Eyes of the Void

The thrilling sequel in this award-winning space opera series

De: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Narrado por: Sophie Aldred

What waits in the shadows as we fight our greatest foe?

Eyes of the Void is the second high-octane instalment in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture space opera trilogy. From the author of the thrilling science-fiction epic Children of Time, which won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award.

The series is read by Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who)

After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity’s fragile peace is brief. For, forty years later, the galaxy’s greatest alien enemy has returned. This time, the artefacts that preserved entire worlds from destruction are ineffective. And no planet is safe.

The Human Colony worlds are in turmoil as they face extinction. Some believe alliances with other species can save them. Others insist humanity must fight alone. But no one has the firepower or technology to ensure victory, as the Architects loom ever closer.

Idris spent decades running from the last war’s horrors. Yet as an Intermediary, altered to navigate deep space, he’s one of humanity’s only weapons. He’s therefore forced back into action. With a handful of allies, Idris must find something – anything – to stop the Architects’ pitiless advance. But to do so, he must return to the nightmare of unspace, where his mind was broken and remade. What he discovers there will change everything.

‘One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction’ – Christopher Paolini, author of Fractal Noise

Listeners love Eyes of the Void:

‘Sophie Aldred is a brilliant narrator’

‘The narrator does a great job whether it be human characters of any gender or the screeching voice of an aliens translator’

‘A fantastic climax that has me very excited to finish the story with the third book’

Reseñas de la Crítica

A thoughtful, sweeping space adventure (SFX Magazine on Shards of Earth)

A rip-roaring space opera featuring starship battles, genetically enhanced superhumans and multiple weird and wonderful aliens . . . I can't wait to read the next one (New Scientist on Shards of Earth)

Breathtaking scope and vision. Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of our finest writers (Gareth L. Powell, author of the Embers of War series, on Children of Ruin)

Enthralling, epic, immersive and hugely intelligent (Stephen Baxter, author of the Xeelee Sequence, on Shards of Earth)

He writes incredibly enjoyable sci-fi, full of life and ideas (Patrick Ness, author of The Knife of Never Letting Go and A Monster Calls, on Shards of Earth)

Adrian Tchaikovsky turns the HP Lovecraft dial to 11 (The Times, Best Science Fiction Books 2021, on Shards of Earth)

Tchaikovsky has consolidated his position as the finest purveyor of high-quality space opera around . . . deft and clever, expansive and readable, all informed by Tchaikovsky’s superbly baroque imaginative fecundity (The Guardian, Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books 2021, on Shards of Earth)

One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction (Christopher Paolini, author of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and Fractal Noise)

Repeating itself so many times.

Ok plot, vanilla space opera. But it should have been edited to half its length.

can wait for the next one

I have enjoyed both books in the series so far and can't wait for the finale. The series has been a great space opera on par with the Children of Time. I will be recommending it to others who I know enjoy the genre. Also I love the voice work, great job keeping all the characters straight. I don't know how she does it.

too long

editor should have taken half of the unnecessary description out. too long and winding at times. plot pretty basic but ok.

the narrator is amazing !

I love how original the story is.But also I hooked up with the story mostly because of the narrator.

Wonderfully inventive world building

A strange and compelling vision of the far future. Some of Tchaikovsky's best work, a step up from the first book. Excited to move straight on to book 3!