narration

Exquisite unification of differing plots to spectacular finale.

I really like the plot elements and the character development in the story. the author does a great job of also developing the big picture plot underlying the entire trilogy. One thing I don’t like is the overall crazy vagueness of under space and it’s denizens. I wish the author would give the readers just a tiny bit more insight into the larger plot because it feels like it’s all gonna come together in one master stroke at the end, and it might be too much all at once.

Go Spacers!

Nice mix of hard, deep-time sci-fi and plausibly silly genres of old. Who doesn’t love a diversity of aliens mixing it up with gumshoes, pirates, space truckers, lawyers, woman warriors, cultish gangsters, and adorable masses of insect collectives operating in Trojan-horse-like bodies.

Strong but flawed

A worthy listen and continuation of the first book and I’ll definitely be listening to the third next, but there’s so much left unexplained and the further we get the more convinced I am that there will be no satisfactory tie up of all the loose ends. Still a great listen and worth the coin though.

Wonderfully imaginative, masterfully narrated

I found this book, mind-blowingly, creative, exposing me to worlds and creatures that I never could’ve dreamt up myself. Sophie Aldred is the perfect narrator for this series, performing the whole cast of characters (human and otherwise) flawlessly. I’ve spent many hours listening to her and I can’t get enough! She brings all the wit, wonder and humor of this series to life beautifully.

This title (along with Shards of Earth) provided one of the most enjoyable audiobook experiences I’ve had in a long time! Can’t wait to listen to the next in the series!