• The Naked God

  • Night's Dawn Trilogy, Book 3
  • By: Peter F. Hamilton
  • Narrated by: John Lee
  • Length: 48 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,045 ratings)

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The Naked God

By: Peter F. Hamilton
Narrated by: John Lee
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Publisher's summary

The Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the "possessed" to infiltrate more worlds.

Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to acquire some strange and powerful allies whose goal doesn't quite match her own.

The campaign to liberate Mortonridge from the possessed degenerates into a horrendous land battle, the kind that hasn't been seen by humankind for 600 years; then some of the protagonists escape in a very unexpected direction. Joshua Calvert and Syrinx fly their starships on a mission to find the Sleeping God, which an alien race believes holds the key to overthrowing the possessed.

The Naked God is the brilliant climax to Peter F. Hamilton's awe-inspiring Night's Dawn trilogy.

©1999 Peter F. Hamilton (P)2016 Tantor

Critic reviews

"The depth and clarity of the future Hamilton envisions is as complex and involving as they come." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Storytelling in a league of its own

The Naked God is the final installment of Peter F Hamilton's lengthy Night's Dawn trilogy. With possession by the formerly dead from the beyond seemingly unstoppable as well as Quinn Dexter's invasion of Earth to effect an even greater horror on humanity, things are pretty grim. In addition, Valisk is under attack in another universe, while the Mortonridge liberation and Norfolk are going badly. Joshua Calvert is sent on a mission to find the sleeping god and uncovers another alien species along the way that fills in gaps about the origin of the Taraftca and the Kindt reveal they are not what they seem.

The sci-fi elements continue and extend the strange mix of physical and metaphysical. The aliens become more alien, but not in a weird or bizarre way, but just different in both form and behavior. Hamilton also explores the concept of alternative universes with differing "universal" laws. The nature of the beyond is also more fully explored with the notion of a soul taking substance as well as a terrifyingly basis for their return (along with an explanation for the mostly lack of decent souls). The idea for the sleeping god is simply awe-inspiring. Along the way, Hamilton intersperses the grand with the mundane and the banal. With so many intersecting plot lines, the visual of a stage performer spinning multiple plates comes to mind. Each thread is both captivating and cerebrally engaging.

John Lee's performance is simply magnificent with the only ding for production quality for the lack of pauses between scene shifts, which are numerous. The multiple characters of both sexes and ages, including children, along with several alien species surely has set a record. Despite its length, a sense of emptiness awaits its conclusion as Hamilton's universe seems more real than reality. It's pity that tale cannot be savored with glass with Norfolk Tears.

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good but not as good as the first two

the first three quarters of the book are good. towards the end of the book however it starts to feel a little rushed and Deus Ex machina. however if you made it this far already it's certainly worth finishing. the narrator is as always fantastic

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good story too much sex

Interesting story line and great story telling except for all the sex scenes. Do not think about listening to any books in this trilogy on a road trip with teenagers in the car. The book also attempts to make an argument that religion is foolish.

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The ultimate Good vs Evil Ending

What made the experience of listening to The Naked God the most enjoyable?

Finally a satisfying ending to a Sci-Fi meets occult story

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Too many to remember

What does John Lee bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Mr Lee is a narrator that you either enjoy from the start, grow to tolerate, eventually like or give up on and blame the author...

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When the hero gets to use 'Magic' too

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Could be interesting

Narrator's voice cadence made finishing this book impossible for me. Probably a nice guy but not the best accent narrator for a book that has so many different and complicated characters. He ended each of his sentences with the same vocal up tick...every time... which was very distracting.

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Ehh

It was ok. Through I won't spoil the ending, it was a weak cop out after such a long series

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If this book were cheese it would be swiss

I'm normally a fan of Hamilton's work and often recommend many of his series to my friends, This series will NOT be one of them. So many plot holes it reminds me of Swiss cheese. Too many implausible situations. The story is entertaining as always and the worlds are as fantastic as ever but there is just too many issues with the story and characters. Too many things that just don't make a lot of sense. I didn't hate the series enough to return it, but I didn't like it enough to recommend it either.

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Literally the worst book I've ever read, but the reader was great.

This is the book listed in the dictionary next to deus ex machina. The author makes rules and then violates them — constantly. The previous two books were bearable, but this one ended so stupidly.

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okay story, confusing editing

this is still one of my favorite authors in the story has finally gotten pretty good in this last book of the trilogy. the editing is still difficult although it's a little easier in this book than the first two. still there are many times through the book where the switch between scenes and characters is so sudden and unannounced that you have to go back and read listen to sections to figure out what's going on and who they're talking about. overall this one was okay but tedious because it was so long. you really need to listen to all three books to get the most out of this one and the first two are very difficult indeed.

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Loved his other stuff...

*contains some spoilers* This is a review of the entire series not just the naked god

Just to get it out of the way first, John Lee is as impeccable a narrator in this series as everything else he's done. He's got like 100 voices I'd guess and I've never tired of him in the dozens of books of his that I've listened to.

Peter Hamilton is maybe my third favorite sci fi author (I've got about 260 books on audible alone).. His Pandoras Star series being my favorite. All his other stuff is good too, but I think this was written on his way to being a good author.

The story has some interesting characters, and some cool concepts... In his early years he had a good imagination. His story telling is less effective than his later work however.. and that's the good stuff.
The plot is pretty contrived, asking a question no one interested in sci-fi would ever care to ask (what happens if souls of the deceased could possess the living in the future?). It needs editing, it follows story lines you just don't care about after a while. I also feel like he kinda made it up as he went along, in some cases pretty obviously retconning something from the first book in the subsequent ones.. obviously hard to prove but I did listen to this story for something close to 100 hours... so I feel entitled to make a guess.
I still decided to listen to the whole thing though (and here comes the spoiler), I thought he might be trying to extrapolate the plot into something teachable, something new, or at least intelligent. Instead the ending is just straight deus ex machina.. almost as literal as some medieval plays. I still feel a little betrayed after getting through the whole thing.
Read something else of his... this isn't his best.

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