The Ashes of Worlds

The Saga of Seven Suns, Book 7

By: Kevin J. Anderson

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 19 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

The culminating volume in The Saga of Seven Suns weaves together the myriad story lines in a spectacular grand finale. Galactic empires clash, elemental beings devastate whole planetary systems, and the factions of humanity are pitted against one another. Heroes rise and enemies make their last stands in the climax of an epic tale eight years in the making.

The Saga of Seven Suns is one of the most colorful and spectacular science-fiction epics of the past decade.

Listen to more of Kevin J. Anderson's Seven Suns series.

©2008 Word Fire, Inc. (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Published by arrangement with Orbit/Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group USA.

Solid end to a solid series

As the seventh book in the series it closed out the epic saga in a very satisfactory fashion.

Ok

The change of speakers is not very nice, the First speaker was not very clear

Battleground Earth, finally!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I have reserved recommendations for this book. Interesting, but they get weird, then there are lots of gratuitous deaths, and then it drags. The series was interesting, but nothing I would want to listen to or read again.

What other book might you compare The Ashes of Worlds to and why?

Perhaps Card's weird later Ender books that you read just because you started the series and have to finish it. I get that there are seven volumes to the Seven Suns saga, and I am the last person to say a beloved story is too long, but this is one series I actually would have shortened. It went on and on, and I really lost interest a few volumes ago, but stuck doggedly to it.

Which character – as performed by David Colacci – was your favorite?

Deputy Cain (Kane, Cane?) and Kato Okaya ended up my favorite people, but not because of David Colacci. I actually didn't care for his reading, and several things grated on me, some I have mentioned in reviews of previous volumes. In this one he suddenly changed his own pronunciation of the the planet Raindik-ko to Rinedik-ok.. I don't care either way, just let's be consistent, okay?

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No. It is too long and I did sigh sometimes that it was too dragged out.

Any additional comments?

Sarane remains an idiot, hoping his any tiny gesture means a whole change of heart, and he will love me again. Whine. In what realistic world is an 18-year-old made an ambassador? She should have been killed. Sarane, Cain, and Capt. McHame waited an awfully long time to do anything, and again Sarane nearly blew it.King Peter didn't end up as strong and heroic as I had hoped, but he is okay. If not for Cain, nothing would have worked out.

Fantastic Conclution

Truly a spectacular ending to a monumental multifaceted epic novel. All 7 books in this story are uniquely tied together by the author and the numerous characters never lose their importance. Hall of fame set indeed.

awesome ending

this series has been a true joy the narration and writing have brought a conclusion to an awesome stores. thank you for this addition to my library

The best story series I have ever heard.

Characters, story line, action, of any space sfi story ever told. We please read or listen to all books to understand the dynamics of characters and events.

Weak and too long.

Struggled to finish this story. it was monotony regarding the evil Chairman. the story jumps around a great deal and seemed very implausible at times. would not start this series again if I had to do over.

Finally

The events of the saga don't deserve to stretch this long. I'm glad it's over. And while some exciting events take place in the final third of the book, I believe this book is longer than it should be.

The "good" events that happened in the final third of the book should have happened two books ago, and wouldn't have taken away much of the book. In fact, it would have been an improvement.

A well crafted conclusion to a detailed story.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This wraps up a long detailed epic story, well worth taking the journey to get here.

Multiple Idiotic Plot Elements

The whole subplot having to do with the Mage Impiritor abducted by the EDF and taken from his crew is just beyond all logic or believability. made me angry at the author for using such a dumb plot construct and not the chairman which was the intent.