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Jupiter War

By: Neal Asher
Narrated by: John Mawson,Steve West
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Alan Saul is now part-human and part-machine, and our solar system isn't big enough to hold him. He craves the stars, but can't leave yet. His sister Var is trapped on Mars, on the wrong side of a rebellion, and Saul's human side won't let her die. He must leave Argus Station to stage a dangerous rescue - but mutiny is brewing onboard, as Saul's robots make his crew feel increasingly redundant. Serene Galahad will do anything to prevent Saul's escape. Earth’s ruthless dictator hides her crimes from a cowed populace as she readies new warships for pursuit. She aims to crush her enemy in a terrifying display of interstellar violence. Meanwhile, The Scourge limps back to Earth, its crew slaughtered, its mission to annihilate Saul a disaster. There are survivors, but while one seeks Galahad's death, Clay Ruger will negotiate for his life. Events build to a climax as Ruger holds humanity’s greatest prize - seeds to rebuild a dying Earth. This stolen gene-bank data will come at a price, but what will Galahad pay for humanity’s future?

©2014 Neal Asher (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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Exceptionally satisfying ending

Jupiter War is Neal Asher final volume of his Owner Trilogy. At the end of book 2, Saul was heading to Mars to rescue his sister after having defeated the Scourge which is limping home with a minimal crew consisting of those who had removed their ID chips. At the same time, he is continuing his evolution to a form beyond human that even he is struggling to understand. Serene Galahad still has Saul in her sights as she slowly works to rebuild Earth which is in a more capable and productive position with much of the population eliminated. As Serene continues to expand her totalitarian rule of Earth, she is driven by a vengeance towards Saul which drives technological development, while at the same time, a desire to return Earth to a more pure and pristine state, free of humanity. Both Saul and Serene must also deal with loyal and not so loyal opposition to their reigns.

The sci-fi elements are more of the same as the Alcubierre faster than light drive technology is further exploited by both sides. Robotics play an ever increasing role with a level of sophistication through simplification. Ultimately this is a tale of one man's struggles to evolve beyond human. While Saul doesn't know where he's going, he knows remaining in the solar system is not viable. Along the way, Asher juxtaposes Saul with the various female leads (Hanna, Var, Serene, & the Saberhagan twins) to contrast the various iterations of being human which he finds wanting and limiting in the end. The proctors also evolve into a group of apostle-like followers that Saul can relate to better than humans.

The narration is wonderfully superb making this a can't put down listen. The pace, tone, and mood are perfectly rendered for effortless enjoyment.

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Miserable all the way through

I trudged through the series only because I purchased all three books before realizing this was a significant tonal departure from the Polity series. The characterization and writing were so poor I couldn't have cared less about the outcome of this arcless story.

Characters don't change at all, remaining the same soulless automatons throughout. Events don't change the status quo and the world is as bleak as ever. There are so many borrowed phrases and tropes I can't keep track. One character will say to another "Don't you know smoking is bad for your health?" And instead of replying cooly to this overused statement, they'll spell it out by explaining it's a really dangerous situation and I'm not afeared of nothing.

God awful and without redeeming qualities, even if I don't consider the atrocious anti-democratic politics smashing you in the head with all the grace of a mugging.

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loved this Book

Mr. Ashers imagination is great. I can visualize the fist and the landscapes of Io. what an amazing end to a awesome trilogy. looking forward to reading more from him

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A Worthwhile Listen

It brings the series to a satisfying end. The story was good, albeit with some foreseeable incidents that were foreshadowed in the earlier books. In fairness it also had a few unexpected twist. As usual the author is heavy on theoretical physics but light on practical physics. The narration was not as consistent as in previous entries in the series. Overall an enjoyable experience.

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Non stop!

Fantastic! Excellent read I really liked it. Hope to see what’s next in your series.

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S Kaye

We’ll, I imagined a different ending. This was way better! I was really impressed with the Zack character.
Wonderful Narration!

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Fantastic Space Opera

I have listened or read literally hundreds of space operas, and I must say this story has delivered most spectacularly. The twist and turns of 3 story subject simultaneously yet all interwoven to one another made for a great trilogy. I didn’t write anything after the first two books because I needed to witness where the author was taking us on this journey of humanity and evolution.

The performances by our narrators was fantastic with their ability to make you know who was talking as the characters developed. Not many can pull this off, but these two did it seamlessly. I have to give a big hat tip to the author and the performances of our narrators. I hope you enjoy all three books as much as I did.

Space Junkie

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great trilogy

will written with an engaging narrator makes for many bad decisions to listen to one more chapter when sleep was the correct thing to do

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Really?

The narrator, while obviously English, threw me off while he's pronunciation of I guess American words... too many to list, the story flowed... however, the UNGRATEFUL crew he's saving are really just savage simians!! I had to break to listen to other books to come back to this one. This narrator is NOT the one to portray the OBVIOUS problems this saga faces...

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New boss, same as the old boss.

New boss, same as the old boss. A conclusion that foregoes its more interesting premises for shoot-em-ups.

Asher's "Owners" trilogy ends with 2013's "Jupiter War" where the forces of Earth's authoritarian dictator Selene Galahad attempt to defeat cybernetically augmented Alan Saul -- who has become "one" with Argus station and also is the last main challenge to Galahad's authority and ostensibly the last best hope for humanity.

Galahad is too comical a villain to take seriously insofar as death is just around the corner for EVERYONE in her orbit. Asher doesn't devote enough attention to precisely how Galahad is able to maintain her grip on power as she's not portrayed as the most skilled or clever. Ruthless, yes, but that just means she's willing to give the kill order -- but there's not enough in the text to justify why she has maintained control over 2 whole books. Yet here we are.

The more interesting subplot that unfortunately never gets satisfactorily addressed is Saul's increasing separation from the humanity he claims he's trying to save. As he becomes more and more machine-like and "logical" his impulses cause him to wonder just how efficient his space station could be without all these pesky humans and their life support, food, etc. Saul takes some very authoritarian measures during his "rule" and it raises some interesting questions insofar as personal freedom and the nature of freedom. As Saul never directly orders the deaths of millions like Galahad did, I guess he's the good guy?

Overall, these somewhat interesting questions get tossed aside for lots of space engineering talk and explodey robots. There's less bloat to this final volume than the first two, which is a good thing, but overall the dystopian/cyberpunk premise of the first novel falls prey to too much pew-pew.

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